a few very important topics tocover in this issue.

We have RemembranceDay that I hope we observe all yearlong.

This is a Great Issue beingNovember to point out again thatMilitary, Police, Fire, Rescue run to-wards danger as others run awayand therefore deserve our respect.

They have written a blankcheque up to and including thier lifeto protect us.

Should you see one of ourBest standing in a coffee line,please don’t hesitate to step for-ward, thank them for thier serviceand buy them a cup if you can af-ford it.

I stand proudly with mem-bers of the Canadian Tri-Service Mil-itary Veterans Association on thefront cover on November 11th.

If you have served andwant to be a part of like minded vet-erans be sure to visit the web siteand show your interest.

Dave brings to you 38 years of valuableexperience in transportation, management,business and compliance. Dave has driven inevery condition across North America andoverseas as military, police, company driver toowner operator to now Publisher Editor ofCanadian Trucking Magazine.

http://www.cdnveterans.com/You can speak to Paul our

fearless leader although picturedbelow is arrangements he made forour first ride. Paul did not under-stand the concept of riding hogsand picking up chicks. Paul is an of-ficer you know! Ha Ha,, Paul !!

Back cover you will see anAd by SIRIUS XM, just in time forChristmas!

Leave this page open foryour gift givers for the perfect giftthat will last all year long.

Please remember Red ShirtFridays, where you wear Red to re-spect our service people and thankthem.

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Now I have heard ofbeing in the Dog House, butcaged by the dog!

Last month’s Edition youshould have noticed John with hisco-driver Teka, someone gotTeka’s name wrong, (probally Ang)so this Edition I thought we bettercorrect this as Teka was notpleased with John.

We have an awesome lineup of editorials by great writers inthis edition.

First up is Jamie from Inte-gra Recovery Solutions in Edmon-ton AB. Even the most seasonedDriver can learn tips from Jamie,Hey I learn something new every-day, and look forward to it!

Jamie pointsout some veryserious safetyconcerns that Iam glad hedoes. When Isee someoneon the side of

the highway, not only do I moveover I slow down, for everyone.

Next up Dawn Truell fromCross Border Services with someshocking info that I googled afterreading about it. You get what youpay for, but prescription drugs thatcan KILL you! Good reason to buyacross the counter from a legitpharmacy.

Hats off tomembers of CBP andRCMPolice workingwith Interpol and FBI tosave our lives as tosave a couple of dollars as we riskour health on internet drugs ???

Now comes our SisterSandy Long, one of my favorites !

I could fillthis page with herinvolvement inthe trucking in-dustry. FromWomen in Truck-ing to her webpages and arti-cles to her booksshe has pub-lished.

This month she talks aboutPTSD that I have seen personallyand might have had to fight off my-self. If you don’t know it exists orwhat it is, you won’t be equipped tofight it.

Take the time to read herarticle and perhaps pick up herbook Street Smarts. If you know arookie driver, what a great gift!

Next we go to anotherFriend Marc Springer from SnortnBoar Transport, who offers greatadvice on shipping and offers hiscompany to those of us wonderingwho do we know with a flat bed thatcan get that where it needs to be.

As a Pro I bet you getasked that all the time.

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My Son bought a car offa internet auction and asked meto hook up a trailer and headdown and pick it up for him.

I have to tell you that bythe time we added in fuel, hotels,meals and other such things wewere at $2,000 not including ourtime.

I would have been so bet-ter off getting Marc to toss it on hisbed and drop it at Pembina orGrand Forks for me.

Another friend bought afifth wheel down south, Great Deal,all around. Went down to pick it upin a pick-me-up truck and found ithad sat in the same spot for 7years. Bearings had to be done,new tires, all needing repair on thespot being down time with hotels,meals and what not. Again, it couldhave been loading on a skateboard and dropped closer to homeor delivered, door to door.

Don’t forget if you needsomething lifted on or off and youare around or near Alberta, callJamie at Integra.

Also when dealing withthese fine writers be sure to men-tion you read thier articles in CTM.

So, besides John andTeka there, these last 2 pageshave been dedicated to 4 Greatcontributors to this months Edi-tion of CTM.

