Rolling Into 2010

It seems the older I get the faster a year goes by. I’m sitting here in my office looking at a 2010 Custom Rigs wall calendar (right) and wonder where in the world 2009 went. I’m glad it did, though; the economy the way it was and the jobs lost across the country made the year pretty depressing as I’m sure it was, and may still be, for a lot of you.

But as Mike Reilly, the president of our company says, “God put our eyes in front of our heads so we wouldn’t be looking behind us and constantly dwelling on the past. What’s in the past is past. Learn from it. But focus on looking ahead and moving forward. That’s what makes winners.” Good advice to start 2010.

Speaking of 2010 and looking ahead, here’re just a few things to be looking forward to in Custom Rigs’ pages: More feature working-class rigs; expanded coverage of our Pride & Polish events; and more how-to articles.Your input says to keep the magazine as is, so we are.

Custom Rigs web site is going to be expanded with a lot more content as well as we strive to make it chock full of great articles and information.

Our goal is to have coverage of every truck show across the country. To do so requires you guys to supply us with photos and the information from events our staff can’t attend. So snap away and send us a little story about the events you attend!

Another change is the addition of monthly “buyer’s guides.” These articles will be aimed at specific type of products of interest to owners and builders of custom big rigs from bumpers and visors to seats and sound systems to paint and chrome products. We’ll tell you what to look for when buying and provide a showcase of what’s new. We hope you like the information and the way it’s presented.

We’re also going to be calling select truckers who submit their rigs into our Reader’s Rigs gallery. Those calls will result in short feature stories about the truck and it’s owner.

We hope you enjoy these added articles. 2010 is going to be a great year!