Sterling Hornoi

Sterling Hornoi, owner of Hornoi Leasing Ltd. and Sterling Truck and Trailer Sales Ltd. hasn’t always sat in the owner’s chair. In fact, in the early days, his chair was behind the wheel of a semitrailer truck, which he drove from 1959 – 1965. He then dabbled in the used truck business until 1973, when he opened up his first business; Sterling Truck and Trailer Sales Ltd. “In the fall of 1973, I was down east and there was a rail strike in Canada at the time. I was coming back from Toronto and I noticed all the leased equipment, rental trailers on the highway and I thought it would be a good thing to get into Saskatchewan,” said Sterling. As fate would have it, when Sterling got back to Regina a Fruehauf trailer salesman was in town. They talked and Hornoi bought his first three rental units for $1,800.00 down. By October 1974 he had taken delivery of 20 highboys and 10 vans.