Please take the time whenyou are sitting someplace to readwhat they had to tell us. Put thiscopy in your truck, reading room oroffice and kick back and take it allin.

The Crossword has a se-cret, if you do the word search firstyou can find all the answers to thecrossword in it.

SU-DO-KU is a brainbusterand good luck to ya!

The Pet Page has theMacKENZIE gang with 9 Lab pup-pies, now you know why I am sohappy to be on the road. Twelve(12) dogs in the house. The pup-pies will be all gone by December10th and has been an interestingexperience having them. Being 8are jet black, you have to look hardat the picture to see them all. If youare a loyal reader, you have seenthe mom and pop Lab in past edi-tions.

There are a few pages ofNASCAR and even more in theWeb extended edition. Pleasevisit the web site for that and thesolved puzzles.

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One more Plug before Iget onto other things here.

The Source an advertiserand sponsor at the events CTMattends.

This is a great place toChristmas Shop right off your lap-top and get the best deals. Checkout the free promotion on the insideback cover.

I have made it a point toshop for my toys here rather thenrun around wasting fuel let my lap-top do the work!

It is winter again! We hada bit of a break with snow andice, but it is back!

I am not going to turn youoff by spending words here on win-ter driving and safety, heck, I willleave that to Jamie.

But what I will do is askyou when you are at the truck stopsand picks and drops, chat it up withthe other drivers of your experi-ence, especially the rock pile.

They deserve not to findout the hard way.

Not to blow smoke upyour whatsit, but most of myreaders are silverbacks whoenjoy the pictures and big print.

You know the spots be-tween speedy creek and the hatthat trucks blow over. You haveseen in the rock pile where there isalways a big truck in trouble.

On 5, I always look for onespot where every trip I see a bigtruck in the rhubarb or one has justbeen pulled out.

If we share these spotswith stories to the rookies andbilly big riggers we will have lessline ups waiting for Jamie to pullthem out.

Trust me so many don’t re-alize not to use the cruise control inicy conditions.

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If you are reading this youprobally missed me on the Novem-ber run.

December will be out justbefore and around Christmas. Yesthis Cowboy uses the word Christ-mas and Merry Christmas and evenGod Bless you driver.

I have served so others havethe right to say I should not use wordslike these, and it warms my heart.

So if I don’t have a chance tosay in person all these things, I hopein 2013 the tonnage is up, we all makesome money and our personal livesare not as complicated as they mightof been in 2012.

More, I wish you all a veryMerry Christmas and hope to sayso in person one day!

Fridays please remember towear Red Shirts!

Remember Driver be Safe, Iwould rather hear from you thanabout you!

Happy Trails Driver,,,Dave

This month was a crazymonth in the Edmonton area we hadthe freezing rain with snow on topwhat a crazy time.

But lack of common senseprevailed as usual sometimes we justhave to say stop let’s find a place to getoff the road .

I seen a lot of stupidly, im-patience and ignorance. A word tothe wise give the snow plow opera-tors , the tow truck operators andlaw enforcement some room it’s notall about you.

But the worst act of stu-pidly I seen was a jackknifed truckin the ditch on hi way 16 east be-tween Sherwood park and veg-erville. the truck was in the ditchthere was blowing snow , extremelyslippery I was responding to an-other call when I came upon this .

I could not believe it atruck in the ditch with a truck andtrailer parked behind him and onetruck parked in front of him, all therelights off engines shut off no reflec-tors out no flairs out waiting for arescue I almost took them out my-self .

I was running tire chains thatnight and that was the only reason Iwas able to avoid another serous col-lision . I went up to the truck in the rearand banged on the sleeper, well I hada few choice words for them .Driverstake some responsibility to protect therest of the motoring public you are re-quired by law to do this . also slowdown and give me and the snow plowsa chance to clean up and especiallythe police and fire rescue.

Just because you chooseto go out on a stormy night and riskthings doesn’t mean the rest of usdo it is our job to be out there andour responsibility give us a breakslow down move over or get off theroad.

