Truck Show Report: By Daniel J. Linss As the ‘24 truck show season began winding down late last year, we had one more event to attend before the final show of the season took place, which was our 10-4 Trucker Rodeo in November. This second to last event was the 3rd Annual Bobtail Apparel Truck Show, held once again at the Dixon May Fairgrounds in Dixon, CA on October 18-20. For the past three years, this event has been a casual and relaxing affair, with a nice collection of somewhat “local” iron, that we look forward to each year – and this year was no different. Driving up on Friday, October 18, Dixon is about a four drive north for us. Facing some strong winds along the way, a wildfire broke out south of the show just before we got there. We were able to get by the flames, but we had to drive through a lot of smoke and dodge several fire trucks along the way to do so. Thankfully, the wind was blowing away from town and the show, and the awesome firefighters got control of the blaze in just a few hours, but it was a little bit scary, nonetheless. Arriving at the fairgrounds just after noon, the winds were too strong for us to set up our canopies, see we opted to just do a makeshift setup inside our TFK trailer. Big thanks to our great friends Roger and Annette of Maggini & Sons Trucking who, once again, brought our 53-foot show trailer to the event with their famous yellow “Godfather” 1962 Peterbilt show truck with green flames. We love these people (the entire Maggini family) and cannot thank them enough for all they do for our Truckin’ For Kids charity event and 10-4 Magazine. With a bar inside the trailer stocked with drinks and snacks, plenty of chairs, music, and shelter from the wind, this trailer quickly became a hangout spot for many that afternoon. Of course, we also had a good supply of 10-4 posters and centerfolds, t-shirts, and the last four or five editions of 10-4 Magazine for folks to grab and enjoy. To make sure people knew we were in there, we hung one of our banners above the open side doors of the trailer (it’s a Kentucky furniture van). It actually worked out really well but the next day, since the wind had calmed down, we went ahead and put our normal setup together in front of the trailer. Friday night featured an unofficial light show, but we didn’t stick around for that, knowing we would be there the next night. Instead, we headed over to Bud’s Pub in downtown Dixon, which is just a mile or so down the road, with a group of friends from Central Valley Transport. Our digital manager and Studio 10-4 LIVE! weekly webcast host John Testa joined us, as well. We have been friends with brothers Mark and Keith Pounds at CVT (and their growing families) since they graced our cover back in August 20 10-4 Magazine / February 2025 of 2005. The specialty at Bud’s Pub is Blackened Prime Rib, which many of us got (and it is the best), while a few others opted for the equally tasty Blackberry Ribeye steak! It was a fun night with good friends and a great meal. Arriving at the show on Saturday morning, as mentioned before, the wind had died down, so we put our “regular” setup together, which features a canopy on the left side of the trailer doors for 10-4 Magazine, and a canopy on the right side of the trailer doors, which has a table and several chairs, and acts as a “lounge area” for people to just hangout in. There were about 17 other vendors which included Carballo Air Ride, Valley Tire, North Coast Wine, 972 Customs, Shine Supply Vacaville, Northgate Cargo Control, Western Trailer, Shine Master and Orozco Polishing, just to name a few, along with 147 registered trucks, so there was plenty to see and do. Walking around the beautiful setting of the fairgrounds, most of the trucks were parked on grass. Some of the ones WINDING DOWN
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