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I'm trying to picture a trailer with 352 wheels. This load would be a sight to see.

Super-heavy load to affect travel in northeast Alberta | Farms.com The large piece of industrial equipment being moved is 8.7 metres wide, 10.2 metres high, 47 metres long, weighs 483,000 kilograms and will be carried by a trailer with 352 wheels. Due to its large size and weight, it will only travel at 60 km/h and will use the entire width of the highway, includin...

Oops. I bet Dispatch wasn't happy when he got back and told them what had happened!

Transport truck with its box up collides with a Highway 401 traffic sign in Whitby | Watch News Videos Online Watch Transport truck with its box up collides with a Highway 401 traffic sign in Whitby Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Could be an interesting weekend.

Heavy rain expected across Metro Vancouver and snow on the Coquihalla starting Thursday An atmospheric river is forecast to sweep across southwest B.C. on Thursday night and into Friday. According to an Environment Canada warning issued late Wednesday, up to 70 mms of rain is forecast for Victoria, Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast with wind gusts of up to 80 km/h. Snow levels wil...

Things keep changing... (but the Big Mac remains the same!).

McDonald's Canada kicks off RNG delivery truck pilot The first of seven truck tractors in a McDonald's Canada-led pilot project to test renewable natural gas-powered (RNG) delivery vehicles is now on the road in British Columbia.  

https://globalnews.ca/video/9186146/close-call-on-ironworkers-memorial-bridge-after-metal-piece-flies-off-truck
I expect this was pretty scary for the traffic it fell in!

Close call on Ironworkers Memorial Bridge after metal beam flies off truck | Watch News Videos Online Watch Close call on Ironworkers Memorial Bridge after metal beam flies off truck Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Sometimes regular loads could use a pilot vehicle, too. Lucky nobody was home at the time.

Semi-truck crashes into Vancouver Island home | Watch News Videos Online Watch Semi-truck crashes into Vancouver Island home Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Interesting (and practical) application of electric power in an industry that you wouldn't think of as having the infrastructure for electric vehicles.

Locals develop electric logging trucks - Merritt Herald Two Merritt locals are going full speed ahead on their electric logging truck idea, with truck driver Chace Barber and power system engineer Eric Little teaming up to bring a new idea to life in an old-school way.

There are a lot of worse ways to spend your retirement!

Former truck driver brings rigs to life with detailed 1:24 models - Truck News Herb Roberts retired from trucking after 20 years of driving for Nielson’s Ice Cream, but his love for big trucks continues in a hobby that involves

Happy National Trucking Week!

Social media messages thank truckers during National Trucking Week - Truck News Organizations and political leaders alike are taking to social media during National Trucking Week to celebrate the work of men and women in the trucking

When we lived on the prairies, we used to say mainstream media only came to town if the grain elevator burned down. Sort of like how mainstream media seems to only cover trucking when there are crashes.

Highways ministry deals with spate of heavy truck, equipment crashes at overpasses Files released under freedom of information offer new details about a June incident at the Cambie Road highway overpass in Richmond

Oops. Maybe regular-sized loads need pilots, too!

'Never seen them stuck on there': Transport truck lands on highway median in Campbell River, B.C. A commercial truck driver escaped serious injuries after the rig he was driving ended up on top of a concrete barrier Wednesday morning in Campbell River, B.C.