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  • August 2010
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    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 [...]

  • August 2010
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    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
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    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…

  • July 2010
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    Attending the biggest truck rodeo in Canada
    I do a lot of traveling to truck shows around the country, both ours and those put on by others. But next week I’ll be taking my first trip to Canada to see a truck show — and from what I hear, it’s a whopper of an event. The [...]

  • July 2010
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    We should have a place on the Custom Rigs web site where you guys could post custom rigs and related items for sale. You know, a “marketplace” or a Custom Rigs website flea market. Does this sound like a good idea or not? …

  • July 2010
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    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 [...]

  • June 2010
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    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 [...]

  • June 2010
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    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, [...]

  • June 2010
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    ROCKIN’ IN JERSEY
    East Coast Large Cars annual truck show draws big numbers and fair weather
    by Bruce W. Smith

    They 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 [...]

  • June 2010
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    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 [...]

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And the winners are…
DALLAS PRIDE & POLISH
TRUCK BEAUTY CONTEST
GREAT AMERICAN TRUCKING SHOW

August 26-28, 2010

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