Anytime a commercialmotor vehicle, that is a vehicle witha GVWR or gross weight of 10,001pounds or more (see §390.5for com-plete definition), is stopped on thehighway for any cause other thannecessary traffic stops, specificsafety regulations and proceduresimmediately become the responsi-bility of the driver. Section 392.22lists these responsibilities, which gobeyond simply activating the emer-gency signal flashers.

Warning devices consistingof three bidirectional emergency re-flective triangles must be placed assoon as possible, or within 10 min-utes of the CMV coming to a stopalong the roadside, in the followingmanner:

•One on the traffic side ap-proximately 10 feet from the stoppedCMV and in the direction of ap-proaching traffic;

•One at approximately 100feet from the stopped CMV in thecenter of the traffic lane or shoulderoccupied by the CMV and in the di-rection of approaching traffic;

•One at approximately 100feet from the stopped CMV in thecenter of the traffic lane or shoulderoccupied by the CMV and in the di-rection away from approaching traf-fic.

WINTER TIPS by JAMIE

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Section 393.95 details therequired emergency equipment thatmust be carried on all trucks, trucktractors, and busses.

If the CMV is stopped within500 feet of a curve, or at the crest of ahill, or any other obstruction in view, thedriver must place the warning devicesin the direction of the obstruction andat a distance of 100 to 500 feet fromthe stopped commercial motor vehicleto warn others who may be approach-ing the stopped CMV.

Divided or one-way roads re-quire the driver to place one warningdevice at a distance of 100 feet in thedirection of approaching traffic in thecenter lane or shoulder occupied bythe CMV, and another warning deviceat the traffic side of the CMV within 10feet of the rear of the vehicle.

Under no circumstancescan a driver, or anyone for that mat-ter, attach or carry fuses or anyother flame-producing emergencysignal on a CMV transporting Divi-sion 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives; orClass 3 or Division 2.1, whetherloaded or empty; or any CMV usingcompressed gas as a motor fuel,use any flame producing emer-gency signal or attach to any part ofthe CMV.

Anytime a CMV is stoppedalong the roadside for any causeother than traffic stops, law enforce-ment officials are soon to arrive toinvestigate the matter. If the driverhas not taken action as described in§392.22, one can safely count on vi-olations being added to an alreadyunusual event.

SLOW DOWN, the LIFE yousave may be a Father, Grandfather,Mother, Grandmother, Brother, Sis-ter, Friend, for sure someones Childand may be your OWN !

Don’t spoil Christmas thisyear because of stupidity!

Pass this on and save a life!

JamieIntegra Recoveryinfo@integrarecovery.ca(780) 719-8077

Editors Note: Thanks Jamie for yourdedication and services to the truckingindustry through your service, articlesand support for good causes!I know who to call now! Dave

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Remember Alain Deschampsand his fantastic family Win-ner of the BFG at the CapitalTruck Show! Well Alain hashis BFG on and cruisingdown the highway!

Grumpy another CTMwinner of a BFG has a greatstory to tell if you meet up withhim.

Grumpy runs the rockpile and shortly after the BFGwas put on his iron a boulderrolled down a cliff and in frontof his right front steer. TheBFG made short work of theboulder sending it flying intothe side of the road.

Can you imagine thedamage and costs hitting arock like that in the mountainsunprotected.

Another Friend Terrythat has a BFG on his truckshad one of his drivers take outa bear! A little bend in theBFG but on his way without atow or down time.

Use the CTM code100 and order one today!

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Why Drivers ask doesCTM give away Moran Mash-ers at shows and events.

Time and time againstories come back from theones we have given away ofmajor damage towing anddown time saved.

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Have you everordered pre-scriptions on-line?Did you knowthat they arecounterfeit?Did you alsoknow thatthese compa-nies that areselling to youonline are run

by International Organized Crime?Samples of some of the

hundreds of thousands of pills sentby mail but seized by Canada BorderAgency Officials were on display inVancouver last week.

The presentation followedthe end of Operation Pangea V, aninternational investigation co-ordi-nated by Interpol that spanned 100countries. RCMP Sgt. DuncanPound said Canadian officials in-spected almost 4,000 packages,seizing 2,000 of those and confis-cated nearly 140,000 fake pills worthabout $1 million.

