Going green: Finalist techs troubleshoot trucks

Dec. 14, 2016

SAN ANTONIO. This is the money round: the herd thins and not everyone gets a finalist shirt — which was green this year — for the last round of the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo. Technicians gave it their best once again before winners were announced later Tuesday.

Aaron Marsh

SAN ANTONIO. Ask any of the truck technicians at the start of the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo if they're going to win the competition, and you'll very likely hear the same thing: "Sure!" But this is a best of the best event, and the herd thins for Day 2 of the various truck troubleshooting heats.

This is the money round — finalists got green shirts this year and gave it their best starting Tuesday morning before wrapping things up around noon. They didn't wait long in suspense, with winners announced later on at Rush's signature bash handing out prizes and a healthy chunk of change for a $225,000 total.

About the Author

Aaron Marsh

Before computerization had fully taken hold and automotive work took someone who speaks engine, Aaron grew up in Upstate New York taking cars apart and fixing and rewiring them, keeping more than a few great jalopies (classics) on the road that probably didn't deserve to be. He spent a decade inside the Beltway covering Congress and the intricacies of the health care system before a stint in local New England news, picking up awards for both pen and camera.

He wrote about you-name-it, from transportation and law and the courts to events of all kinds and telecommunications, and landed in trucking when he joined FleetOwner in July 2015. Long an editorial leader, he was a keeper of knowledge at FleetOwner ready to dive in on the technical and the topical inside and all-around trucking—and still turned a wrench or two. Or three.

Aaron previously wrote for FleetOwner.