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We will keep you to date on with all the great tips and trick of the trades when it comes to small engine repair, truck repair, trailer repair and anything else you want to hear about!

Maintaining Trailers: Avoiding CSA Violations!

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Jun 5, 20172 min read

Maintaining Trailers: Avoiding CSA Violations!

Laing Truck & Trailer helps fleets keep trailers safe and in compliance. The Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program, governed...

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72 HOUR ROADCHECK STARTS NEXT MONTH! JUNE 6th - 8TH

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May 30, 20172 min read

72 HOUR ROADCHECK STARTS NEXT MONTH! JUNE 6th - 8TH

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 30th annual International Roadcheck will take place June 6-8, 2017. Over a 72-hour...

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Truck Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance Requirements

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May 22, 20172 min read

Truck Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance Requirements

Semi trucks are the largest and most unwieldy vehicles on the road. They have larger blind spots, slower braking distances, and more...

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Expand the Life of Your Equipment With a New Coat of Paint

Laing Industries

May 15, 20172 min read

Expand the Life of Your Equipment With a New Coat of Paint

You may think that the layers of paint on your equipment serve to make it look nice. You are right. However, this is not their only...

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May 8, 20172 min read

Shakes, Wobbles and Shimmies!

If your truck has become hard to steer or there is excessive vibration or shimmy of the front axle, there can be several sources of the...

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May 1, 20172 min read

Daylight Saving Time And Auto Collisions

When it comes to daylight savings, most people set their clocks ahead before they head to bed on Saturday. Isn’t it disconcerting when...

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Analyst: Tesla could rake in $7.5B annually leasing batteries to truckers

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Apr 24, 20172 min read

Analyst: Tesla could rake in $7.5B annually leasing batteries to truckers

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently announced his plan to unveil an electric semi truck this September. We’ve known electric semis were coming,...

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Truck transmission maintenance and repair

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Apr 17, 20172 min read

Truck transmission maintenance and repair

Everyone knows the importance of regular trailer and truck main tenance such as oil changes and rotating tires, but what about...

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Trailer Maintenance Tips on ICC Bumpers and Fifth Wheels

Laing Industries

Apr 10, 20174 min read

Trailer Maintenance Tips on ICC Bumpers and Fifth Wheels

It’s been 14 years since repairing any trailer’s “ICC bumper” was a simple matter of cutting off the damaged section and welding on a...

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Laing Industries

Apr 3, 20171 min read

An engaging weekend!

Laing Truck & Trailer believes in the community and giving back, so we spent the weekend volunteering and supporting Hockey 4 Hope, a...

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Laing Industries

Apr 3, 20174 min read

The Straight and Narrow of alignments!

We often receives calls from operators asking why their coach tires are wearing oddly or faster than expected. The reasons are generally...

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What Uber plans to achieve with its self-driving cars and Otto trucks

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Mar 20, 20174 min read

What Uber plans to achieve with its self-driving cars and Otto trucks

It is a dramatic vision. A world where the number of cars has been reduced by 90 per cent thanks to self-driving vehicles that are also...

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