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From Good to Great: How to Grow the World’s Biggest Trade Relationship One Truck at a Time David Bradley CEO, Canadian Trucking Alliance
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From Good to Great: How to Grow the
World’s Biggest Trade Relationship One Truck at a Time
David BradleyCEO, Canadian Trucking Alliance
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)Chart 1: Ontario-US Cross-Border Truck Trips
(Public Bridge Operators Association)
Chart 2: Comparison of Typical US-Canada ConfigurationsUnited States CanadaTandem-Tandem Tandem-Tandem (75 ½ ft)
Tridem (244” tractor wb; 53 ft trailer)
Quad
Double (82 ft Combination Length)STAA Double (2 x 28 ft trailers)
LCV (95-116 ft) LCV (131-134 ft)
87,000 – 92,000 lbs80,000 lbs
102,000 – 107,000 lbs
122,000 – 127,000 lbs
137,000 – 139,000 lbs
137,000 – 139,000 lbs
80,000 lbs
95,000 – 143,000 lbs
No tractor length restrictionSemi-trailer lengths may vary
Chart 3: Comparison of Typical US-Canada ConfigurationsUS – Proposals Canada -- Equivalents
Tridem
102,000 – 107,000 lbsTridem
97,000 lbs
Double9 Axle (2 x 33ft semi-trailers)
111,000 lbs
Double8 Axle B-Train137,000 lbs
Chart 4: Canada’s LCV Network
