Cokeville, Wyoming-based Cody Davis is no stranger to success at truck shows. In June, Davis and his 2022 Kenworth W900L, “Mojito,” won first place in the Tractor-Trailer Division and Best Lights at the Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition in Gillette, Wyoming.
In November, Davis picked up two more accolades for his impressive livestock-hauling rig, earning first-place awards in the 2023 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish competition for Interior and Working Combo, 2008 & Newer.
The truck is the first ground-up build Davis has done in his career as an owner-operator, which began even before he could legally drive. Davis’ father, Tim, started Davis Trucking in 1996, and Cody grew up riding with his dad during the summers and any time he was out of school. “I’ve been in it forever,” Cody said. “He taught me how to drive, and I ran with him until I was old enough to get my own license and go trucking from there.”
He got his CDL when he turned 18 and has “been driving ever since,” the 37-year-old independent owner-operator said. And apart from a short stint dabbling in flatbed work, his whole career has been spent hauling livestock.
Today, Davis Trucking consists of four trucks -- three owned by Cody and one that Tim still operates.
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Cody’s “Mojito” was ordered “bare bones from the factory,” he said, with "no bumper, visor, lights, nothing." After picking it up in August 2021, he took it straight to Performance Diesel Inc. (PDI) in St. George, Utah, where it was built into the working showpiece it is today.
