Clearly my wife doesn’t go through my cell phone photos very often if finding a picture of a truck throws her off. I reached over and pulled the phone closer to get a better look at the truck since I had already forgotten about taking the picture. Looking back now there wasn’t anything really special about it. I liked the lift and how clean it looked and at the time I just felt like snapping a photo after I had snuck away from the family to take a closer look. If there was a set of Mickey Mouse ears on the hood she probably wouldn’t have even noticed the truck, but I wasn’t about to go there.
Truth is I have dozens of photos like this one of trucks from clear across the country to builds in my home town and I’d be willing to bet I’m not alone. As truck enthusiasts we can’t help it. I once spotted a beautiful truck after (okay it was during) a little league baseball game. I pretended to walk out to left field to give my son some fielding tips between innings when really I just wanted to verify the model year and snap a quick cell phone pic.
Blame it on my day job, but I’m just drawn to cool-looking trucks. Most of the time they’re modest builds, but with the over-the-top ones I have been known to slip my business card under the windshield wiper in hopes of meeting up with the owner to get photos and more details for a feature.
Sometimes it’s a wheel, tonneau cover or just simply the overall look that I want to make note of for a possible future modification to my own truck. Who knows exactly why I like to take so many photos of trucks? I just know that I do. And I’m sure my wife is glad that when I do get a wandering eye from time to time it’s just to check out another truck.
Diesel Tech Editor