10-4 Magazine January 2025

20 68 10 ® 34 FUN: WordSearch 45 • Truckertoon 49 • Red’s Rides 61 • Crossword 65 • NumberSearch 71 • Words To Live By 76 JANUARY 2025 CONTENTS VOLUME 32 ISSUE 5 COVER FEATURE Miracle Man Kent Swapp and His 1957 Kenworth .......... 10 PERFORMANCE ZONE The Pros and Cons of Emerging Technologies .............. 17 TRUCK SHOW REPORT Truckers Show Off Their Skills in Bakersfield, CA ........... 20 WHO’S WHO IN 10-4 Getting to Know Our Diverse Team Member Eric Hill ..... 27 CLINT’S CREATIONS These Peterbilts Were Just Too Cool Not to Share ......... 29 FINANCIAL FORUM New Year Tax Strategies to Get 2025 Started Right ........ 31 TRUCK SHOW REPORT A Bevy of Beautiful Brockways in Homer, NY ................. 34 THE VETERAN’S VIEW Getting Ready for “A Golden Age” in Trucking ............... 46 READERS AND THEIR RIGS Missouri’s Jace King and his 2007 Peterbilt 386 ............. 51 THE BOOKWORM SEZ... Everything You Want to Know about Grizzly Bears ......... 53 A TRUCKING DOG’S BLOG Some Parking Pandemonium at the Truck Stop ............. 56 WAYNE’S WORLD 90-Day BIT Inspections, Revoked ELDs and More ......... 59 SPECIAL FEATURE Jeff Brown: Four Generations of Livestock Hauling ........ 62 TRUCK SHOW REPORT Another Busy Show Weekend in Ontario, CA ................. 68 POETRY IN MOTION This One Goes Out to Ricki Kressley and Her Son ......... 73