On the Road  Come on up to Toronto's Truck World, eh  April 19,
2012    It's my old stomping ground, and a great place to meet
everyone who has something to offer the trucking industry.
Truck World is the Canadian equivalent of the Mid-America
Trucking Show. Though it pales in size by comparison, it's the
big event on the trucking calendar in Canada. Up here, the show
alternates between Toronto and Montreal. When Montreal has the
privilege of hosting the show, it's called Expo-Cam, a short
form of Exposition de Camion, which is French for Truck Show.
Easy, eh? Montreal hosts the show in October, while Toronto gets
it in April. That's the only confusing part.  All the major OEs
are here, Eaton, Meritor, Cummins, all the truck and trailer
people, along with tons of Tier 2 and 3 suppliers as well as
legions of small providers of software, managements systems,
widgets of all descriptions and anything else one might expect
at a truck show -- including amazing beer nuts.  This year, I'm
hearing that the order boar