10-4 Magazine November 2023

10-4 Magazine / November 2023 21 Some of the standout trucks for us included (2) cool gray KW dump trucks owned by Momentum, (2) two-tone blue Peterbilts owned by Tramcor (including one nice 389 with a standup sleeper and a sweet 379 daycab with a polished and painted dump trailer with six axles), McInelly Trucking’s brightly-colored teal and purple Kenworth T680, Josh Skidmore’s STS trucks (a yellow and white Peterbilt and a cream and yellow KW), and a really sharp red and white Peterbilt 359 owned by Tri-H Farms. Justin Mascaro also had a few clean KWs hooked to livestock trailers, Gary Amoth Trucking had three bright red Kenworths (including a really cool W990), and Trevin Walck brought out his white 2005 KW T600 (featured in our May 2019 edition) with a new white interior and a unique floor that was looking great. As the hosts of the event each year, Pride Transport had several of their beautiful rigs there, too, including (2) silver and black A-model Kenworths, along with a brand-new Metallic Forest Green Peterbilt 389 with a standup sleeper built by Pickett Custom Trucks. A bunch of past 10-4 cover trucks were there, as well, including Dylan Badders’ purple and dark charcoal gray 1994 Freightliner cabover (December 2022), Cody Davis’ Viper Green 2022 W900L and polished livestock trailer (July 2023), and Eric Gibbons’ red, blue and silver 1997 Peterbilt 379 (April 2022). C.G. Soza, a past cover trucker from December 2021, was there as mentioned previously, but he did not bring the truck that we featured on our cover, instead opting to bring his newer ride – a green and black Kenworth car hauler. The awards began around 4:00 PM on Saturday. Each vendor/sponsor gets to choose their own winner, and then a Competitor’s Choice award is announced. This year’s big winner was Marcel Pontbriand of Top Notch Carriers and his “Cowboy of the Road” 1989 Peterbilt 379 and matching 2015 Great Dane dry van trailer, which is covered with murals (inside and out) and features more details than we could ever mention here! One cool thing was a hand-carved wood sign that hangs behind the last trailer axle and acts as a beautiful and unique mud flap. Each of the sponsor award plaques came with $250 cash, and the Competitor’s Choice award came with a whopping $3,400 cash – and most of the recipients immediately donated their winnings back to the charity. Every year for the past 34 years this event has raised money for a Kidney Kamp up in the mountains, which hosts children with kidney problems and their families, at no cost to them, for a fun and safe weekend vacation in the mountains. Hundreds if not thousands of families have benefited from this amazing event and all the truckers that support it. We are so proud to be part of an industry that gives so much back! Thank you to all the truckers, sponsors, vendors, and attendees that make this all possible, year after year – especially the England Family and Pride Transport – that work so hard to put it all together. As the awards ceremony came to a close, we did something special to honor the memory of one of our founders, Erik “Big E” Sieben, who passed away from cancer back in 2019. Erik loved going to this event every year and was known for walking around and handing out crisp $2 bills to the kids at the show, as well as some of the truckers. Many have kept those bills in their wallets for years in remembrance of Erik. We brought a stack of fresh $2 bills and then made an announcement during the awards for all the kids to come up and get their $2 bill in honor of Erik’s memory, and then