"These products are dan-gerous," said Heather Ardiel, chiefof operations for the border agencyat the Vancouver International MailCentre. "Taking prescription med-ications without proper medical ad-vice may pose serious health risksand in some cases even be fatal."…

Police have arrested a 58-year-old B.C. man and seized 6,000counterfeit erectile dysfunction pillsand recommended charges to Crowncounsel. There are two more casesbeing investigated with over 4,000websites, Asia being the primarysource of the medications…counter-feit drugs, over 8,000 dosages. In-vestigations are ongoing daily.

There is a case you mayhave heard of lately involving a truckdriver, “Kuldeep Singh Dharni, ac-cused of smuggling 100 kilograms ofcocaine with an estimated streetvalue of $10 million, he ended upbeing acquitted recently of allcharges.

The Superior Court Justice,Mr. Thomas Carey, even expressedsympathy that the 39-year-oldBrampton trucker had to undergosuch legal troubles since he was ar-rested three years ago when cus-toms officers made thesecond-largest ever cocaine bust atthe Ambassador Bridge. “I wish youthe best of luck,” Carey told Dharniafter delivering his ruling. “And I’msorry this ordeal was visited uponyou.”

ORGANIZED CRIME INVOLVED IN FAKE PILLS SENT BY MAILBy: Dawn Truell, President,

Cross Border Services

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Customs officers found 100bricks of cocaine in Dharni’s truck,hidden among aluminum coils pickedup in Indiana, as he attempted tocross the Ambassador Bridge intoCanada around 8:30 p.m. on August10, 2009.

Dharni maintained that hehad no idea cocaine was hidden in histruck, though federal prosecutorRichard Pollock argued that the ac-cused knew full well.

Carey found Dharni’s evi-dence truthful and suggested that theowner of the truck, not Dharni whodrove it, orchestrated the crime whichcarries a maximum penalty of life inprison.

The owner of the truck wasdishonest on the stand and had di-rected Dharni to a busy truck stop towait while paperwork was allegedlyprocessed, he then could have hadcocaine planted in bags on the un-sealed truck.

Carey also noted that twosets of footprints on the aluminiumcoils did not match Dharni’s. “I do be-lieve your evidence,” Carey toldDharni. “It was clear and uncontra-dicted by any other evidence. It didnot sound practised or rehearsed andit made sense. “The cross examina-tion, in my view, enhanced your cred-ibility. There is no criminal recordalleged and I accept you, Mr. Dharni,as a person of good character.”

Dharni was declared free togo. Outside the court house Dharni,who listened to the two-week trialwith the help of Punjabi interpreters,expressed relief with the decision tothe thanks of his lawyer Mr. PatrickDucharme.

Ducharme said he will seeka quick return of his client’s pass-port from the police, so that Dharnican return to his wife and 2 1/2-year-old son in Brampton and soon re-sume his trucking career. Dharnihad been living under strict bail con-ditions for more than three years.

Things aren’t always as they seem.

For further information on aid-ing in the fight against smug-gling, terrorism, C-TPAT, FAST,PIP please contact;

Dawn Truell, President, Cross Border Services,at: www.c-tpat-certified.com dawntruell@c-tpat-certified.com.

Note from Dave here, if you seesuspicious activity, persons askingyou for a ride acrosss the border inyour truck, a loose lipped drivertalking about smuggling loads ofdrugs or weapons, do us all afavour and contact authorities. Tryto get as much information as pos-sible without becoming involvedand shut these bad guys down!BORDER WATCH CALL1.888.502.9060

Coming across I-72westbound yesterday morning, Isaw emergency vehicles on theeastbound side ahead. When Igot up next to them, there in themiddle of the lanes was a sheet-covered body. It was not a goodway to start the day to see thisin the dawn’s early light.

PTSD used to be calledcombat fatigue and came to be un-derstood most in soldiers returning

home during WWII and thenKorea. It is the residual from trau-matic incidents or occurrences thatone suffers such as battle, abuse,abject fear or accidents where onefeels out of control.

