10-4 Magazine October 2024

34 10-4 Magazine / October 2024 As with previous Dirty Business shows, the Grand Mound Sportsman’s Club provided food to all the hungry participants and attendees on both Friday and Saturday. They offered hamburgers and hot dog sandwiches, pork chops, and a variety of Frito Lay products and Pepsi soft drinks. The pork chops were very excellent, and I observed many people eating them. Thursday evening, HD Equipment provided pizzas from the Railyard Restaurant & Bar located in Louden, IA for the early attendees, employees, and volunteers working the show on Friday and Saturday. On Friday night, several of us made the drive from Grand Mound to Louden to the actual Railyard Bar & Restaurant for dinner. There were so many of us, we had to be seated in the patio area on the south side of the restaurant. We ordered a variety of appetizers and dinner items from the menu that were all delicious. It was a great few hours of fellowship and breaking bread with friends and truck show attendees. Saturday evening a Driver’s Dinner was provided by HD Equipment that consisted of pit smoked pulled pork, cheesy mashed potatoes, macaroni salad, and baked beans. The food was all so tasty, especially the macaroni salad and pulled pork, I went back for seconds. There was plenty of food that lasted well into the evening. There are many reasons I attend all these trucks shows. The primary reason is as a representative of 10-4 Magazine to report in writing and photographs my experiences at various trucking events. But just as important is the creating and maintaining of relationships with a variety of people that I have met at all the shows. At the Dirty Business Truck Show, I got to meet and spend time with Joe Eldridge (AKA Truck Show Joe) who drives a black 389X Peterbilt for Southern Transport out of Texas. We talked about all things Texas, especially their brisket and pecan pies. Kevin Johnson, who works at Davis Bros., stayed at the same hotel I was in and drove the “Lessons Learned” Pete combo from southern Indiana to Grand Mound. Each morning, we would meet for breakfast to talk about a variety of things, but particularly how faith has played an important part in our personal lives. At all the previous Dirty Business events, I have had the opportunity to meet and work with Jesse Hawthorne, but never had the chance to have a lengthy conversation with him. This year, we made it a point to watch the fireworks together and ended up having an in-depth conversation about the truck show and different aspects of our lives. All the personal interactions with each of these gentlemen were interesting, meaningful, and gave me a new appreciation of each one of these men – which made me very thankful for these opportunities! It was another fun, exciting, eventful, and successful Dirty Business show. I would like to send big thanks to Guthrie, Kelly, and Jay for giving me and 10-4 Magazine the opportunity to be a part of this event. Thanks to Jay for once again providing me with a golf cart to use throughout the weekend, which makes my life much easier. There was nothing but clean and awesome rides at the 2024 Dirty Business Truck Show, which was held on a beautiful summer weekend in eastern Iowa. If you have not yet been to this show, I urge you to give it serious consideration next year – you won’t regret it if you decide to attend! n