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2 0 1 6 V 2 | BULLDOG | 3 John Lamothe Titan (5,311 votes), Robert Hurley, owner, Hurley Brothers, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Hurley Bros. operates nine Macks — two Titans and seven Pinnacle axle forward straight trucks. The fl eet hauls aggregate to local concrete plants and sand to pipeline projects in the nearby oil sands energy region. Hurley's Titan has a 40-ton payload and pulls away from all the other trucks on the hills, Bob says. Bob and his wife, Debbie Livingston, had other issues to deal with this past May than just winning the calendar con- test. In May, the area around Fort McMurray was overwhelmed by a huge wildfi re, which forced the rushed evacuation of around 90,000 people and eventually covered nearly 1.5 million acres. Debbie said the fl ames came within 550 yards of their house and their trucks had to be left in their parking lots, but fortunately they escaped injury and damage. Bob had to evacuate to the south and Debbie to the north (where she took refuge in one of the huge oil sands excavation camps with hundreds of others). They were able to reunite several days later when the fi re moved past the highways. Robert Hurley and Debbie Livingston