10-4 Magazine October 2022

10-4 Magazine / October 2022 71 fairgrounds (which also just happens to be a new distribution location for 10-4 Magazine, so now you can stop there to get your free copy each month). Vendors in attendance at the truck show included EZ Pete Interiors, Primrose Lubricants, Evan’s Detailing & Polishing, BPA Auctions, SAP Brothers, Vander Haag’s Trucks & Parts, Chrome N’ Steel Truck and Trailer Repair, Haseman Engine Service, and more. As mentioned before, Friday was hot and humid, but nothing could prepare us for the extreme heat and humidity that awaited us on Saturday. With temps in the triple digits and the level of humidity around 80-90 percent, it was downright miserable out on that grass. Thankfully, we had a covered golf cart to sit in, lots of cool rigs to look at, a stocked cooler, and the nicest people to meet and visit with. Nothing beats the Midwest for friendly people and hospitality! Along with plenty of nice company trucks from local fleets, there were also a lot of cool 359 Petes and old A-Model KWs at this show. Many of these older trucks are still regularly used throughout the Midwest, so it is always neat to see what the locals might bring out. Some of the other trucks that stood out for us included a brown Peterbilt 389 owned by Garrett Neville Trucking, a yellow Pete 379 flattop hooked to a matching reefer owned by Kreutner & Sons, a light silver Peterbilt 379 daycab with blue scallops that was rumored to be originally from California, and Jake Bast and his white Pete 379 standup and matching flatbed combo. There was also a customized golf cart running around that looked like Mater from the movie Cars (they called it Lil’ Mater). My favorite truck at the show was a brown and gold, big bunk Peterbilt cabover owned by The Anthony Boys. I love cabovers, and brown is one of my favorite colors, so it was an easy choice for me! Calling this rig “The Gambler” and presenting it in honor of Albert “Babe” Anthony, this rig was turning heads and photographed by many. I think it is already a well-known truck in this region, but we had never seen it before, so it caught our attention, for sure. Anthony P&L, the company that owned this truck, also had an entire line of trucks hooked to tankers and a bunch of nice bobtails at the show, too. The awards started at 5:00 PM and began with the announcements of all the raffle prize winners. The sweaty winners got to choose the prize they wanted from a table of donated stuff! For the trophies, there were six classes, divided between bobtails and combos, plus four “Best of” awards, a People’s and Driver’s Choice, and one specialty award – the Kroy Vandenberg Memorial Award. The Best of Show trophy went to Bryan Koliha and his teal-colored flattop Peterbilt 389 hooked to a nice hopper trailer. In memory of a friend who lost his son this year, a special memorial award was created called the Kroy Vandenberg Memorial Award. Young Kroy had a rare disease that caused lesions on his brain and spine and took him at the age of just nine years old earlier this year. With help from a friend, Dustin Graf, show producer Brock Gadberry was able to collect $4,000 from local businesses and friends to donate to Brad and Valerie (Kroy’s parents) for their scholarship fund in Kroy’s name. The winner of this award was John Madelleno and his cool silver and black Kenworth W900 with an early style aerodyne bunk. Once all the awards were handed out, it was time to relax and celebrate. Our hats go off to Brock Gadberry, Trevor Coufal, Tyler Van Der Zwaag, and their entire crew of about 20 or more people