Tag: Guilty By Association Truck Show

Custom Rigs

The ’61 needlenose and ’74 cabover Petes — and a pair of 389 gliders — of Mel-Rick Inc.

At GBATS, Rick Bestwick and company — owners of the Mel-Rick Inc. 10-truck hopper and step-deck pulling fleet of Sabetha, Kan. — showed two classics and two hardworking gliders. Catch more about them, and the Mel-Rick business incorporated since the early 1980s, in this new video.

December 27, 2018

Custom Rigs

Video look on a 353-inch-wheelbase 1999 Classic XL and its 190-inch sleeper

Owner-op Jayme Snow showed the unit recently at the Guilty by Association Truck Show, parked up next to his parents Daniel and Phyllis Snow’s 1996 Freightliner. Jayme’s rig and its two sleeper and wheel-base extensions, among other details, are no doubt remarkable.

October 25, 2018

Custom Rigs

‘Paid for, she is’: Update with Michael and Tammy Groom’s 2012 T660

You may recall the Star Wars-themed 2012 Kenworth T660 from the 2016 Guilty by Association Truck Show. Hear from the semi-truck's owners on Overdrive Online.

October 11, 2018

Custom Rigs

Guilty by Association under way in Joplin, Mo.

Over 400 owner-operators are hard at work getting their trucks ready for the two-day Guilty by Association show in Joplin, Mo. Learn more here on Overdrive.

September 28, 2018

Voices

POLL: Do you have a favorite among trucking and truck shows around the country?

Overdrive would like to know which local/regional truck show and national truck show is your favorite? Take our poll and let us know.

August 13, 2018

Custom Rigs

The rattiest of rat rods

“The rat rods have my full attention. I finally found a show truck no one cares if I touch. And these things are something else, let me tell you. They might not be shiny, but they’re sure as heck interesting.”

September 29, 2017

Business

No. 9 with the Bossman: Guilty by Association show wraps in Missouri

The ninth Guilty by Association Truck Show is in the books, and if ‘Bossman’ Bryan Martin and 4 State Trucks crew keep breaking records, this show is going to spill over from Missouri on into Oklahoma. Rat rods, custom showpieces, 500-plus working trucks, the Special Olympics convoy and more.

September 25, 2017

Custom Rigs

New hub covers, more for Michael and Tammy Groom and their ‘Mothership’ 2012 KW T660

There’s certainly more than just aesthetics driving the choice of the Vyper covers by American Truck Technology, Michael says. (They do look good, though.) An encounter with the head of the company led a little brand loyalty, of a sort…

December 10, 2016

Custom Rigs

Jim and Carol Steffey and the Lanita Specialized 2016 W900L

From the 2016 Guilty by Association Truck Show: Husband-wife team Jim and Carol Steffey’s KW is a standout, particularly its sleek striped paint job.

November 30, 2016

Custom Rigs

‘My toy’: Retired owner-op Roger Hilbrenner’s 1991 Peterbilt 379

Though retired, Roger Hilbrenner’s still shows the truck annually.

November 22, 2016

Custom Rigs

Custom fuel hauler stretches the limit for navigating Chicago fueling stations

Flagship of the fleet

November 17, 2016

Custom Rigs

Whiplash: Heard Trucking’s cabover lover’s dream 1996 Freightliner FLD

Don’t get ‘Whiplash’ trying to look at this truck.

November 1, 2016