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NORTHERN VALLEY LLC IS WORKING OUT GOOD SO AR
I work with them as an otr owner operator. They aren’t perfect and I had ups and downs with them.
Home time is flexible I m home almost
every weekend and take time off whenver I need to.
They gave me an advance to do maintenance on my truck which is a + that I didnt have to pay back
to them right away.
You can have a pet and a passanger if you want to.
As long as you’re not doing anything dumb you should be fine.
Ontario to remove tolls on provincial stretch of 407, make diesel tax cuts permanent
The Ontario government is proposing to permanently cut the provincial fuel tax and to remove tolls from the provincially owned stretch of Hwy. 407 East. “I know that families and […]
Climate Express
I decided to start a thread on here about Climate Express. They fly very much under the radar. After spending so much time rehabbing my life from drug issues, the light has shown. 8 years after a failed drug test, and 7 years after my last misdemeanor, I can breathe. I took a chance and applied to Climate, based in Union, MO. I began orientation this past Monday, and I got my first dispatch today on a load going to Georgia. The orientation is short, 3 days. They’ll get you a room at Super 8…
Dispute over $6.7 million leads to closure of Kingsley Trucking
A 46-year-old Canadian trucking company has been put into receivership at the request of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), which said the carrier owes it $6.7 million.
Kingsley Trucking ceased operations on Thursday, the same day that the British Columbia Supreme Court placed the carrier into receivership due to the company’s being “unable to secure a transaction, financing, or other arrangement to address the defaults or repay the Indebtedness owing to the Bank,” according to court filings.
The Vancouver Island-based trucking company was founded in 1979. It had more than 100 employees, including a fleet of 23 trucks and 41 drivers.
Company officials did not return a request for comment from FreightWaves.
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Kingsley Trucking is related to a lumber company called the San Group, which is in a dispute with its lenders for over $150 million, including RBC and Business Development Bank of Canada.
The San Group sought creditor protection under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) filings on Nov. 29, 2024.
The San Group of Companies, which included Kingsley Trucking, was founded in 1979 by CEO Kamal Sanghera and President Suki Sanghera, along with partner Iqbal Deol. The group of companies included five wood product manufacturing plants and over 625 employees.
According to court documents, the San Group’s financial troubles started in 2023, when global and domestic lumber prices dropped domestically and globally.
RBC persuaded the court to add Kingsley Trucking to the proceedings in February, as well as another firm owned by the San Group called Cojax Heavy-Duty Repair.
Kingsley Trucking provided transportation services for the San Group’s products on Vancouver Island, while Cojax performed heavy-duty equipment repair services, primarily to Kingsley, court documents said.
In its petition to add Kingsley Trucking and Cojax Heavy-Duty Repair to the proceedings, RBC cited payments to the related companies leading up to the San Group’s CCAA filings in Canada.
Deloitte Restructuring, which was appointed monitor to the CCAA proceeding for the San Group, said payments were made to Kingsley in January that could not be explained.
“The monitor has not received a clear answer on why these payments were made leading up to the CCAA proceedings,” Deloitte said in court documents. “The monitor also understands that two payments totaling approximately $300,000 were made to Kingsley from San Group in October 2024, which do not appear to relate to or be applied against specific accounts payable invoices or recorded in the San Group accounts payable subledger for Kingsley.”
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How to start lease on owner position with companies
I am new to the industry and want to start from the owner position. I already have a driver and I want to finance a reefer can or dry box truck and lease on to established logistics companies. My understanding is that you can have insurance through them if you like and they give your driver all the loads. I just need to be profitable; even if I’m only taking home a couple of hundred a month from the business. am I misinformed about how any of this works? Is this a profitable avenue? And…
Ricky bobby Freight
Me and this guy had a disagreement on damage to a trailer (pre-existing damage) when the damage got worse his ultimatum was you taking accountability for it or we part ways I chose to part ways so we kept over $3,000 of my money and left me stranded in Salt Lake City Utah and the resources for truckers when it comes to matters like this are slim to none
McKinsey says TCO gap between EVs, diesel trucks can be reduced
Closing the total cost of ownership (TCO) gap is vital to unlocking zero-emission truck adoption at scale. The main challenge for fleets is that the TCO gap ranges between 30% […]
Flying J Oak Grove, KY(Fort Campbell) closed
It got flooded out and everything is closed and the parking lot is blocked off. This has made all of the parking in the area difficult. Even the paid spaces are going quick.
WST 4900FA turn signal problem
I got a 2012 western star 4900 FA, recently notice a problem that if the truck is running and headlight/ marker light it’s on, right side turn signal will not work, both front and back, and there’s a very dim turn signal light on the dash constantly.
Tested the voltage from the turn signal, between control wire and ground has constant 4.5 volt when turn signal is on, all voltage is normal if truck is off and headlight/marker light off.
Checked the ground is good, 2 ohm. The wiring near the…