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I often go for a walk over the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge on Route I-84.  Perhaps some readers have traveled this stretch over the Hudson River in New York State.  Along the walkway there are signs reminding travelers that help is available for those who are feeling hopeless and might be considering jumping from the bridge.  The

It’s a new year once again!  We are slowly recovering from too much good food and, hopefully, some well-deserved rest at home.  The time has come to pack up the truck and get back on the road.  We have just ended one of the strangest years I can remember, where the cost and availability of

It is amazing how rapidly 2022 passed us by without a second thought.  We had hoped for a favorable year, but unfortunately it came in like a lion and just kept on roaring.  We can only hope that we have a better year in 2023.  For those of you who are interested in the mystical

This month’s creation was ordered for Todd Workman (32) of Morrison, IL but he and his family and friends did most of the customizing themselves, which just adds to the story.  Todd is the youngest of three children of our good friends Arlyn and Linda Workman, featured in the March 2020 edition of 10-4 Magazine. 

We love truck shows that raise money for a good cause.  This year marks my third time attending the Draggin’ & Pullin’ In The Pines event, held October 21-22, at the Pine Valley Raceway in Lufkin, TX.  This has become one of my personal favorite shows, after finding out about it a few years ago,

There are many different facets of the trucking industry and each one plays an integral role in moving America.  Experience is based on not only someone teaching you, but a desire to grow and be as good as you can be.  The education can be immediate, with having someone there to help you, or you

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has announced Alicia Wilson as its January 2023 Member of the Month.  Wilson is an Equipment Cleaning Technician at Highway Transport.  Growing up, Wilson’s father would take the family on long road trips, usually an 8-hour trip to the Rockies or road trips from Colorado to California.  Alicia says,

The final event of the 2022 truck show season (at least for us) was the First Annual Bobtail Apparel Truck Show held at the fairgrounds in Dixon, CA on October 21-23.  Produced by Madison Lowrie and her tireless crew at Bobtail Apparel, a relatively new trucking apparel company, this show had a laid-back vibe and

Since opening the doors to our DPF Alternatives facility, we have restored hundreds of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) and Diesel Oxidation Catalyst Filters (DOC) to up to 99% of their OEM specs.  This is done using a combination of air-knife, flushing, baking in a kiln, and an ultrasonic cleaning process which has undergone extensive testing

Jose Serrano has always been a fan of the sloped-hood Kenworth T800s, so when his son Jose “Joe” Serrano Jr. wanted to buy a W900L Kenworth, he said they were ugly and looked like a monster.  Ignoring his father’s opinion of these trucks, Joe went ahead and ordered his custom W900L, but it still ended

Can you believe it, December and the Holiday Season is here again.  I’m not sure I have paid off all the credit cards from last year.  Guess it doesn’t matter, that’s why I keep working around the clock.  The things we drivers do to make a living should be against the law, and in some

“Trucking to me is a way of life, not a job.  It’s the only thing I love – as much as I hate it some days.  I’ve met some great people and seen parts of the country most will never see.  When I’m not trucking you will find me at home relaxing with my beautiful

The politicians want to color the world in their image.  But in their haste to control, they forget the strength of family and faith in this country.  What makes America great is the family unit.  It reminds one of a Christmas card with the family gathered around the fire – a hearth of love and

Raising money for a worthy cause has become the new focus of many truck shows these days, and that is awesome.  It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by since the first DMF Cancer Benefit Truck Show, but the second event took place in Randolph, OH at the Portage County Fairgrounds on Sept.

