Podcast: Trailer/Body Builders Buyer's Guide, serving trailer/body manufacturing for 65 years

Trailer/Body Builders is celebrating the 65th anniversary of its massive print directory: the Buyer’s Guide. The Buyer's Guide has detailed the trailer/body manufacturing industries' materials, supplies, and components for decades. This year's guide contains nearly 5,500 company listings.

Kevin Jones

Sept. 19, 2025

Trailer|Body Builders is celebrating the 65^th anniversary of its Buyer’s Guide—an annual complete directory of materials, components, supplies, and services for the trailer and body manufacturing industries.

The Buyer’s Guide is a massive print product: It contains 800 product categories and nearly 5,500 company listings. A former TBB publisher would judge the success of each new issue by dropping it on the floor to hear the “thump” it made.

See the digital edition of the Buyer's Guide here.

While many publications have transitioned to digital formats, TBB remains a print-first publication. A search bot might save you 10 seconds, but a reliable, physical directory can serve the reader and manufacturer better.

About the Author

Kevin Jones

Editor

Kevin has served as editor-in-chief of Trailer/Body Builders magazine since 2017—just the third editor in the magazine’s 60 years. He is also editorial director for Endeavor Business Media’s Commercial Vehicle group, which includes FleetOwner, Bulk Transporter, Refrigerated Transporter, American Trucker, and Fleet Maintenance magazines and websites.

Working from Beaufort, S.C., Kevin has covered trucking and manufacturing for nearly 20 years. His writing and commentary about the trucking industry and, previously, business and government, has been recognized with numerous state, regional, and national journalism awards.