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CAT Scale ® Celebrates 40 Years of Weighing

It’s been 40 years since CAT Scale installed its first scale in South Holland, Illinois. For CAT Scale Company, it’s been 40 years of striving to provide professional drivers with the most accurate weights possible. Founded by truckstop entrepreneur, Bill Moon, CAT Scale Company revolutionized the trucking industry, by introducing the first totally automated, full-length … Read More
January 3, 2017

Walcott Truckers Jamboree Attendance Tops 43,000

Trucks, Exhibits, Pork Chops & Concerts! The World’s Largest Truckstop celebrated America’s truckers last week with 43,233 drivers and their families as well as local residents during the 37th Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree.  Visitors came from 23 different states and three Canadian provinces to display their trucks. The Walcott Truckers Jamboree has been celebrating truckers, … Read More
July 18, 2016

Walcott Truckers Jamboree Starts Tomorrow!

Iowa 80 Truckstop’s 37th Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree will kick off tomorrow at 10:00 AM for three full days of all things trucking. The event will feature nearly 150 exhibits; a Super Truck Beauty Contest, Antique Truck Display; Iowa pork chop cookout; Trucker Olympics; carnival games; several free concerts:  Dani Lynn Howe Band and Clare … Read More
July 13, 2016

All Things Trucking Roll into Walcott Next Week

Iowa 80 Truckstop’s 37th Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree will kick off next week on July 14th for three full days of all things trucking. The event will feature nearly 150 exhibits; a Super Truck Beauty Contest, Antique Truck Display; Iowa pork chop cookout; Trucker Olympics; carnival games; several free concerts:  Dani Lynn Howe Band and … Read More
July 7, 2016

100th Birthday Party Set for First 1916 Mack AC

Iowa 80 Trucking Museum will host a 100th Birthday party for its 1916 Mack AC truck on Friday, July 15th at 2:30 pm.  The event will coincide with this year’s Walcott Truckers Jamboree, July 14-16.  The public is welcome to attend the celebration. “We are fortunate to have this Mack AC.  It is the first … Read More
June 30, 2016

CAT Scale adds ACH Payment Option to Weigh My Truck™ App

CAT Scale Company is now accepting ACH payments through its popular Weigh My Truck™ application. The Weigh My Truck™ application allows drivers to weigh their truck and pay for the transaction all from their smartphone. Drivers can weigh and then get the weights displayed right on their phone without ever leaving the cab.  The app … Read More
June 28, 2016

CAT Scale adds ACH Payment Option to Weigh My Truck™ App

CAT Scale Company is now accepting ACH payments through its popular Weigh My Truck™ application. The Weigh My Truck™ application allows drivers to weigh their truck and pay for the transaction all from their smartphone. Drivers can weigh and then get the weights displayed right on their phone without ever leaving the cab.  The app … Read More
June 28, 2016

Fan Favorites Booked for This Year’s Walcott Truckers Jamboree Concerts

Iowa 80 Truckstop is pleased to announce its slate of five different performers who will take the stage to entertain attendees at this year’s Walcott Truckers Jamboree. “We have a great line up this year,” says Heather DeBaillie, Marketing Manager. “Our performers are fan favorites.” On July 14th attendees can enjoy the music of Dani … Read More
June 21, 2016

Iowa 80 Trucking Museum to Host Great Race Competitors for Lunch this Sunday!

Iowa 80 Trucking Museum will host racers competing in the Hemming’s Motor News Great Race, a cross-country road rally of antique vehicles on Sunday, June 26th from 11:30 PM – 2:30 PM.   “We know many of the competitors and staff. It will be fun to reconnect with them”, says Delia Moon Meier, Senior Vice President. … Read More
June 20, 2016

1938 Kenworth to Compete in Portion of Great Race Again!

CAT Scale’s 1938 Kenworth will be hitting the highway this summer to compete in a portion of the Hemming’s Motor News Great Race, a cross-country road rally of antique vehicles.   “We competed in over 10 Great Race events in the 1990s and early 2000s.  We also competed in a portion of the road rally in … Read More
June 13, 2016

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