Rough and ready at MATS 2018

March 28, 2018
Several custom trucks with a definite 'dark edge' strutted their stuff at Mid America this year.

Truckers love to give their rides a little personality via chrome accents, special lights, paint schemes, and the like. But the hot rod rigs that set up shop at the Mid America Trucking Show this year took that "customization vibe" to a whole new level, as you can see in this slideshow. 

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Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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