10-4 Magazine December 2022

12 10-4 Magazine / December 2022 Cliff had passed, Dylan, who had been given all his trucking CDs, heard the song and it just seemed to fit perfectly. The truck’s number 36 is in honor of his grandpa Gene, as this is the year he was born (1936). Referring to the back of the truck, the “It Is What It Is” is the motto Cliff lived by and passed that onto Dylan. It meant that there was no point in stressing over something that couldn’t be changed, so you just need to put your foot forward and move on. Dylan’s favorite trucking memory from his childhood wasn’t one particular event but a compilation of all the times he rode along in a Peterbilt 362 that his father owned. Boyd would wake him up in the middle of the night to haul from Nevada to California. Dylan had the opportunity to sit on his father’s lap many times and start his early education on driving a truck. Since he started driving, Dylan said two memories come to mind, including he and his father in their trucks, running together from Howe, ID to Twin Falls, ID. Hay has always been their freight commodity of choice, and it still is that way, today. Another memory that Dylan relishes was from just last year, when he and his friend Vince MacGuire hauled three loads each of 60-foot steel trusses from Fallon, NV to Naples, FL. They had a lot of fun trucking together. In August of this year, at the Great Salt Lake Truck Show in Lehi, UT, Dylan brought out his truck, and was shocked on Saturday when his name was called as the winner of the Competitor’s Choice award. He said, “I was at a loss for words, because you don’t think your truck is anything special with all the other amazing trucks on display at the show. It boosted my confidence in my truck building skills, because with my OCD about truck work, I am harder on myself and want things to be perfect.” As the recipient of the award, there was also an