10-4 Magazine November 2023

Truck Show Report: By Eric Hill The Waupun Truck-N-Show is an event I have attended the most since its beginning in 1990. Best guess, I have attended at least 17 of their shows. When I get to Waupun and drive into the show field, it feels like a second home to me. Every Waupun truck show I’ve attended has created many special and unique memories. The 34th Annual Waupun Truck-N-Show, held on Friday, August 11th and Saturday, August 12th, 2023, was no exception. This event provided me with new experiences for a truck show that I will share with you here in this report – but the best is yet to come! Pre-registered rigs started arriving and getting parked Thursday, August 10th. Regular registration kicked off Friday morning throughout the day and continued through noon Saturday. The registration booth was again located on the west end of the property, near the Waupun Middle School on Spring Street, not far from the Community Center, the hub of activity during all of the show weekend. By early Saturday afternoon, over 300 pre-registered and registered trucks had been parked! The 10-4 booth was located directly across the street from the Community Center. It was a perfect location for all the foot traffic during the show and an ideal viewpoint for trucks passing by during the Saturday afternoon parade. Trucks were registered for judging in two main categories: Bobtails and Combos. Other truck categories with separate awards consisted of pickups, antiques, dump trucks, milk trucks, straight trucks, and tow trucks. The combo groups were broken down further into several different classes including car haulers, dry vans, hopper bottoms, soft sides, and tankers. The Milk Truck category was judged, and awards were presented, on Friday night because these trucks needed to be back on the road hauling milk on Saturday. More than 25 judges with knowledge of trucks or directly involved with a truck business did the judging for the competition. Drivers registered for this truck show spend a great deal of time before and during the show cleaning, detailing, and prepping for the judged contest. Over 100 trophies were presented to 74 10-4 Magazine / November 2023 THE BEST IS YET TO COME