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2 0 1 6 V 2 | BULLDOG | 5 Pinnacle Axle Forward (9,415 votes) Brian Sargent, owner, Straight Line Transportation, Amesbury, Massachusetts Brian has been driving trucks for about 20 years and has owned his own small fleet for two years. Straight Line primarily hauls nonhaz- ardous contaminated soil in the Boston area, but also hauls finished materials throughout New England. For all the dirt they see, his trucks are pretty sharp looking. "I dress them up because I love trucks. I like to look good going down the road. People give me a thumbs up," Brian said. His trucks have actually gotten a following outside of Boston. During a recent trip to Ohio to take delivery of a new trailer, his truck was recognized as a Mack calendar winner by other drivers on the CB. The calendar contest also gave Brian a chance to make some new connections in the world of trucking, as he and Hubert Boulet got to know each other online and formed an "alli- ance" to help each other garner votes. Brian Sargent Granite (9,097 votes), Hubert Boulet, president, Boulet Brothers Concrete, Somerset, Manitoba Boulet Bros. is a second-generation Mack ready-mix fleet, and Hubert has had his eye on being in the Mack Calendar since he was a tyke. "When I was a kid, my father and my uncle were buying mixer trucks and I was lucky enough to get the Mack calendars — I had Mack calendars in my bedroom," he said. Hubert wants to pass that tradition on to his own boys. "I figured the best thing I could do was put the Mack calendar in their bedrooms with one of their dad's trucks on it. You've got to get that hook sunk early." Hubert and his father, Edmond Boulet