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The national winner of the Working Combo category of the Pride and Polish competition was this 2010 Peterbilt 389/Wilson livestock combo. Cream colored, polished silver grated sides, and look at the details… Look at those headlights!
Look at the stacks, too. Just simple smooth columns shining silver. Those look pretty striking. This custom truck is put together pretty well.
It’s owned by Phil Miller. He’s a newcomer to the competition. The grain hauler runs a three-truck fleet out of Salinas, California.
This truck got second place at Shell SuperRigs in Texas. What does it take to win one of these events? Longtime judge Jami Jones explained some of the things they’re looking for:
“You talk about SuperRigs, these are your top-shelf trucks, so it’s almost impossible to find the flaws,” she said. “If they painted the frame, is it all the way through? Is it consistent? Do they have the stripes matching? The lights, are they symmetrical? Whatever their theme is, did they follow it through from start to finish? That’s probably the biggest key to it, in addition to just keeping it up. These are working trucks, so you can tell the guys who bring it off the road and clean it on a daily basis.”
The trucks win cash (in the hundreds and thousands, depending on the event and placing), but they also get to be featured on calendars and in magazines.
“Face it, the calendar immortalizes you,” said Jones. “The calendar’s definitely a big deal but I think also it’s a big deal to have that $10,000 cheque at the end of the day. This is the biggest prize money out there on the show truck circuit, so these guys are out there to compete.”
Newcomer Phil Miller’s combo also picked up a Best of Show win at the Monster Stack Shootout in California. The Amargosa Valley, Nev.-based owner-operator hauls mostly cattle with the rig.
Sources: Truck News Overdrive
