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These six pickups competed in the 2019 Truck King Challenge in Ontario and were rated by a group of automotive journalists.
Equipment, Machinery

Auto journalists rank new pickup trucks

Annual competition pits brand against brand in a series of tests

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The 12th annual Canadian Truck King Challenge took place in the cold and rain of early October. Frankly, that’s the norm for our event. And while it makes for nasty driving, I always remind our judges that we are simply testing in the same conditions that Canadian truck owners encounter every day. Dealing with our […] Read more
Brothers Les and Larry Rodgers of Lavenham, Manitoba, have 12, 90 Series Case tractors in their farm fleet.
Equipment, Machinery

Running a classic tractor fleet

Older 2090 and 2290 tractors make an economical option

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I often hear people discussing when they should replace their farm equipment with new or updated machines. But that level of investment might not be the most sensible plan for all farms. Keeping an older equipment fleet operating might be the best strategy for some. That’s what brothers Les and Larry Rodgers, who farm near […] Read more
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Railways ration space as commodity congestion problems worsen

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s two major railways are rationing space on trains traveling to the country’s biggest port and recently prioritized some commodities over others to deal with congestion, the latest indication of their struggle to meet demand from new trade deals. That move prompted Canada’s transport regulator last week to start an investigation […] Read more
VIDEO: How much truck for your money? – Part 3
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: How much truck for your money? – Part 3

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In this third video for Scott Garvey’s eQuipTV series on used trucks, Scott talks with Brad Van Wyck with Freightliner Manitoba about the value producers can expect when buying a truck that maybe costs a little more, but offers more reliability down the road. Video production by Greg Berg and Spencer Myers.
In this article series we’ll take an in-depth look at these three similar trucks that include a high-mileage older model, 
a mid-range low-mileage day cab and a much newer model with partial warranty remaining.
Machinery

Evaluating used heavy trucks: Part 1

In this multi-part series we look at what’s out there in the used truck market

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Heading to a dealership or auction sale and bringing home a new-to-you machine is one of those experiences that just naturally goes with farming. Every producer will have done that many times over the course of his or her career. But shopping for heavy trucks compared to farm machines can be a little different experience. […] Read more
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Machinery

CP, CN overshoot annual grain revenue caps

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Both of Canada’s big two railways were found to have made more revenue from hauling Prairie grain in 2017-18 than their federally mandated limits allow. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Monday announced Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway overtopped their maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) for the crop year by $1,500,513 and $1,047,285 respectively. CN’s […] Read more
John Deere PowerTech 6.8 litre diesels will power the STS10 and STS12 Hagie sprayer models in 2019.

Equipment, Machinery

Hagie expands its use of Deere engines

Deere’s 6.8 litre diesels power STS10s & STS12s

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Deere had a couple of announcements to make in May about sprayers. One of those, the Hagie brand, which is now majority owned by John Deere, will expand the use of John Deere engines by making them the standard power plant in STS10 and STS12 models, beginning with 2019 model year. Deere’s PowerTech 280- and […] Read more
VIDEO: How much truck for your money? – Part 2
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: How much truck for your money? – Part 2

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In this episode of eQuipTV, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with Marty Cook, Director of Sales for Freightliner Manitoba, to find out what type of value truck buyers can typically expect from trucks in a mid-level price range and why you may want to think twice about buying that less-expensive used truck you saw on […] Read more
A photo simulation of the proposed new Fraser Grain Terminal from Port Royal Park in New Westminster looking southeast. (FraserGrainTerminal.ca)
Crops, Machinery

GrainsConnect hops aboard P+H port terminal project

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Updated Jan. 4, 2019 — Winnipeg grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker’s plans for a new West Coast port terminal again have a joint venture partner. Calgary-based GrainsConnect Canada, itself a joint Prairie grain handling venture between Australia’s GrainCorp and Japan’s Zen-Noh Grain, announced Wednesday it now has a formal 50-50 partnership agreement with P+H to […] Read more

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