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[Dude-PWB-]

I was just about to as about the "zones". Im sitting here looking at a transit time guide for my terminal and im checking out the Canada area. So as for Prince Albert, SK (zone)...... does that zone driver run to Regina, SK (service center) each night? That looks like it would be a heck of a run! Or say.... Regina, SK to Winnipeg, MB?

Regina to Winnipeg is a linehaul run. I think Prince Albert is a cartage point now. I think they used to run Prince Albert out of the zone in Saskatoon but not sure if they do anymore. The Saskatoon zone has (or at least used to) a linehaul that runs into Regina every night.

The canadian zones are the same as the old central zones with trucks and drivers based in the zone. I think the southern and western zones used to run from the nearest service center?

[upnorth]

dude is correct.... prince albert is cartage now. Saskatoon still runs into regina nightly, they are way busier than regina is for freight. Last I heard they have 2 drivers going hard there every day. Regina to winnipeg is the long run, great in the summer, sucks big time in the winter!!! you can break 90k doing that run. Most nights we do a meet and turn out that way, to shave a couple hours off the run, but if regina is short manpower, then it's a full run.

[icuicp]

In very remote areas like Canada has, do drivers have to take handhelds with them? If they have to carry handhelds , what good are they if there is no service in remote areas?

[upnorth]

they don't use handhelds in the zones, still call in for pick-ups, and report their deliveries by call in as well....

[Dude-PWB-]

they don't use handhelds in the zones, still call in for pick-ups, and report their deliveries by call in as well....

I think the zones in sk use handhelds.

[eurodaytona]

dude is correct.... prince albert is cartage now. Saskatoon still runs into regina nightly, they are way busier than regina is for freight. Last I heard they have 2 drivers going hard there every day. Regina to winnipeg is the long run, great in the summer, sucks big time in the winter!!! you can break 90k doing that run. Most nights we do a meet and turn out that way, to shave a couple hours off the run, but if regina is short manpower, then it's a full run.

Wow, Regina to Winnipeg looks like a really long run. Id say at least 350 miles one way. Our longest run from my terminal is 564 miles round trip and that takes about 5 hours one way. I can only imagine that run in the snow and ice! A meet and turn would be much easier on the driver, heh!

[upnorth]

Yep, it is!!! money is great though.... you hit the ground running, get hooked, get the heck out of there as fast as possible as your fighting the clock. I'll have to ask the s'toon zone driver when I see him about the handhelds.

[TSMK]

As far as I know we have one. He's out of Quebec, i did a training course with him last year. We have not been open as long as the American side.

I believe there are several across Canada. I know of at least five in Ontario.

[TSMK]

What are they concerned about most at the border? Stolen goods, illegal people, drugs, not paying taxes.. which is it?

It's all about the tax income. If they happen to catch the odd shipment of drugs or illegal weapons, bonus. But their biggest concern is collecting the tax money on the millions of loads of goods that cross the border each day.

[upnorth]

I believe there are several across Canada. I know of at least five in Ontario.

I'm surprised... I was told that there is only one.