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    Gawk at MATS 2017 show trucks with us

    March 27, 2017
    LOUISVILLE. After you've spent a MATS going frequently to and fro the conference's south and west wings, you'll find that the show truck area way out back does take a bit of getting to. But it's well worth the hike.
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    LOUISVILLE. After you've spent a MATS going frequently to and fro the conference's south and west wings, you'll find that the show truck area way out back does take a bit of getting to. But it's well worth the hike.

    For the complete run of 2017 MATS show trucks, don't miss the compilation from our sister publication American Trucker's editor Kevin Jones. But did you think a Fleet Owner editor could resist the show truck lot himself and some fresh air and sunshine too? Talk sense.

    Here's the first round of standouts from the tricked-out, wild show trucks at this year's Mid-America Trucking Show in a walkaround from FO Senior Editor Aaron Marsh.

    Round Two:

    MATS 2017 show trucks: Particular beauties

    Round Three:

    Some very rare ones in there, too, at MATS 2017

    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. 

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