10-4 Magazine October 2020

Traffic at the 10-4 booth in the morning was light, but by mid-afternoon the traffic picked up and I was handing out posters and magazines, and selling a few t-shirts and hats along the way. DJ services, provided by MoJo Productions, played a broad selection of country, southern rock, and classic rock music throughout the weekend. The judged light show began at 8:30 PM and was spectacular! Partnering with John Testa of 10-4 Magazine, we did a livestream broadcast on the 10-4 Facebook page during the light show and, in my opinion, it was the best light show of all the truck shows I attended this year. Farm Rock provided the evening entertainment with live music on stage from 9:00 PM until 1:00 AM. Talk in the evening was that a storm was going to hit the area later that night and Sunday morning, so I made the decision to take down our booth and store it in my SUV, just to be safe. As predicted, the weatherman proved to be right. Saturday night and early Sunday morning a thunderstorm passed through the area with strong winds, heavy rain, and hail which caused havoc on the truck show grounds. The winds were so strong, several of the canopies near the food vendors were blown completely down. My decision 10-4 Magazine / October 2020 55 to take the booth down Saturday night proved to be a good one. By late Sunday morning and into the afternoon, it cleared and was cooler, but with strong winds from the northwest and 20-30 mph gusts, the stiff winds still proved to be a challenge – especially for the vendors with pop-ups and canopies. But, in spite of the inclement weather and wet show field, many people still came to the truck show to admire all the beautiful trucks. Truck registration continued on Sunday morning from 8:00 AM until 11:00 AM. Several more trucks rolled in that morning, nearly filling the entire show field. In all, about 125 trucks registered and participated in the event. Walking the show field, several trucks grabbed my attention. Some of those trucks included Jimmy Ganski and his red and white 2014 Peterbilt 389 and matching reefer, Joe Baehr and his red and black 1993 Ford LTL9000, and Johnny Maddaleno and his metallic green 389 Peterbilt with thin white stripes and polished hopper. A few other standouts were Wade Riffey and his two-tone blue 386 Peterbilt and polished hopper, Matt Strottman and his black and green 2020 W900L, Albert Guilfoil and his brown 2019 Peterbilt 389 (a simple truck but I really liked the color), and Clint Schutjer and his 4-axle maroon and white 2006 Peterbilt 379 and hopper. A nice fleet that caught my eye was IMT Transport – all their classic Kenworths and Petes were amazing! Our neighbors from the north, Jade Transport out of Canada, also had two really clean green Kenworth combos, hooked to polished tankers, at the show (driven by Devon Johnson and Dennis Durand). Rags down for cleaning the trucks was called at 12 noon (an extra hour was provided for detailing because of the effects of the severe weather the night before). A team of judges made their rounds from 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM, and then the results were tallied. While this was taking place, a raffle and silent auction took place, and many nice items were raffled off and given away before the awards. Some of the companies that donated products for the raffles, made cash donations, or sponsored certain awards included Valley Chrome Plating, Interstate PowerSystems, RoadWorks, IMTTransport, Bells &Whistles Chrome Shop, Giza Contracting, Hogebuilt, Lincoln Chrome, Commercial Services, LargeCar Mag, Lifetime Nut Covers and 10-4 Magazine. The awards ceremony took place after the raffles and silent auction from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.