32 10-4 Magazine / August 2025 Raising money for a good cause has never been so much fun. We had the pleasure of attending the Southern Idaho Truck Show in Filer, ID (just outside of Twin Falls) on June 27-28, 2025. It was not the first time we had been to this show, but it had been a few years, and it was in a different location than the last time we were personally there in 2019. Held at Twins Falls County Fairgrounds, the show is a great excuse for local truckers to get together, have fun, and raise money for a good cause. Rolling into town on Friday, June 27, from Salt Lake City, most of that day was filled with vendors getting set up and trucks being parked on the grassy lot. At 7:00 PM, a delicious smoked prime rib dinner was served to everyone lucky enough to have a ticket. The $25 ticket got you a nice slice of prime rib, a loaded baked potato, both macaroni and potato salad, watermelon and a drink. And if that wasn’t enough, there were cakes and cookies, too. After dinner, the Whiskey River Band took the stage while we all waited for the light show to start. Because of the time of year and the location, the sun did not go down until 9:30 PM, so the light show started late, and didn’t end until late, as well. Saturday morning began with a free breakfast hosted by JD Truck Repair and Ol Greg Transportation. Our friends at Express Pressure Wash were working hard before and during the show, getting many of the trucks in attendance washed and polished. With over 100 trucks at the fairgrounds, along with a handful of vendors and several food trucks, we had a great time strolling around, taking pictures, and talking with our friends. It was a little warm, but nothing too crazy. This show just has an easy going, casual, feel to it, which is nice, because some others are hectic and stressful. Checking out all the trucks, there were several standouts at the event including Tony Huttenstine’s cool white and black Peterbilt 379 with a big sleeper, Wagner Transportation’s old tan and black Freightliner cabover cattle truck and trailer (it was nothing fancy, I just love those setups), and Clyde Green’s always-amazing cream and maroon W900A. Gary Amoth Trucking of Twin Falls (our cover feature this month) filled a huge area at the end of the show grounds that featured 13 trucks, parked in a semi-circle, with a big American flag flying in the center. It was impressive. Other head-turning rides included Frasier Transport’s fleet of mostly copper color trucks (nine of them), Marty Miles and his blue and white cow-haulin’ cabover Kenworth, and Rich Hettinga’s yellow and red Peterbilt cabover hay truck and trailer (an old Ed Erro truck). Ryan Readmond’s super-cool tan, orange and brown International 9300 Eagle was Truck Show Report: By Daniel J. Linss probably one of my favorite trucks at the show, and it took home two plaques, which is a lot considering this show only has six total truck awards. A few more good-lookin’ units were Jared Jakino’s dark blue and white 1987 Peterbilt 359 hooked to reefer trailer, a neat maroon Peterbilt with a classic “heartbeat” paint scheme in tan, black and gold (with a Varishield), and Justin Barlow’s clean Legendary Brown 4-axle Pete 389. One interesting truck that got a lot of attention was owned by Jeff Badders of Double J Cattle out of Eagle, ID. This white 2007 Peterbilt with a red frame had a unique paint job – sort of. As the owner began buffing on it to prepare for the show, which was the next day, he went a little too hard and started taking the truck’s white paint off, and red paint from the truck’s original factory color began peeking through. Jeff liked how it looked so much, he began intentionally rubbing off more white paint to expose more bits of red. To make the white sleeper match, he actually rattle-canned RAISING FUNDS IN FILER
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