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The other day I happened to mention to 'Keeper of the Flame' Martin Phippard that I hadn't heard from him for a while and he sent me this shot of a magnificent Kenworth B-triple timber truck and the message: "Do I ever let you down?" No Martin...and one good turn deserves another...so how about this for a story?

What do you get the truck operator who has everything, including a custom garage next to their house which takes a wonderful Western Star (go visit http://www.westernstar.com/ ) 4900 EX with 82-inch High Roof Stratosphere sleeper? Obviously a replica Western Star mailbox and that's exactly what Dennis and Nadine Creps, owners of Midnight Express Trucking, have outside their gaff in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. "We wanted something different when we built the house," Dennis tells Biglorryblog. "So, we found someone in Havasu who custom builds a lot of different types of mailboxes, and commissioned him to create ours." The all-metal mailbox took about two months to construct, and weighs about 65lbs. "My mailbox and my garage say it all - there's nothing like being on the road with my Western Star, and there's nothing like showing it off here at home!" adds Dennis. And who would argue with that? And Martin click through here for another treat.....