When Remington “Rooster” Davis was 5 years old, just a few years ago, he had a wagon made up to look like a trailer to pull behind his bicycle or for his father, Brandon, to pull around by hand.
After taking that wagon to the Guilty By Association Truck Show in Joplin, Missouri, a few years ago, the elder Davis wore himself out pulling the wagon and his two boys around the show’s expansive grounds and knew he had to come up with something to get around easier at the next event.
He initially thought of bringing a golf cart or something similar, but that idea turned into a miniature replica of his own 1994 Peterbilt 379 that the now 8-year-old Rooster Davis has taken ownership of since its completion earlier this year. As impressive as the working replica itself is, what’s more impressive to Davis is how his son has taken to the truck and made it his own.
“I’m super proud of him,” he said. “Everything he does with this truck is all him.”
Any time Rooster works on the truck or drives it, he dresses up in a nice shirt, jeans and boots with a cowboy hat.
“We don’t make him get dressed up or anything – that’s 100% Rooster,” Davis said. “He goes and gets his boots and jeans. In his mind, it goes hand-in-hand. If he’s driving his truck, he has to dress up. That’s a dying thing in the industry.”
Davis said his son would rather be doing something with the truck – driving, cleaning, polishing – than just about anything else. “He goes through more tire shine and window cleaner than I do on the big truck,” Davis said. “He’s definitely got the bug. I’m proud of him.”
