June 9, 2025 • 8 mins
Reid Stoven and Greg Vanderwall join us for a Talk of the Town!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Talk of the Town on news Radio WOULD thirteen
hundred and one oh six nine FM. Steve Kelly and
Repi Kta from West Michigan's Morning News getting ready once
again for the West Michigan Truck Show, I think technically
year number six. It is June thirteenth and fourteenth at
the Hudsonville Hudsonville Fairgrounds. Reed Strovid is here and Greg Vanderwall.
Thank you both for coming in today.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Thank you, thank you glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
We'll get to the benefactors for this year, because it's
some of the same people. But talk to us a
little bit about one of you. How this thing all
started back in the day, and we'll get to how
it's changed over the years.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It really began in twenty twenty in response to the
need of a local trucker friend and part of the
local industry here in the West Michigan and with COVID
everything going on that year with COVID, the Saint Ingness
Truck Show got shot down because of the COVID reasons,
(00:56):
and everybody was kind of geared up to hopefully do
that and it didn't happen. And we, like I said,
we had a local gentleman that was fighting cancer. Luke Tannis,
very prominent in the West Michigan trucking industry, and it
was put together very quickly to same weekend as what
(01:17):
Saint Namas struct show would have been. And a lot
of people stepped up, including the Camp and Vmax and
lots of others I can't name them all, but providing
time and effort and space to have the show, and
that show was all to help the Tannis family with
his fight with cancer.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
What an overwhelming response as well.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
And Greg and read I'd like to get both your reactions.
I'll start with Greg just on they always say, and
you always hear, it takes an army. And we knew
that the trucking industry was big in West Michigan. It's
one of those staples, right, But until you see this
thing and how it's evolved, you got to be so
impressed and so proud and the fact that you're giving
back to West Michigan.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Absolutely, I am very proud to be part of the
West Miskan Trucking Society, I guess and family, I'm very
proud to be now a board member of the West
Miskin Truck Show. I was not a board member when
the show started, but I helped out, you know, wherever
we could. You know, I was asking the guys that
(02:20):
we're putting it together, what can we do, how can
you know, spreading the word whatever? And even though a
lot of the companies do a lot of the same things,
everybody gets along for the most part. I mean, it's
just it's really to see it come together. Even with
the hurricane relief for North Carolina and stuff last fall
(02:41):
that we had for gathering items and everything and then
trucking it down there, and whether it was hay or
you know, household items or whatever, it was very impressive
to see everybody come out and donate their time and
equipment and you name it, just you know, for people
we don't even know, but just as the community to
come together and help out.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
What about you read As far as how this thing
has grown, it's crazy. Now third year you're getting ready
for at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
The first year we did it, we were all kind
of blown away because it was a I think we
planned it in five weeks and we didn't know what
we were doing. We had no idea. It was crazy.
And then the turnout was unbelievable. And I remember one
of the guys called me and just asked, Hey, could
you guys do a live auction that day. That's how
we think we're going to raise some of the money
(03:29):
for it, and that's where I work for it as
an auction company. And the auction results, I was blown away. Yeah,
I mean a charity auction like that. Just the money
we raised through the charity auction that year was was crazy.
And the turnout of trucks and vendors and you know,
everybody that was supposed to be a one and done thing.
(03:49):
That's what this originally was going to be. We were
going to do it one year, and everybody's like, hey,
we want a West Michigan truck show. We want a
truck show in the area. We want to support the
local charities. So it's just grown every year. Now with
the truck pulls makes it a whole new deal in
the concert on Friday night. It's amazing the support we've had,
(04:11):
and we couldn't do it without all the vendors and
the sponsors and you know, all the local trucking community
and local businesses.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
And the first year it wasn't even a registered you know,
I mean people were donating money and they couldn't even
write it off. I mean, but yet they were still
donating money and bidding on the stuff because it was
put together so fast. Yeah, all that sort of stuff
was still in the works. You know, it wasn't even
done yet, but people still came out. To Read's point,
(04:40):
I mean, just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
What a tribute to the community and the trucker community
as well. So it's the thirteenth and fourteenth as Brett
mentioned again this year at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds, let's talk
about the charities that it will benefit because you've added
a veterans component to this and some of the regulars
as well. Un through who those dollars were help.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Yeah, So the last couple of years, we've worked a
lot with ninety two for twenty two. They've been great
in helping us distribute the money to certain specific individuals
or other causes that they work with, or other charities
that they work with. We've also worked a lot with
West Michigan Canine and they have been donating dogs to
(05:24):
veterans service dogs highly trained. If you come out to
the show this year, there's gonna be a really good
video that they got with one of the veterans who
needed a service dog was having problem with balance and
stuff like that after being a what was it irrect?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
I think it was Afghanistan getting deployed, I think.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
And so that's gonna be a really cool video. But yeah,
they've kind of everyone sort of is pointing us in
the right direction of where this money needs to go
in individuals in the community that need it. We try
to keep it as local as possible within Michigan, let's say,
and help those guys who need it. But we're always
looking for charities.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
And for the causes that impact you know, West Michigan,
where the West Michigan and Michigan as a whole or
it all stays here.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
All right. So take us through the schedule events. Steve's
given the dates what people need to know as far
as are their admission price or whatever you said truck pulls,
So you got me on that one. Yeah, take us
through and the concert as well.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
The event is Friday, Ansilreaty. Like you said, the concert
starts at eight o'clock, but the gates are really open
pretty much after five. Anybody can come in. It's there
is no ticket prices for any of the events, whether
it's admission to come in and see all the trucks,
for the concert, for the truck pulls, any of that is.
