trailers from Manic Trailers in Quebec, and all of our trucks are equipped with air ride and gauges that provide the drivers a pretty good idea of where they are at.” Burgoyne knows the trucking business well. He was a driver for five years with Boyd B. Harding before moving into manage- ment, and the company owns Tobique Western Star, which is the truck manufacturer’s dealer in northwest New Brunswick. They have also gone “high tech” by equipping each truck, including the chip trucks, with a global positioning system (GPS) that records speed, downtime, and travel routes. “We call it ‘the black box’, and it provides me with a printout every Monday that shows ex- actly what each truck did for the previous week,” says Burgoyne. “If I see on the printout that a truck sat in the woods for an hour and a half, I can start asking why, and even in terms of speed, the trail the truck covered will turn a different colour if they exceeded the speed limit. Shadow Tracker manufactures the units and our cost was about $700 per truck. It was another $1500 for the base unit, but in my opinion, the payback was quick and it was worth the investment.” For Acadian Timber, biomass has become a mainstay of its business, and contractors such as Boyd B. Harding keep the fi- bre flowing. Acadian’s Haché sums it up nicely. “Developing and building the biomass business has been great for us, our cus- tomers, and for our contractors,” he says. “We are able to take a product that would have been burned in the bush 25 years ago and turn it into a viable and profitable business that is good for everyone’s bottom line and the environment, as it allows us to use almost 100% of the fibre we harvest.” • TM . A rail fleet to move your cargo. Prices and terms to move you. We deliver a fleet of railcars and financing options with service and strength you can count on: Continental Biomass Industries, Inc. (CBI) has spent the past twenty years engineering grinding creating Environmental Sustainability. CBI equipment can process more material using less energy per ton of material processed. cheaper. CBI has become the World-standard for grinding, chipping and shredding because we deliver a cost-effective and Earth-friendly means of producing alternatives to fossil fuel, as well as a wide range of other end products. To learn more, visit www.cbi-inc.com or call us at Continental Biomass Industries © 2010. All rights reserv Customized finance and operating lease structures Reliable fleet management Personalized service Value Find out what we can do for your company. Call us today at 514-861-3101. © 2010 Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. All rights reserved. First Union Rail Corporation is associated with Wells Fargo & Comany, a company that is not regulated in Canada as a financial institution, a bank holding company or an insurance company. CanadianBIOMASS 23 A Wells Fargo Company
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