20 28 10 ® 25 FUN: Truckertoon 38 • WordSearch 41 • Red’s Rides 45 • Crossword 57 • NumberSearch 61 • Words To Live By 68 JULY 2026 CONTENTS VOLUME 33 ISSUE 11 COVER FEATURE A Patriotic Mack Helps Honor America’s 250th .............. 10 PERFORMANCE ZONE The Most Stubborn Cummins ISX 870 Ever .................... 17 TRUCK SHOW REPORT Relaxed Fun at the Spring Fling in Red Bluff, CA ........... 20 CLINT’S CREATIONS Peterbilt Shows it Pride With the Freedom 250 ............... 25 OUT OF THE ARCHIVES Another Old Gem from Bette Garber’s Collection .......... 27 SPECIAL FEATURE Levi Hertzler of Idaho and His Rolling Liberty ................. 28 THE VETERAN’S VIEW It’s Time to Celebrate and Let Freedom Ring ................. 42 SPECIAL FEATURE Dan Smith’s “Ragged Old Flag” Superliner .................... 46 THE BOOKWORM SEZ... A Biography of the U.S. Capitol Building ........................ 49 A TRUCKING DOG’S BLOG This Patriotic Pup Shares a 4th of July Memory ............. 50 TRUCK SHOW REPORT Kasey Aslinger’s Annual Birthday Trek to Texas ............. 54 TROY’S TREASURES Red, White and Blue Diamond of Denver, CO ................ 58 TRUCKER TALK Reminiscing about Being Part of the Class of ‘76 ........... 62 LIBERTY’S LANE Gauging the Cost: Silence is Expensive ......................... 65 POETRY IN MOTION There’s Nothing Else Like “Being American” .................. 67
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