(06:44):
There is no tickets needed to be purchased. We just
asked for whatever you feel your heart moves you for
a donation.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
So there are food vendors on site. You know that
they will charge what their price are, you know, for
for their for their fares. But as far as anything
else for admission, it's a donation based and we have
merchandise for sale as well, and everything that we try
to generate, whether it's a donation or merch sales or whatever,
(07:13):
it all goes to the charities.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Yeah, and there's a lot of family fun to be had.
We've got a barrel train for the kids, bounce houses,
the Critter Barn will be there Saturday from.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I believe it's ten to one Okay, yep, three hours.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
There's a ton of stuff to do all day Saturday
and Friday afternoon.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Kids tattoos, tattoos. Yeah, fun. There's there's a livestock truck
that's all cleaned out and they got sawdust and their
kids can go inside.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
You know, that's perfect for Steve.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Yeah, is there a requirement for that not.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
To mention just the sheer amount of trucks that we
get in their beautiful trucks. I mean, these guys put
their heart and blood, sweat and tears into these.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Over one hundred and fifty trucks. Last year, we couldn't
fit them all in the fairgrounds. I mean we had
to have some just outside the fence.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I see from the pictures at West Michigan truckshow dot com.
How do you get them to shine like that? You'll
be able to find out thirteenth and fourteenth again. Find
out more at West Michigan truckshow dot com. We will
see you at Hudsonville Fairgrounds. Reedstrovan and Greg vanderwal a pleasure,
thank you so much for coming in.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Glad to be here. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
This is Talk of the Town on news Radio WOULD
thirteen hundred and one oh six nine FM.
It's Talk of the Town on news Radio WOULD thirteen
hundred and one oh six nine FM. Steve Kelly and
Repi Kta from West Michigan's Morning News getting ready once
again for the West Michigan Truck Show, I think technically
year number six. It is June thirteenth and fourteenth at
the Hudsonville Hudsonville Fairgrounds. Reed Strovid is here and Greg Vanderwall.
Thank you both for coming in today.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Thank you, thank you glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
We'll get to the benefactors for this year, because it's
some of the same people. But talk to us a
little bit about one of you. How this thing all
started back in the day, and we'll get to how
it's changed over the years.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It really began in twenty twenty in response to the
need of a local trucker friend and part of the
local industry here in the West Michigan and with COVID
everything going on that year with COVID, the Saint Ingness
Truck Show got shot down because of the COVID reasons,
(00:56):
and everybody was kind of geared up to hopefully do
that and it didn't happen. And we, like I said,
we had a local gentleman that was fighting cancer. Luke Tannis,
very prominent in the West Michigan trucking industry, and it
was put together very quickly to same weekend as what
(01:17):
Saint Namas struct show would have been. And a lot
of people stepped up, including the Camp and Vmax and
lots of others I can't name them all, but providing
time and effort and space to have the show, and
that show was all to help the Tannis family with
his fight with cancer.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
What an overwhelming response as well.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
And Greg and read I'd like to get both your reactions.
I'll start with Greg just on they always say, and
you always hear, it takes an army. And we knew
that the trucking industry was big in West Michigan. It's
one of those staples, right, But until you see this
thing and how it's evolved, you got to be so
impressed and so proud and the fact that you're giving
back to West Michigan.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Absolutely, I am very proud to be part of the
West Miskan Trucking Society, I guess and family, I'm very
proud to be now a board member of the West
Miskin Truck Show. I was not a board member when
the show started, but I helped out, you know, wherever
we could. You know, I was asking the guys that
(02:20):
we're putting it together, what can we do, how can
you know, spreading the word whatever? And even though a
lot of the companies do a lot of the same things,
everybody gets along for the most part. I mean, it's
just it's really to see it come together. Even with
the hurricane relief for North Carolina and stuff last fall
(02:41):
that we had for gathering items and everything and then
trucking it down there, and whether it was hay or
you know, household items or whatever, it was very impressive
to see everybody come out and donate their time and
equipment and you name it, just you know, for people
we don't even know, but just as the community to
come together and help out.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
What about you read As far as how this thing
has grown, it's crazy. Now third year you're getting ready
for at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
The first year we did it, we were all kind
of blown away because it was a I think we
planned it in five weeks and we didn't know what
we were doing. We had no idea. It was crazy.
