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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by andrewjonathon</i> <br /><br />This is somewhat off topic but I find it interesting that a huge majority of the goods trucked into and out of Canada are hauled on Canadian trucks. I live near the border and easily 9 out of 10 trucks I see crossing the border are Canadian . I don't understand why they dominate the cross border traffic so much. This includes goods such as produce from California. But may be things are different in the east. Where are the American truckers? T <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Canada does allow higher GVW than does the US, so maybe that allows Canadian trucking firms more revenue to invest in new marketing and newer trailer concepts like the b-train. Watch those Canadian trucks and see if most combo hoppers and combo flatbeds are of the b-train design, while most American combo hoppers and flatbeds still use the pup trailer concept. <br /> <br />And since the Canadian dollar is still lower against the US dollar, shipping firms can pay the Canadian truckers less than their US counterparts.
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