- October 16, 2009
When you get an invitation from the boyz at the Chrome Shop Mafia like that there’s no way one can turn it down. You just know the turn out is going to be good and the hospitality terrific. What we found were 97 trucks on site--72 of them registered in the Chrome Shop Mafia’s Truck Show--and a whole lot of fun...
- October 07, 2009
Swift Transportation received an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Transport Partnership for its leadership in conserving energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions from its transportation and freight activities.
- August 21, 2009
ROCK ON! Two young businessmen find way to make bucks at GATS B rody Yeary (12) and Andy Wiley (10) are quite the entrepreneurs. The Weatherford, Texas, duo, armed with only a screwdriver and keen business sense, roamed the Pride & Polish display area mid-week offering to remove rocks from tire treads. Rocks in tires cost valuable show points. The young businessmen charged $1 per tire for their efforts, making $33 total. Andy (pictured) said the name of their business is "Rock Removers, ...
- July 24, 2009
Fall Issue Arrives Custom Rigs Latest Issue Hits The Road The latest issue of Custom Rigs is hot of the press. If you are not a subscriber and want to get a copy, make tracks to the nearest Petro or one of our "Preferred Partner" chrome shops. Hurry. Issues of Custom Rigs go fast. This issue's hot features include an inside look at Farmer's Oil "Bucket List" tanker, Burningham's "Haulin' Ash" tandem combo, and Sandvik Trucking's "Still Deliriuoz" -- all past Pride & ...
- May 07, 2009
Overdrive's Pride & Polish truck beuaty show at the 75 Chrome Shop in Wildwood, Florida, sees some very surprising winners from Texas and Connecticut mixed in with some of the usual hardware-hoarding culprits of the custom rigs type. The most notable were the dump combos, which, in a sense, cleaned house, leaving many of the box trailers and flatbed boys running home empty-handed. And those guys from Georgia-based Taylor Transport, now they know how to bring home the chrome....