This month’s cool creation was built for Wehlander Brothers Trucking out of Milnor, ND.  This company was formed when two brothers, Terry and Kevin, sold a pair of 3-wheelers for the down payment on their first truck in 1999.  Today, they have grown to an 8-truck fleet of black and chrome beauties, with the addition

When my husband and I started showing trucks in 2014, I had no idea the impact it would have on our life and our family.  Flash forward eight years and the “family” we have met through shows and the trucking industry have been some of our greatest blessings.  Last year we hosted our first ever

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has announced Kathy Tuccaro as its December 2022 Member of the Month.  Tuccaro is a Heavy Equipment Operator for ExxonMobil.  Although Tuccaro was a nurse for 13 years, she found herself on a destructive path, even homeless, due to decades of unresolved trauma.  A wake-up call led her to

If you are looking for a fun show to campout, the annual show in Brooks, OR is the place to go.  Oregon and the entire Pacific Northwest is home to some of the finest trucks in the nation, and every year, at the ATHS Brooks Truck Show, I am reminded of the generations of hard-working

I love the art of the ride, the thrill of the throttle, the love of movement, and the thrill of acceleration while going uphill!  I know my mind can work in strange ways, but this is what I feel, especially after being at a motorcycle rally and riding the Harley for six straight days, being

A phrase we have all probably used at least once in our lives can have various meanings, but one meaning “It is what it is” holds, is that we can’t change what happened, all we can do is move on.  Accredited to his late grandfather Cliff, this saying has been carried with Dylan Badders (28)

Commercial vehicle inspectors conducted more than 59,000 inspections during the three-day 2022 International Roadcheck event, placing 12,456 vehicles and 3,714 drivers out of service, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance reported on September 13, 2022.  From May 17-19, 2022, CVSA-certified inspectors in Canada and the U.S. conducted 36,555 Level I Inspections, and inspectors in Mexico conducted

Babe Ruth once said, “ There’s heroes and there’s legends.  Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”  Coming from a long line of truckers, I’ve grown up around the trucking industry my whole life.  I have had the pleasure of meeting some of the best truck drivers out there, and I’m lucky enough to have

My friend Alvin was one of the few truckers that made it around the police blockades to enter downtown Washington D.C. to protest government corruption and abuse of power back in March 2022.  If you have seen the documentary about the convoy he is in, produced by Claire Dooley, you probably noticed how he always

The second weekend of August is a busy time in most midwestern states.  For one, it’s the “official start” of state fair season throughout many of these states.  Also, that weekend was the 33rd Annual Waupun Truck’n Show (WTNS).  This event is open to the public with free admission to all attendees.  The WTNS was

Jimmy Durante is reported to have been the first person to use the phrase “What Am I – Chopped Liver?” in a 1954 movie.  Chopped liver is generally not served as a main dish, so it became a term referring to something not well-regarded or important.  Well, when talking about the human liver, it is

The trucking industry lost an amazing and creative man who designed some of the coolest accessories for trucks, and 10-4 Magazine lost a good friend and business partner when Javier Alejandro Aranda Jr. (known to most as simply Junior) passed away suddenly on September 7, 2022.  He was only 42 years old.  The man behind

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has announced Raquel Sanchez as its November 2022 Member of the Month.  Sanchez is a feeder driver for United Parcel Service (UPS).  When Sanchez joined the Army National Guard in 2011, she was offered the opportunity to drive a truck.  Inspired by her father, Jim Sanchez, who has been

Normally truck shows are a two or three-day event, but sometimes they are just one day.  Held on Sunday, September 11, the 41st Annual Truckin’ for Kids (TFK) Show & Drags in Irwindale, CA was a one-day wonder, and to those in attendance, what a wonder it was!  In past years, TFK was a two-day

Why can transmission and differential oils stay clean for 250,000 miles or longer but not the engine oil?  What makes engine oil dirty is the combustion of fuel with oxygen.  There are two items that wear out the engine, not counting driver abuse.  The first is Silicone, which is ingested dirt that gets past the

Over the years, the popularity of truck shows has really grown.  Not that long ago, there were only a handful of nationally known events across the country, and these shows drew in the best trucking had to offer.  The “golden age” of truck shows was probably the 1990s and early 2000s.  During this time period,