Deals On Wheels Australia - May 2018

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was when all the trucks were parked up for the

startof the PKY Truck Beauty Championship with

a night lights competition.

Mother Nature wasn’t at all worried that it was

the first day of Spring. She instead decided to

greet the thousands of attendees with eight

inches of her finest snow. As picturesque as the

day was for me, my heart went out to all those

in the show. Their trucks were blanketed. I swear

you expected to see Santa doing the judging.

Did it faze the big bonnet boys? Not in the

slightest! Home Depot (like Bunnings but bigger

and without the sausage sizzle) did a roaring

trade, with spades, brooms and even air blowers

flying of the shelves. Every single chamois in

Kentucky was being used on Wednesday.

By the time the sun had set and the stereos

were cranking that night there was a few piles of

snow to navigate but every truck looked brand

new again.

There are 12 judges tasked with picking holes

JAW DROPPERS

For three days there was just a constant stream

of rigs rolling in looking jaw-droppingly stunning.

The owners and crew had spent countless hours

turning them into absolute showpieces.

I watched the team from Evans Detailing and

Polishing, one of the most requested outfits

there, polishing everything from the inner

trailer wheels to the smallest bolt under the diff

housings. Watching them polish a car-carrier’s

trailer just made me feel lazy when I thought

about the effort I used to put in. Forget about

eating your dinner of these things, I swear to you,

your dispatcher could have done his makeup in

the floors of the trailer.

Many may think all the accolades for these

trucks go to the cleaning and polishing teams

that put in so much work, but the owners and

drivers are right there as well. In fact, their

commitment to the cause came to the fore with

a vengeance on the Wednesday morning, which

TRUCK SHOWS

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6.Zeeland Freight Services

keep this fantastic 1980

International 4070B looking

sharp. It’s still a working

truck as it approaches its

40th birthday

7.The team from Evans

Detailing and Polishing

getting their shine on,

whilst trying to keep warm

8.The Polishers getting stuck

into their Sunday work