10-4 Magazine / November 2025 13 As mentioned previously, Kevin and his wife Tiffany, who met at Cerritos College where Kevin played football when they were both “kids” still, have been together since 2005 and married since 2008. In those early days, Tiffany went everywhere with Kevin in the truck, and even after their first son Justin (13) was born, she took him along for a few years, as well. Once their second son Adrian (8) was born and Justin started school, her trips with Kevin on the road decreased, but the boys still love going out with dad and helping him in the shop whenever they can. In 2015 they sold their house in Carson, CA and moved to Waxahachie, TX. And as much as they miss California, they don’t regret making this move – not to mention, Kevin could not register or run his old cabovers in California anymore. As Kevin put it, “It was time to go.” Kevin’s father still drives a truck and has been married to Kevin’s mom Sharon for 42 years. They still live in Southern California, and his dad has some cool stuff laying around – like a 1970 Extended Hood A-model, a Freightliner Powerliner, and a 1986 Freightliner FLC. Thanks to the work ethic and skills his father taught him, Kevin is proud of the fact that he did all the work on not only this truck, but all his trucks. And not just the cosmetic stuff – he rebuilds motors, changes transmissions, everything. The only thing he didn’t do on this 1981 Freightliner was stretch the frame, because he doesn’t know how to weld – but he is committed to learning how to do that, too. Like Kevin said, “If you’re gonna run old trucks, especially ones with big Detroits, you’d better know how to work on them!” When Kevin is not trucking or working on his old trucks, his passion is cooking – especially smoking meats and barbecue. He even has a side gig called “Cabover Kev’s Kitchen” where he cooks and caters meals for special events. Since I share this same passion, we talked a long time about cuts of meat, cooking temperatures, types of wood, rubs and seasonings, and all other sorts of BBQ things that would probably
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