Get Your Engines Started: 2018 Heavy Equipment Events!!
Construction season is here and all the kids want to dig in! Get truckin’ to some of these great events, where they can get up close and personal with heavy equipment.
Monster Truck Show
April 20
7:30 pm- 9:30 pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/179372689347024/
$12-28
This action-packed event at the Washington State Fair will be sure to get your heart racing, featuring larger-than-life monster trucks, wheelies, donuts and action galore, plus a spectacular fireworks show to close out the night.
Dozer Day
May 19-20
11:00 am- 4 pm
http://vancouver.dozerday.org/
Cost: $8-10
Big AND little kids get excited to drive not only dozers, but fire engines, an ambulance and much more at Dozer Day, while learning about building sustainable communities, industry opportunities and equipment safety.
Oregon Truck Driving Championship
June 16
7 am- 3 pm
https://www.ortrucking.org/events/details/2018-oregon-truck-driving-championships-tdc-1593
Cost: free for spectators
Join the Oregon Trucking Association for a fun filled day of competition and safety celebration. Professional truck drivers show off their skill and safety expertise. All ages are invited to the activities, food and raffle drawings.
NW Extreme Truck Challenge
June 22
6 pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/150938608918775/
Cost: $6-15
Don’t miss the Monster Truck Freestyle at the Sublimity, OR Harvest Festival Grounds. Drivers challenge their skills for fastest time on a course that includes jumps, boulders, above-ground mud pit, turns and a log obstacle. In addition to racing, there will be a pit party to get up close to the trucks and meet the drivers, a Kid Zone, and food and beer available on the grounds.
Steam-Up
July 28-29 and August 4-5
7 am-6 pm daily
http://www.antiquepowerland.com/html/what_is_steam-up-.html
The best trucks are antique trucks! See and drive historic farm tractors and implements, early engines, crawlers, fire apparatus, vintage trucks and cars, logging gear, an early Oregon flour mill, and an authentic steam sawmill.
Big Truck Day
August 4
10:00 am- 2 pm
http://www.thprd.org/events/big-truck-day
Cost: $1 per person suggested donation
Get an up-close look at dozens of big rigs and other specialty vehicles at the 20th annual Big Truck Day. The Conestoga parking lot will be filled with bulldozers, fire engines, freight trucks, cranes, buses, tow trucks and other specialty vehicles and kids are welcome to come aboard!
