--- title: Truck Buying Insights for Canadian Building Centres | Trinity | Phil Aitken description: Straight answers on truck specs, costs, compliance and fleet planning for Canadian building centres, from Phil Aitken, President of Trinity Truck Sales. --- [![Trinity Truck Sales logo](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Trinity%20Truck%20Sales.jpg)The Building Centre Truck ProgramOperated by Trinity Truck Sales](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/?hsLang=en) [Home](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/?hsLang=en) Who We Help ▾ [Home Hardware](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/the-home-hardware-truck-program?hsLang=en) [Castle Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/castle-truck-program?hsLang=en) [All Canadian Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/building-centre-truck-program?hsLang=en) [Fleet Advisor +](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/fleet-advisor-plus?hsLang=en) [Our Truck Guide](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/building-centre-product-catalogue?hsLang=en) [About Trinity](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/our-story?hsLang=en) [Blog](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly) [Contact](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/contact-me-global?hsLang=en) ☰ Looking to speak with Phil? call directly at [(289) 527-4345](tel:12895274345) Phil Aitken's Bi-Weekly # Truck Buying Insights for Canadian Building Centres Straight answers on specs, costs, compliance and fleet planning from 18 years of putting the right truck in the yard. [![Your Truck Is Heavier Than You Think: Payload After the Deck, Crane and Moffett](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/750-2.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/your-truck-is-heavier-than-you-think-payload-after-the-deck-crane-and-moffett) ## [Your Truck Is Heavier Than You Think: Payload After the Deck, Crane and Moffett](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/your-truck-is-heavier-than-you-think-payload-after-the-deck-crane-and-moffett) I've had some version of this conversation more times than I can count. A dealer buys a flatbed rated at 19,500 lbs and figures he has close to ... Oct 6, 2026, 10:47:23 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/your-truck-is-heavier-than-you-think-payload-after-the-deck-crane-and-moffett) [![Fewer Houses, More Apartments: What That Means for Your Delivery Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Completed%20Deliveries/Moffett%20Trucks/Moffett%20M5%20-1.jpg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/fewer-houses-more-apartments-what-that-means-for-your-delivery-fleet) ## [Fewer Houses, More Apartments: What That Means for Your Delivery Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/fewer-houses-more-apartments-what-that-means-for-your-delivery-fleet) CMHC's August numbers came out this month, and they tell a story most building centre owners already feel in their order books. Canada started homes ... Oct 4, 2026, 9:54:33 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/fewer-houses-more-apartments-what-that-means-for-your-delivery-fleet) [![The 2027 Emissions Rules: What's Changed Since I Last Wrote About Them](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/New%20Building%20Centre%20Truck%20Program%20Logo.png)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-2027-emissions-rules-what-s-changed-since-i-last-wrote-about-them) ## [The 2027 Emissions Rules: What's Changed Since I Last Wrote About Them](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-2027-emissions-rules-what-s-changed-since-i-last-wrote-about-them) In February of last year, I wrote that the 2027 diesel emissions rules could add $20,000 to $30,000 to the price of a new truck. A lot has happened ... Oct 2, 2026, 9:06:18 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-2027-emissions-rules-what-s-changed-since-i-last-wrote-about-them) [![Write Off Your Next Delivery Truck in Year One: What the New Federal Deduction Means for Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/48534230-e006-4f1e-8c89-6f1739337bb0.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/write-off-your-next-delivery-truck-in-year-one-what-the-new-federal-deduction-means-for-building-centres) ## [Write Off Your Next Delivery Truck in Year One: What the New Federal Deduction Means for Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/write-off-your-next-delivery-truck-in-year-one-what-the-new-federal-deduction-means-for-building-centres) On September 15, Ottawa announced a tax change that every building centre owner thinking about a truck should know about. It's called the ... Oct 1, 2026, 12:08:18 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/write-off-your-next-delivery-truck-in-year-one-what-the-new-federal-deduction-means-for-building-centres) [![What Tariffs Are Doing to the Price of Your Next Truck](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/2027%20White%20F550.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-tariffs-are-doing-to-the-price-of-your-next-truck) ## [What Tariffs Are Doing to the Price of Your Next Truck](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-tariffs-are-doing-to-the-price-of-your-next-truck) A medium-duty truck crosses the Canada-U.S. border more times than most of your customers do. The chassis comes out of a plant in the U.S. or Mexico. ... Oct 1, 2026, 9:58:30 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-tariffs-are-doing-to-the-price-of-your-next-truck) [![Same Truck, Different Licence: How Provincial Rules Should Shape Your Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Completed%20Deliveries/Moffett%20Trucks/f750.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/same-truck-different-licence-how-provincial-rules-should-shape-your-fleet) ## [Same Truck, Different Licence: How Provincial Rules Should Shape Your Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/same-truck-different-licence-how-provincial-rules-should-shape-your-fleet) The most common fleet question at Home Hardware Homecoming this year had nothing to do with price. Dealers wanted to know how to get out of their ... Sep 30, 2026, 9:07:45 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/same-truck-different-licence-how-provincial-rules-should-shape-your-fleet) [![The Maintenance Binder: Why One Dealer Took Ownership Over Her Fleets Maintenance Schedule](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Maintenance%20Binder.png)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-maintenance-binder-why-one-dealer-stopped-trusting-her-shop) ## [The Maintenance Binder: Why One Dealer Took Ownership Over Her Fleets Maintenance Schedule](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-maintenance-binder-why-one-dealer-stopped-trusting-her-shop) At Home Hardware Homecoming in Toronto this month, a dealer stopped by our booth and told me about her binder. Sep 30, 2026, 4:24:12 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-maintenance-binder-why-one-dealer-stopped-trusting-her-shop) [![Why Some Building Centres Are Skipping the Lot and Building Custom Instead](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Inventory/Ford/Ford%20F-550/F550%20Hodgins%20Rona.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/why-some-building-centres-are-skipping-the-lot-and-building-custom-instead) Building Centre ## [Why Some Building Centres Are Skipping the Lot and Building Custom Instead](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/why-some-building-centres-are-skipping-the-lot-and-building-custom-instead) I had a call last month with a building centre GM who needed a truck "yesterday." There was one sitting on a dealer's lot two hours away, close ... Jul 16, 2026, 8:37:15 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/why-some-building-centres-are-skipping-the-lot-and-building-custom-instead) [![What Ford's Latest Production Numbers Could Mean for Building Supply Dealers](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Inventory/2025%20Ford%20F150/Ford%20F150%20White.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-fords-latest-production-numbers-could-mean-for-building-supply-dealers) Building Centre ## [What Ford's Latest Production Numbers Could Mean for Building Supply Dealers](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-fords-latest-production-numbers-could-mean-for-building-supply-dealers) Jun 24, 2026, 9:59:31 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-fords-latest-production-numbers-could-mean-for-building-supply-dealers) Page 1 of 5 [Older posts →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/author/phil-aitken/page/2) Have a truck decision coming up? ## Tell us how the truck will be used Send your typical daily load and delivery radius and we'll come back with a spec, price and sourcing plan. 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