Wave Maker - credit Lindsay GodfreeI miss the truck extreme makeover show “Trick My Truck” where they did some amazing makeovers of classic trucks for hardworking truckers down on their luck. The cast of Trick My Truck features big rig truck mechanics who would “steal” the rigs of lucky truck drivers and customize them, turning the drivers’ dreams into reality. We could really use that kind of lottery winning type uplift in this economy today.
One such truck belonged to Matt Kolb, a 32 year veteran of the road and a kid at heart. The bad economy and poor shape of his truck left this former wild child feeling down. So the boys of Trick My Truck turned Matt’s beat-down Peterbilt into a rolling tribute to speed boats, waves and open water. 
Matt happened to be a neighbor of mine in Keyesport, IL on Carlyle Lake, the largest manmade lake in Illinois and one of the best sailing lakes in the country. He offered the neighbors a close-up look at the rig after he brought his dream truck home. Here on the lake front, the Wave Maker theme makes perfect sense.
His episode of the show aired on March 07, 2009 on Country Music Television. A season of the show can be purchased on Amazon and individual episodes are just $1.99. 
The truck also appeared in the 2009 Mid America Trucking Show (MATS) held at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.
Another great travel show featured the “Extreme Truck Stops.” One stop they listed was the Mid American Truck Show, which of course is not a truck stop. I guess they couldn’t find enough great and unusual truck stops to make up the feature. 
Also highlighted were: Iowa 80 Truck Stop in Walcott, Iowa also called “The World’s Biggest Truck Stop; Seven Feathers Truck and Travel Center in Canyonville, Oregon; 75 Chrome Shop in Wildwood, Florida; Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth, Texas; Lee Hi Travel Plaza in Lexington, Virginia; South of the Border Truck Stop, on the border of North and South Carolina; Trapper’s Kettle in Belfield, North Dakota; and Little America in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Some of these I have been to but most are still on the TO DO list, to see what is “extreme” about them.
The newest truck stop making news on the Travel Channel is the Midway Truck Stop in Missouri on I-70 near Columbia. You have to admit that they have some strange marketing ideas that will get folks attention and make them stop in for a look.
The new show, “Truck Stop Missouri,” crosses a truck stop with reality TV. Each episode will showcase different happenings at Midway. The premiere features a group of Civil War re-enactors who try to camp out on the grass outside the motel, and a “biker granny” who wants to tattoo an image of a wolf on her lower back. There will be a big Mud Run coming up in September. And you can get your pig’s trough of 7 biscuits and 70 ounces of gravy free and your picture on the wall, IF you can eat all of it in an hour. SICK!
Video: Truck Stop Missouri, Premiered 8/3 on Travel Channel
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