Once again we made it over to the \u201cland of spuds\u201d for the 7th Annual Truck Show & Shine in Caldwell, Idaho, and once again, there were no \u201cduds\u201d to be found. Although the overall turnout wasn\u2019t anything to put in the record books, the quality of rides that came to the event, held on June 10-11, was. This year, a bunch of newcomers made their way to the show and really raised the bar. As we got set up on Friday morning at Gabiola Field, we were a little worried about the weather, but as soon as we popped up the 10-4 party tent, the clouds parted ways and the good times rolled!<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
When we arrived early on Friday morning, a group of Caldwell \u201cnewbies\u201d that included Barry Skavlem (our December 2010 cover feature), Cody Gardner and Brian Carpenter had all showed up from Washington and had already begun wiping down their rides. Naturally, we figured we\u2019d better get to work! The pace became more and more relaxed throughout the day, making this event feel more like just a normal day of relaxing in lawn chairs, kicking back with cold beverages and just hanging out, than a truck show \u2013 that is until it was time for United Hauling\u2019s Kick-Off Party Comedy Night, held at the O\u2019Connor Field House on Friday night. This year we had the pleasure of enjoying two hilarious stand-up comics \u2013 Kier, with his flawless musical impressions, and Gayle Becwar, who cracked us up with his \u201cmagical comedy\u201d show. Thanks again go out to Rod, Talie and the rest of the gang for putting this banquet together which truly kicks off the fun weekend, and for taking such good care of the \u201c10-4 Crew\u201d once again.<\/p>\n
I knew this year\u2019s show was going to be the best one yet, and when we pulled in to Gabiola Field on Saturday morning we were pleased to see an awesome sight \u2013 Tyler Picknell and his sweet dark green Peterbilt 379 and matching drop-deck. With the hood up, Tyler\u2019s rig was showing off his new, painted to match green and chrome Cummins KTA 600 glaring in the sun. Also in attendance were Jeremy Smith and his classy two-tone blue Pete 379 and flatbed combo. Tyler and Jeremy made the trip overnight from Roseburg, Oregon in order to make it to the show \u2013 and we we\u2019re sure glad they did! And between the two them, they collected plenty of trophies.<\/p>\n
Again, my good friends Chet & Trista Jobe (and the kids) were there to help, as well as my rockin\u2019 assistant Jami and Clyde the camel. We were also happy to see a few of our Oregon buddies like Rick Mallorie, Frank Merrill, and my longtime trucking friend Donnie Groat stop by the booth \u2013 they even helped out a bit while visiting. Thanks to Donnie for sharing with me one of the coolest old trucking photo albums I\u2019ve ever seen!<\/p>\n
United Hauling debuted their newest build called \u201cOld School\u201d \u2013 a hot dark green and black Peterbilt 379, and Brad Fleming of Oregon Trail Transport came over from La Grande, OR with his slick yellow Peterbilt 359. I also spent a lot of time drooling over the awesome two-tone brown 1985 Pete 362 triple-bed cabover hay truck owned by Bobby Delgado of Eden, Idaho. We were glad they came over to Caldwell to introduce their amazing rig and hang out with the 10-4 family. This year, without a doubt, Caldwell featured \u201cthe best of the best\u201d from the Pacific Northwest! If you didn\u2019t make it out to the show this year, we hope to see you in 2012.<\/p>\n
BOBTAIL:<\/strong> 1st United Hauling, Caldwell, ID \u2013 dark green & black Peterbilt 379; 2nd Harold Morris, Jerome, ID \u2013 red 2003 Kenworth W900L.<\/p>\n COMBO:<\/strong> 1st Barry Skavlem, Rochester, WA \u2013 green Peterbilt 379 & flatbed; 2nd Jeremy Smith, Roseburg, OR \u2013 blue Peterbilt 379 & flatbed.<\/p>\n SPECIALIZED:<\/strong> 1st Brad Fleming, La Grande, OR \u2013 yellow & silver Peterbilt 359 & hopper; 2nd Joe Eisele, Boise, ID \u2013 Mack boom truck.<\/p>\n ANTIQUE:<\/strong> 1st Schnitzer Steel, Portland, OR \u2013 1923 Mack; 2nd Lonny Riley, Caldwell, ID \u2013 lime green & silver 1978 Kenworth 900A.<\/p>\n SHOW TRUCK:<\/strong> 1st Tyler Picknell, Winchester, OR \u2013 dark green Peterbilt 379; 2nd Steve Treasure, Nampa, ID \u2013 yellow Peterbilt 359.<\/p>\n BEST INTERIOR: <\/strong>Barry Skavlem, Rochester, WA \u2013 green Peterbilt 379.<\/p>\n BEST OF SHOW:<\/strong> Tyler Picknell, Winchester, OR.<\/p>\n PEOPLE\u2019S CHOICE: <\/strong>Barry Skavlem, Rochester, WA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once again we made it over to the \u201cland of spuds\u201d for the 7th Annual Truck Show & Shine in Caldwell, Idaho, and once again, there were no \u201cduds\u201d to be found. Although the overall turnout wasn\u2019t anything to put in the record books, the quality of rides that came to the event, held on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-show-reports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}