Trucking Businesses for sale in Canada

Obtain carrier abstracts, safety ratings, inspections, collisions, convictions and audit findings from the responsible jurisdiction. Compare trends per vehicle and kilometre, not only the current rating displayed by the seller.

Sample driver logs, edits, unidentified driving, supporting documents and violation reports. Confirm required vehicles use certified ELDs and investigate recurring exceptions that could trigger enforcement or reduce available capacity.

Inspect tractors and trailers against preventive-maintenance, defect and annual-inspection files. Forecast tires, emissions systems, engines and lease returns by unit over the next two years rather than accepting a blended book value.

Measure revenue, margin, empty kilometres and payment time by customer, lane and equipment type. Review tender dates and assignment clauses, especially where one shipper controls profitable return loads.

Recalculate contracts using actual fuel purchases, surcharge formulas, reset delays, idling and empty distance. Test rapid price changes because headline surcharges may not offset fuel exposure on every lane.

Review turnover, vacancies, licence classes, abstracts, compensation and immigration dependencies. Examine owner-operator agreements and control over work to identify payroll, tax or employment liabilities from incorrect contractor treatment.