22 52 10 ® 26 FUN: Truckertoon 30 • WordSearch 37 • Crossword 41 • NumberSearch 45 • Red’s Rides 55 • Words To Live By 62 OCTOBER 2026 CONTENTS VOLUME 34 ISSUE 2 COVER FEATURE Jim Beck Suffers From a Bad Case of Hay Fever ........... 10 A TRUCKING DOG’S BLOG Spiking the Scale After a Particularly Bad Day ............... 16 PERFORMANCE ZONE Another Small Part Creates a Huge Fuel Problem .......... 19 TRUCK SHOW REPORT Raising Money and Having Fun in Baraboo, WI ............. 22 OUT OF THE ARCHIVES Another Old Gem from Bette Garber’s Collection .......... 25 SPECIAL FEATURE Young Trucker Still Enjoys Kickin’ it Old School ............. 26 TRUCK SHOW REPORT Taking Over the Tarmac Again in Rantoul, IL .................. 38 THE VETERAN’S VIEW When the Telephone Game Isn’t So Much Fun .............. 42 CLINT’S CREATIONS Bret Schmid’s Peterbilt 589 was Built for Work ............... 47 LIBERTY’S LANE What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You .............................. 49 THE BOOKWORM SEZ... A Book About Why Studying History Still Matters ........... 51 TRUCK SHOW REPORT Shining for a Good Cause in Salt Lake City, UT ............. 52 TECH-TIPS & TID-BITS Fight That Ticket and Protect Your Livelihood ................. 57 POETRY IN MOTION Trevor Goes in Search of His Dad’s Lost BIC Pen .......... 59
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