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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
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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