10-4 Magazine / October 2025 35 camping experience, with the medical support they need. The camaraderie among drivers and participants – and seeing the patients’ excitement – is what keeps me involved.” At this annual event, the vendors and sponsors get to choose their favorite trucks, along with the competitors at the show. Sponsors walked the rows and cast votes for the trucks that caught their eyes, while drivers weighed in for the Competitor’s Choice award. This year’s Competitor’s Choice winner went to Dylan Badders (DTB Trucking) for a purple and black 2005 Kenworth W900L, which was a crowd magnet all weekend. “I brought an ‘05 Kenworth W900 with a Cat 6NZ making about 750 horsepower,” Badders said. “The paint is a 17-step process that layers multiple colors to get the purple and black just right, but my favorite part of the show is the people – getting together, meeting new folks, and making friends.” These trucks may shine while parked on the lawn during the show, but my favorite part is watching the trucks roll out and go back to work, even though it is bittersweet, because that means the show is over. But a show with this much
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