The Vegas LargeCar Invitational has become a unique, annual, invite-only show that partners a truck show with the NASCAR fall race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. …
Author: John & Kim Jaikes
October is Fire Prevention Month, and I hope that you are up for a little history of how this came to be, and I also want…
Many people often say, “I am never going to…” For most of my trucking career, I said, “I will never go to the Hunts Point Market.” …
As many of us who have been on the road for decades are beginning to reach retirement age, we often wonder what we will do after…
The “road to wishes” really began back in 1957 when George Raney got out of the Navy and came home to Ocala, Florida. Opening a truck…
When you’ve been on the road for over four decades you know a lot of people. The odds of meeting up with someone you knew back…
Some people can have boat loads of tough times in their life, but they stay positive and keep on keeping on. Our friend Tina Stine is…
At the Mid-America Trucking Show this year our mutual friend Warren Aitken (an extraordinary photographer) introduced us to his mates (friends) from Queensland, Australia – Justin…
Some might have considered it to have been “the weekend of love” because Valentine’s Day was on Friday, but the 3rd annual Florida Trucking Show was…
Some companies want to grow and have great aspirations of being big, but as the old saying goes, “Bigger isn’t always better!” John Kooy recently shared…
When talking to our friend Raiko Graveran in Florida about his truck “Little Blue” and how it came to be, we quickly realized this was more…
Wind farms have become a very common site around the country, and upon a little investigation, it’s pretty interesting how trucking plays a big part in…
To make it to 100 years old is amazing, but to be 100 and still able to get out and occasionally drive a truck is incredible. …
We have all been touched in some way by Hurricane Helene. From people we know that live in the affected areas to those participating in relief…
After coming back to Waupun from the Green Bay Truck Show in 1988, five friends were sitting in a diner and, while discussing the truck show,…