The easiest explainedexample of PTSD symptoms issomeone being gun shy; onejumps or over reacts adverselyto a loud noise after say, beingshot at another time. Physicalsymptoms are increased heart-beat, anxiety, nausea, sweats,flashbacks to what caused thePTSD in the first place, night-mares, high stress levels anddepression.

PTSD may be caused byaccumulative incidences; this iswhat affects truck drivers themost. Added to the constantstress caused by traffic and tightschedules, seeing horrendousaccidents, assisting as first onthe scene to accidents, or seeingthe sheet-covered bodies cancause accumulative PTSD.

Because of the isolationof the job, the trucker may not beable to talk about whatever it wasthey witnessed to work thru theemotions. If truckers have beenin a serious accident them-selves, PTSD may kick in if theysee a similar accident.

People can show somestrange behaviors that are causedby PTSD. My late brother would tellme of seeing a horrendous wreckwith dead bodies and then laugh.He had PTSD for years after serv-ing three tours in Viet Nam andbeing a trucker added to it. Laugh-ing after relating something terriblehe had seen was his way of coping,it was a release for him, but if youdid not know him, you would thinkhim callous or hard hearted…hewas not. If he heard a helicoptertoo closely or a jet would go overtoo low, he would hit the dirt or gointo defensive mode, classic exam-ples of PTSD.

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Accumulative Post Traumatic

BySandyLong

Stress Disorder (PTSD)I was in a major wreck in

2000 where I was pinned in thesleeper for a couple of hours inthe dark. I still to this day do notknow exactly what my positionwas when I pulled myself up, Icould look down at my ex pinnedbehind the steering wheel.When I am tired or stressed, if Ithink about that, my mind goesinto a loop reliving that wreck…and I get scared all over again.

Some PTSD is normalafter an incident where you arescared or feel out of control andnormal PTSD will ease with a littletime. However, PTSD that staysaround or shows up years after theevent can be hard to deal with; butit can be dealt with.

Treating PTSD takes deal-ing with the emotions that you didnot feel at the time, this might takeseeing a professional. Talk therapyis the most common form of treat-ment for PTSD, using anger man-agement, depression strategiesand coping techniques. For truck-ers, the need to talk about whatthey see during the day that affectsthem adversely is very important,for instance, my writing about see-ing the sheet covered body is away for me to deal with seeing it soit does not build up in my mind andturn into PTSD.

PTSD is a very treatablemental illness andnothing to beashamed of. If youthink that youmight be sufferingfrom it by havingcontinued night-mares, anxiety, de-

pression or stress when you seeor remember bad things, then byall means do not hesitate to seesomeone to get some help withthis disorder. As with any mentalillness, there is no shame in hav-ing it, only shame, in this dayand age, if you do not get helpwith it.

Ya’ll be safe and I wish you peaceand some serenity in your busy lives

(www.facebook.com/theoneandonlytv),email(trkrsvoice@thetruckersvoice.net), ortwitter (@trkingsantas).“

Do not cuss a trucker or a farmerwith your mouth full!

Street Smarts: A Guide to a Truck Dri-ver's Personal SafetyArriving Alive: personal safety, drivingand sharing the road with semis tipsJust a Lady Driver blogSandy Long's Faire personal websiteSandy Long @ FacebookTrailerTruckinTechLife member OOIDAWomen In Trucking AssociationNOTE FROM DAVE;As a former Soldier, Policeman andTrucker I too have seen horrific sightsand have seen my Brothers and Sisterssuffer with PTSD. It has manifested a per-sonality in myself to make light of hardsituations and be jovial instead of takingin the hard impact, reality and truth of thesituation. I understand, and understandmore, we need to share our stories as arelease of the stress we as truckers facedaily. Truck stops, CB, make sure toshare Driver.

Make sure to visit theexpanded Web Editionof CTM to see morecontent and NASCAR!Please visit our page onfacebook and LIKE ourpage to get fast first up-dates such as whereDave is on delivery for acoffee and pie!

Patrick became the first woman to lead laps in theIndy 500 as a rookie, a race she finished fourth in. She be-came an international sensation thanks to a series of Go-Daddy Super Bowl commercials, a job she’ll continue withthe big game in 2013. GoDaddy will sponsor Patrick nextyear when she graduates from Nationwide to a full-timeSprint Cup schedule.

