Trucking in Canada
I figure I should clear up some of this confusion about trucking in Canada. When we talk about trucking it's 5 to 9 axle semis grossing 42 to 65 tonnes. Tandems and smaller are for local use only. Truckers are expected to run 800 miles a day without a co-driver.
We bought a 7 year old semi for our farm use and it had 1.5 million miles on it. We have a grain box on the truck and pull a 4 axle 35 foot trailer behind it. This unit grosses at 53.5 tonnes and we haul our grain anywhere from 50 to 300 miles as conditions warrant, and that's still 1000 miles from export position.
I live 15 miles from town and our farm is 20 miles between the extreme parcels of land. If we need machinery parts that's either 50 or 120 miles away depending on what's needed. With stuff spread out like this I put 100 miles on my pickup almost every day.
I guess I shouldn't complain though since gas in town today was still $1.03 per litre, but I'm sure that won't last long.
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