MATS 2016: Show trucks await judging

Mar 30, 2016

The Mid-America Trucking Show gets underway Thursday in Louisville, Ky. Preview a few show trucks competing in the PKY Truck Beauty Championship below. Click here to learn how to follow the show live on Overdrive.

JRC Ranch of Stigler, Okla., brought this Peterbilt to compete in the PKY Truck Beauty Championship at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.
This fine green machine is being shown by Cone AG of Pierre, S.D. at the PKY Truck Beauty Championship.
Clay Snider’s PeopleNet unit matches his viper red 2007 Kenworth on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
VTI Specialized’s “Cabin Fever” basking in sun at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.
Henry Lopez’s 2015 Peterbilt 389 Fitzgerald glider kit on display at the PKY Truck Beauty Championship.
VTI Specialized of Indianapolis, Ind., also brought this Mack B-61 Thermodyne to compete in the PKY Truck Beauty Championship.
Bulldog Enterprises’ Mack that is being shown in the PKY Truck Beauty Championship has an impressive color scheme.

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