Patrick is actually featured in two video games thisfall. In addition to the Sega racing sequel, she’s in Activi-sion’s NASCAR The Game: Inside Line. She previouslyworked with Activision to promote the racing game, Blur.The driver talks about her video gaming skills in the videobelow.

Danica Patrick was named NASCAR's Nationwide Se-ries most popular driver for the first time after finishing10th in points during her inaugural full-time season onthe circuit.

Nelson Piquet Jr. also was named most popular driver of the Camp-ing World Truck Series for the first time in nearly 120,000 combinedvotes cast on NASCAR.com for the lower-tier national series.

The awards were announced during the series' annual postseasonawards ceremonies at the Loews Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.

Patrick earned four top 10s in 33 starts for JR Motorsports in whatmight be her lone full-time Nationwide campaign. She is moving intothe Sprint Cup Series next season with Stewart-Haas Racing.

The Sprint Cup most popular driver award was announced Nov. 29in Las Vegas. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won the award nine consecu-tive times.

You just won thatAuction and how do youget that Car, Truck, Boat,Mobile Home or whateverto where you need it?

As a relocation profes-sional perhaps a friend hasasked you how to ship some-thing somewhere at the bestcost and safest way.

Who would you call orknow where to start looking.

As a shipper, you’re con-templating who is going to shipour new Backhoe, car or CNCmachine, motorcycle, boat ortractor you just purchase on theother side of the country?

Never had anythingtrucked before?

Not sure how to get itdone without going broke. Howdo you know it will arrive safeand sound?

This is a very commonthing these days with all the in-ternet purchases being madeevery single day. Large auctioncompany's are building empireson this very concept.

Your concerns arevalid. there are people andcompanies out there thathave figured out ways totake advantage of this andyou lack of experience inthe trucking industry.

Large trucking try theirbest to treat each piece of freightthey have with respect but lets

face it. When you employ 10,000trucks each day the quality con-trol is going to suffer.

This is exactly whymyself and a few otherOwner Operators havetaken on the challenges ofrunning a trucking com-pany with a one on onepersonal approach.

The greatest care possi-ble is taken to ensure you prop-erty is respected and treatedwell the entire trip.

It doesn't have to be aproblem or a stressful experi-ence. If you hire the right com-pany.

WHO IS HAULING YOUR FRIEGHT

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My company SnortnBoar Transport you will re-ceive your property in atimely professional man-ner from the owner and op-erator of Snortn boarTransport, Marc Springer.

You will have talked withhim on the phone several timesto be kept current on theprogress of your shipment. Youwill have paid a 50% deposit andpaid the balance upon a suc-cessful delivery.

Most of all you will havedealt with a small businessowner who has respect for hiscustomers and their businessand treats each and every one ofhis customers as a friend withthe hopes of a long term truck-ing contact having been made.

There is people like meout there, still you need to lookaround and ask the right ques-tions. For example. Do you havea MC # are you properly insuredin the unlikely event there is aproblem. Do you have any refer-rals or feedback from previouscustomers with similar ship-ments.

At any rate don't let thegiant trucking companies buf-falo you into paying to much orhaving your property heldhostage for weeks on end whilethey shuffle it around some ter-minals waiting for a small truckto deliver it to your door.

Picking up somethingcan have it surprises and canend up more costly then hiringthe shipping out, fuel,hotels,tolls and unexpected re-pairs.

Call an Owner Oper-ator like me and get the jobdone the way you know itshould be!

I do what I say I going todo. Your satisfaction is my moti-vation.

Call Snortn Boar Trans-port today for quote on your nextshipment.

Wether you need thatpurchase door to door orbrought to the border, be you alarge shipper or first time auc-tion winner, Snortn Boar Trans-port can make this a painlesssecure way to move your freight.

Marc SpringerOwner/OperatorSnortn Boar Transport Providing Quality TransportationThroughout the US and Canadawww.snortnboartransport.com

By- Marc Springer - Snortn Boar Transport