10-4 Magazine February 2024

10-4 Magazine / February 2024 13 said, he and this cool old truck are trying to get back to that again. Colorado, like many of the western states, is plentiful with beautiful areas providing some cool backgrounds for photographing big trucks. Greeley is no exception, with accessible locations to get Keith’s truck into, including the Park-And-Ride, with a mountain range backdrop, some beautiful fall colors captured around Promontory Park, and Trinidad Bean & Elevator Co. This trip out of town had me starting in Larned, KS where I photographed the January 2024 cover truck, then headed to Nunn, CO to not only get a long overdue visit with one of my best friends, Leah, but to make my way down to Greeley to him so much and wanting to be just like him. To Del Speicher for trusting an 18-year-old kid with driving a big fancy Peterbilt and allowing him to take it to get it washed. To Jerry Weber, who owned cool trucks and gave Keith the opportunity to drive one of them. To the members of the Shupe family, owners of Tri-State Commodities, for being a company Keith could both be a part of and admire, not only for their beautiful equipment, but how they run a business. Last but not least, big thanks to Clyde Green, a man Keith has been a longtime friend with and someone he has learned so much from, including how to treat people. Clyde is a man Keith highly admires who is always uplifting. Today, Keith and Candie, along with their precious pup Agnes, reside in Wiggins, CO. The highlights are their trips to Little Rock, AR to visit Keith’s daughter Bailey and his grandchildren, Lincoln and Kamryn. Keith sometimes hauls for Tri-State pulling one of their trailers. They have been gracious enough to let him work on his truck in their shop and also let him park the truck in their yard. More than anything else, Keith uses this unique old Kenworth to pull a 2018 Polar liquid center drop trailer hauling liquid fertilizer. He said he really enjoys driving this truck and there will always be work it needs or things he can tinker on. The interior is a work in progress, but I think it looks pretty cool already! Keith also said that he used to love to drive, and every trip was an adventure. That being photograph Keith’s truck. During the second day, Keith said I needed to get the full effect and ride shotgun to one of the locations, which I gladly obliged. It was a real treat to have Leah with me so she could see what I get to see each time I photograph a truck, but also for her to get a firsthand look through the windshield from the passenger seat of Keith’s truck. Between Leah and I, I’m really not sure who wore a bigger grin that day. Special thanks from Keith goes to his wife Candie who has been his biggest supporter and has more faith in him than he has in himself. It means everything to him to have a teammate in all of this. He couldn’t do this without her, although he said he could do it if he was single,