10-4 Magazine November 2024

10-4 Magazine / November 2024 23 With about 130 trucks on the show field, there was plenty to see, marvel at, and photograph. At this event, we were handing out our own award – “10-4’s Best of the Best Pick” – which is a nice trophy that also comes with a feature in the magazine of the winner and their truck. Driving around in the golf cart on Sunday, we narrowed our lists down to four of our favorites, and then made our final decision from there. We had some sweet rides in our final four, but we chose one that had that “California cool” look as our winner – Brad Weilert of Fiedler Farms and his gray 2020 Peterbilt 389 hooked to a livestock trailer. Look for a feature of this clean setup in an upcoming edition of 10-4. Judging occurred on Sunday from 11:30 AM until about 4:00 PM. The awards ceremony began around 5:00 PM and featured various sizes of laser cut, polished stainless plaques, made by the folks at Lifetime, of course, except for our trophy, which was made of beautiful, polished wood, red paint, and a printed plaque affixed to the front, made for us by our friend Carl Carstens at Rockwood Products. After the awards, the “after party” officially began since the next day was a holiday, but we took that time to breakdown our booth and prepare for the photo shoot we had scheduled for the next morning with the Emmons boys (our October cover feature). We love attending a show for the first time because we always see new stuff. Some of the standouts for us were Sam Iverson of Hayfield, MN and his white and maroon 1999 Peterbilt 379, which won Best of Show Bobtail, along with Matt Strottman of Figanbaum Trucking out of Sumner, IA, and his two-tone green and tan 2024 Peterbilt 389, who also got a few awards (Figanbaum had three really nice trucks at the show). Another beautiful truck was a recently redone 2001 KenworthW900L owned by Mike Hawkins of Corwith, IA. Painted red and black in a classic Seminole scheme with gold outlines, this rig was looking good. And Mr. Trump even made an appearance at the show – sort of – in Mike’s passenger seat! We also got to meet Joe Eldridge (AKA Truck Show Joe) and check out the black Peterbilt 389X he drives for Southern Transport. Other head-turners were TJ Kounkel’s blue 2024 Pete 389 hooked to a cattle pot, Ben Schultze’s cream, brown, and teal 2003 Kenworth W900L, and PJ Brink’s totally custom