The Over The Road February issue is now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our February 2026 list of recruiters, please go here.

On a typical Friday evening, while Mike McCarron is cruising to the cottage listening to classic rock, I’m often sitting across from clients who are still trying to figure out how to outmaneuver the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Mike thinks Driver Inc. is dead. I wish I shared his optimism. I hate the Driver Inc.…

2000-2001 was the worst recession for Independent Operators since deregulation. Fields were filled with parked trucks that flooded the markets as financing companies either went bankrupt or were bought out by competitors. Truck financing changed from that time forward. Before that turning point, you could get financing or leases at very reasonable terms. Today, leases…

The Over The Road January issue is now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our January 2026 list of recruiters, please go here.

Another year has gone by, another year in front of us. I’ve been involved in trucking since 1989/90 and specifically Accounting/Tax for Operators since 1995. This is my THIRD recession in the trucking industry. The worst of course was 2000/2001, where failure of Carriers to offer fuel subsidies to Operators had trucks parked in rented…

I asked ChatGPT about the challenges truck drivers might face in 2026, and it mentioned a ‘persistent driver shortage!’ I was a bit surprised and asked, ‘Really?’ It seems like my customers are finding it tough to hire or are being super picky because there are so many drivers out there. I reckon the trucking…

Selling? Buying? Leasing a truck? Determining the value of a truck is the number one issue in trucking right now. In 2022, truck valuations were through the roof, astronomical, a historical anomaly that may not ever happen again. Truck values today are entirely different simply because the circumstances are dramatically different.  Trucks are not valued…

If you’ve ever been on the road, you know that the view from the cab isn’t quite what it used to be. For years, Canadian truck drivers were seen as the knights of the highway—the experts who knew the roads inside out, the ones who’d flash their lights to let you in and move the…