The Blog
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August 2010

Are you ready for The Great American Trucking Show?
Most of you are probably well-acquainted with the biggest trucking trade show of the year, but in case you aren’t, here’s a heads-up: The 2010 Great American Trucking Show will be at the Dallas Convention Center August 26-28, 2010.Some of the exciting events that will be held [...]
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August 2010

Custom Rigs staff headed for Dallas
I can’t believe the Great American Trucking Show starts in just a couple days. Summer sure flies by quickly. From what I’m hearing through the Custom Rigs grapevine is the boys from Texas are quite keen on doing well at our Pride & Polish event, just as they did last [...] -
August 2010

What do you get when 50,000 people roll into a tiny Quebec town of 2,500 along with hundreds of trucks, add in 9,000 cases of beer, lots of food, a show-and-shine, all topped-off with two solid days of uphill drag racing in the middle of town? Rodeo du Camion — a truck rodeo like you’ve never seen before…
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July 2010

REWARDING READERS
It’s fun when the work one does is gratifying with just enough challenges to keep it interesting.
One of the fun aspects of my job is working on ways to make your interaction with Custom Rigs fun — and rewarding. That’s why we came up with a couple new twists recently to reward each of [...]
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June 2010

GWTS OPENS
Our Las Vegas Pride & Polish truck beauty contest is looking good with nearly three dozen rigs crammed into the North Hall of here at the LV Convention Center.I haven’t had much time yet to look closely at all of them, but can tell you this: there are some really nice trucks on display, both combos and tractors.
There’s [...]
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June 2010

GWTS calls
It feels like I just stepped off the plane from New Jersey covering the East Coast Large Cars truck show. Oh! That’s right, I came home Sunday night. No wonder my suitcase was already packed for my trip to Vegas in the morning….I like Lost Wages. Nice town–for a convention. Much better for golf, [...]
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June 2010

ROCKIN’ IN JERSEY
East Coast Large Cars annual truck show draws big numbers and fair weather
by Bruce W. SmithThey started rolling in on Friday night and the trucks kept coming in until mid-day today as the East Coast Large Cars annual New Jersey truck show opened at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta just off Route [...]
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June 2010

East Coast Large Cars Show Day 1
The weather is turning out ot be pretty good this weekend, which should bode well for everyone heading out to Augusta, New Jersey and the Sussex County Fairgrounds for the East Coast Large Cars.Com truck show. That’s where I’ll be today as well.Last year Richie Acosta’s truck show drew [...]

And the winners are…
DALLAS PRIDE & POLISH
TRUCK BEAUTY CONTEST
GREAT AMERICAN TRUCKING SHOW
August 26-28, 2010
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