Now in its third year Truckfest East moved venues for 2018 away from the Royal Norfolk Showground Norwich to Trinity Park Ipswich. The event, a smaller regional version of the showpiece Peterborough show, saw a number of local hauliers in attendance to show their vehicles.

A Trio of Scania’s from Rowell’s Transport Chatteris. Second in best fleet competition

Around 100 trucks turned up at Trinity park of all descriptions. The majority were working trucks but they were joined by classic, vintage and American trucks in the display. The local Mercedes dealer attended to showcase the current Mercedes range of commercial vehicles from the smallest van up to the latest Actros truck.

Drivers from Ipswich based Trucks’R’Us/TruPlant Tru7.com with a pair of their Volvo’s

As with every Truckfest event there was a full schedule of entertainment in the main arena hosted by Ice Road Trucker and fan favourite Todd Dewey alongside Mikey Faulkner and Steve Durham. The monster truck action was provided my Slingshot driven by the Countries youngest monster truck driver Alan Vaughan. He performed a twice daily display of car crushing that was very popular with the public. Also entertaining in the main arena was motorcycle stunt rider James Dylan who performed wheelies and a jumping display on his motor-cross bike. On Saturday James was joined by the World Famous Kangaroo Kid who performed stunts on his quad bike. Using a specially built quad he was able to perform rolling loops around the arena while to close his display he used another quad to jump the Slingshot monster truck. There was also a display from the Professional Recovery Drivers Club who demonstrated how they recover a rolled over truck. Also during the day Todd was challenged to perform a recovery task using one of the smaller recovery vehicles.

Slingshot driven by Alan Vaughan

Around the showground there were also a number of trade stands for people to enjoy. For the younger show-goers characters from film and tv were on hand to meet them who included Woody and Buzz from Toy Story and the Avengers. They could also have their photo taken with Lightning McQueen from Cars.

A gallery from the event can be found by visiting our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/Snap-magcom-2061747147426100/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2238888449711968

Further details of Truckfest events can be found by visiting www.Truckfest.co.uk.

Gary Malkin