And then the turnout was unbelievable. And I remember one
of the guys called me and just asked, Hey, could
you guys do a live auction that day. That's how
we think we're going to raise some of the money
(03:29):
for it, and that's where I work for it as
an auction company. And the auction results, I was blown away. Yeah,
I mean a charity auction like that. Just the money
we raised through the charity auction that year was was crazy.
And the turnout of trucks and vendors and you know,
everybody that was supposed to be a one and done thing.
(03:49):
That's what this originally was going to be. We were
going to do it one year, and everybody's like, hey,
we want a West Michigan truck show. We want a
truck show in the area. We want to support the
local charities. So it's just grown every year. Now with
the truck pulls makes it a whole new deal in
the concert on Friday night. It's amazing the support we've had,
(04:11):
and we couldn't do it without all the vendors and
the sponsors and you know, all the local trucking community
and local businesses.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
And the first year it wasn't even a registered you know,
I mean people were donating money and they couldn't even
write it off. I mean, but yet they were still
donating money and bidding on the stuff because it was
put together so fast. Yeah, all that sort of stuff
was still in the works. You know, it wasn't even
done yet, but people still came out. To Read's point,
(04:40):
I mean, just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
What a tribute to the community and the trucker community
as well. So it's the thirteenth and fourteenth as Brett
mentioned again this year at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds, let's talk
about the charities that it will benefit because you've added
a veterans component to this and some of the regulars
as well. Un through who those dollars were help.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Yeah, So the last couple of years, we've worked a
lot with ninety two for twenty two. They've been great
in helping us distribute the money to certain specific individuals
or other causes that they work with, or other charities
that they work with. We've also worked a lot with
West Michigan Canine and they have been donating dogs to
(05:24):
veterans service dogs highly trained. If you come out to
the show this year, there's gonna be a really good
video that they got with one of the veterans who
needed a service dog was having problem with balance and
stuff like that after being a what was it irrect?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
I think it was Afghanistan getting deployed, I think.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
And so that's gonna be a really cool video. But yeah,
they've kind of everyone sort of is pointing us in
the right direction of where this money needs to go
in individuals in the community that need it. We try
to keep it as local as possible within Michigan, let's say,
and help those guys who need it. But we're always
looking for charities.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
And for the causes that impact you know, West Michigan,
where the West Michigan and Michigan as a whole or
it all stays here.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
All right. So take us through the schedule events. Steve's
given the dates what people need to know as far
as are their admission price or whatever you said truck pulls,
So you got me on that one. Yeah, take us
through and the concert as well.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
The event is Friday, Ansilreaty. Like you said, the concert
starts at eight o'clock, but the gates are really open
pretty much after five. Anybody can come in. It's there
is no ticket prices for any of the events, whether
it's admission to come in and see all the trucks,
for the concert, for the truck pulls, any of that is.
(06:44):
There is no tickets needed to be purchased. We just
asked for whatever you feel your heart moves you for
a donation.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
So there are food vendors on site. You know that
they will charge what their price are, you know, for
for their for their fares. But as far as anything
else for admission, it's a donation based and we have
merchandise for sale as well, and everything that we try
to generate, whether it's a donation or merch sales or whatever,
(07:13):
it all goes to the charities.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Yeah, and there's a lot of family fun to be had.
We've got a barrel train for the kids, bounce houses,
the Critter Barn will be there Saturday from.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I believe it's ten to one Okay, yep, three hours.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
There's a ton of stuff to do all day Saturday
and Friday afternoon.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Kids tattoos, tattoos. Yeah, fun. There's there's a livestock truck
that's all cleaned out and they got sawdust and their
kids can go inside.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
You know, that's perfect for Steve.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Yeah, is there a requirement for that not.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
To mention just the sheer amount of trucks that we
get in their beautiful trucks. I mean, these guys put
their heart and blood, sweat and tears into these.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Over one hundred and fifty trucks. Last year, we couldn't
fit them all in the fairgrounds. I mean we had
to have some just outside the fence.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I see from the pictures at West Michigan truckshow dot com.
How do you get them to shine like that? You'll
be able to find out thirteenth and fourteenth again. Find
out more at West Michigan truckshow dot com. We will
see you at Hudsonville Fairgrounds. Reedstrovan and Greg vanderwal a pleasure,
thank you so much for coming in.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Glad to be here. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
This is Talk of the Town on news Radio WOULD
thirteen hundred and one oh six nine FM.
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