New custom parts debuting at truck shows
I love going to the truck shows–any truck show. What intrigues me the most (other than the people) are the new custom rigs. More specifically, the cool truly custom, one-off parts and mods you see. It’s those items that spur the imagination and dreams of other owners into personalizing [...]

We will release our first issue of Custom Rigs’ INSIDER, the digital edition supplement to the print magazine, sometime over the next two week period. Just like the magazine, the INSIDER will be packed with both informative and entertaining articles, features, how-to articles, buyer’s guides, new products and other content tailored to the needs and wants of big [...]

Mid-America Truck Show Photo Sampling

Here is a small sampling of a few of the rigs at the Mid-America Truck Show going on in Louisville.

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Off To Scout For Feature Trucks in Louisville
It’s that time of year again. The truck show season is off and running and with it a whole lot of new custom rigs. At least my sources at the Mid-America show tell me they are seeing a large number of cool new trucks at the fist event [...]

[ June 10, 2010 to June 12, 2010. ] The 28th Shell Rotella SuperRigs® will be held in the scenic and historic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia from June 10-12 at the LEE HI Travel Plaza in Lexington, Va.

Ceramic-Coated Exhaust Manifolds Increase HP & MPG

Bully Dog Now Offers Premium Ceramic Coated Exhaust Manifolds for 1994-2004 CAT 3406E and C-15 engine models

Are you looking for the best exhaust manifolds in the market?  Bully Dog is pleased to announce the availability of ceramic coated exhaust systems for Class 8 engines.  The first manifold [...]

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It’s official: I’ve now become a part of the social networking system called Twitter. For those of you who want to follow along whenever I have something of interest to pass along, here’s my link: http://twitter.com/CustomRigs…

If you are planning a trip anywhere and want to know what truck stops are along the way, what amenities they offer, what specials they are running, and so forth, TruckStopGuide.Com and Truckstopcoupons.Com are two must-use web sites…

Wabash National Corporation Announces Hiring Plans
Big increase in freight traffic drives push to add more drivers

LAFAYETTE, IN–(Marketwire – March 11, 2010) –  Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) today announced that they have hired 100 temporary associates with plans to hire 90 more during the quarter.

“Our Lafayette operations are beginning to see production and customer [...]

Slim-profile, KICKER® CompVT™-Loaded Sub Boxes are perfect for pickup-truck seats that hug the back of the cab, with three sub sizes in tight, sealed enclosures. They are the smallest sub-loaded enclosures ever from KICKER labs, but still blistering, true high-performance KICKER woofers and boxes…

2010 PACCAR PX ENGINES MUSCLE UP
Kenworth Announces 2010 Engine Offerings for Medium Duty Trucks

ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 11, 2010 – Kenworth Truck Company announced its 2010 engine offering for its medium duty product lineup during a press conference today at The Work Truck Show in St. Louis.  
“The 2010 PACCAR PX-6 and [...]

Mercer-leased over-the-road owner-operator and Fast Transport custom shop owner Ted Streit is on a quest to find the right Allis-Chalmers engine for his 1970 Kenworth W900A…

[ June 26, 2010; ] TRANSPORT FOR CHRIST 29TH ANNUAL TRUCK RALLY. Lebanon Valley Expo Center – Two miles south of Lebanon, PA. Turn east on Rocherty Road from Route 72. Saturday, June 26, 2010

We are working hard to get our event calendar filled as our web site is fast becoming THE place for those checking out trucking conventions, truck beauty shows, truck rallies and diesel drags. So if you know of an event we DON’T have listed on our 2010 calendar, please drop us a note about the event and a photo (if you have one) to go with the information.

[ May 1, 2010; ] The Second Annual Cotton Patch Large Car Gathering and Diesel Drags will be May 1 at the San Angelo Dragway in San Angelo, TX. Festivities will include a display of working show trucks, antique trucks, and diesel drag races.Proceeds from the “Charities Choice Award” will benefit the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund.

Greatwide Driver Rick Gassman Reaches Milestone

Driver operates commercial vehicle 51 years and more than 4 million miles without accident or moving violation

DALLAS, TX–(Marketwire – March 10, 2010) –  Greatwide Logistics Services, a national provider of third-party logistics services, today announced the significant accomplishments of Rick Gassman, a company driver with a career spanning more [...]

NAVISTAR DEBUTS 2010 MAXXFORCE 7
New 300hp diesel V-8 aimed at the medium-duty commercial truck market

ST. LOUIS, MO. (March 10, 2010) – The 2010 MaxxForce® 7 V-8 turbodiesel charged into the spotlight this week as Navistar (NYSE: NAV) unveiled the new engine at the National Truck Equipment Association’s (NTEA) Work Truck Show in St. Louis, [...]