14 10-4 Magazine / August 2025 Dalton, who is a Boise Firefighter, and they have one young son. Kathy never really worked directly in the company, as she was in the banking industry, but she helps whenever she can, and she is Gary’s biggest supporter. These days, no longer in banking, her biggest job is being “grandma” and babysitting those grandkids, which she loves to do. Gary and Kathy do not have a lot of time for hobbies, but they do have a cabin, and they try to sneak off to it whenever possible. They also enjoy attending a few truck shows throughout the year, with the Southern Idaho Truck Show, held right there locally, being the one they attend and support the most (this year they had 13 trucks on display at the show). Doing our photo shoot after the Southern Idaho Truck Show concluded, we started out at Balanced Rock in the Salmon Falls Creek Canyon. The wind-carved rock, which is over 48 feet tall and weighs 40 tons, balances precariously on a pedestal only 3 feet by 17 inches. We took a few pictures there and then headed to nearby Balanced Rock Park – an excellent spot for a picnic – and an even better spot for a truck photo shoot! After driving across flat farm and dairy land for over 30 minutes, all the sudden you come up on – or should I say drop into to – Salmon Falls Creek Canyon. One mile later you climb up out of the canyon and you are back to flat desert land. It is surprising and weird, but the canyon is absolutely incredible. From there, we headed to Gary’s house to take some photos on his front lawn (sorry Kathy), and then to their yard in Twin Falls for some fleet shots. We would like to thank Gary and Kathy, along with all the drivers and others who helped us that day by moving trucks around, wiping them down, and even breaking into one so we could move it. It was a long and hot day, but it was also a fun day, and we could not have done it without everyone’s help. Me and my wife Shannon had a nice time getting to know Gary and Kathy and spending time with them – they are truly nice and friendly people, who are very easy to get along with. We would also like to wish them a belated “Happy Anniversary” as their 34th wedding anniversary just happened to fall on the day we did the photo shoot. Thanks for spending your special day with us. One other really cool thing Gary and the entire company had the privilege to experience was hauling the U.S. Capital Christmas Tree to Washington D.C. in 2016. Each year, a different company is asked to haul the tree, depending on the state it comes from, and that year the 80-foot Engelmann Spruce was harvested from the Payette National Forest in Idaho. Selected by Kenworth, who sponsors the entire deal, Gary Amoth Trucking was awarded the haul due to that sterling reputation mentioned earlier. Gary didn’t know how to choose who would get to drive the truck, so he decided to do it himself. Leaving on November 6th, with 33 hospitality stops along the way, Gary was gone for five weeks, but what an honor it was for them to be tasked with hauling this sacred cargo! Although he has no plans to retire anytime soon, Gary feels like there are some key young people in place to help move the company into the future. And Gary is not afraid to grow the company even more, but only if needed. “Growth for the sake of growth is always a mistake,” he said. Overseeing the entire operation, Gary works hard to maintain the company culture, because that makes a real difference with their employees and customers. And their culture of “doing the right thing” has served the company well for over 40 years now so, as the saying goes, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it! n 1st Truck 2nd Truck 3rd Truck
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