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We do a little behind the scenes into our printing schedules and how we are basically rolling the dice when it comes to a paycheck.

We have a lot to catch up on from the past few weeks. We rolled up to Cruise To The Pines, Pomona Swap Meet was rained out, Brian's Tacoma is on the newest cover of Custom Trucks Magazine.

We recorded this episode in January and are finally able to air it. The reason is they were perfecting their newest product, Ascend. We are very excited for this product to finally be released to the public.

We attempted a thing and made it worse before we made it better. We answer some questions.

We headed down to the Grand National Truck Show in Pomona CA. Lets talk about it.

We just kind of ramble about quite a bit of topics on this one. Have an opinion about any of it? Send us an IG message over at thedropwithfrankandbrian.

Brian breaks down his trip to Japan.

We have a great conversation with Jeremy Rice from Tre 5 Customs. His start in his garage juicing cars and mini trucks to now building some of the industries coolest trucks.

We cover a ton of topics in this episode including AI, Mini Truckin Magazine, Travel, and updates to his Nissan 720.

We talk about not rushing content just to get it out, swap meets, and we answer some questions.

Brian uploaded his C10 Red Rock Retreat Video and we talk about the behind the scenes of releasing the FFF Show info.

Brian headed to Avila Beach for the annual SLO Down C10 show and then we both headed up to the first annual NW Mini Truckin Nats. Two great shows, two great weekends.

We sit down with long time friend Steve Wilk. Steve has built a lot of amazing vehicles through out what seems to be a short career so far. But time does fly and we talk about how our Mini Truck clubs tied us all together in the early years.

Brett Oakes is one of the founders of Severed Ties. They are one of the largest Mini Truck based clubs with chapters all over the world. Brett has a ton of fun stories so we hope you enjoy.

We are taking a break in between some really great guest episodes to catch up on things.

Lindsay Freeman (Pretty Low Apparel) sits down with Jessica Maticic. Jessica has been involved with the custom automotive scene for quite a while, traveled the world, and owns multiple rad vehicles.

We bring back Trevor from Panda Fabrication. Since he was last on a lot has happened with his shop and his builds. Lets talk about it.

We sit down and talk to one of the partners throwing the Northwest Mini Truck Nationals. Tanner has his hands on a lot of things in the custom truck world and we talk about it.

We are both a little depressed as shows have been few and far between. Lets talk about it.

We talk about some new camera gear that is hitting the market including the Go Pro Mission Series and DJI Pocket 4.

Frank went to see No Doubt at the Sphere, Brian went to a comic con, and we both went to our clubs cruise night that is not a cruise night.

Frank uploaded his Mini Nats video and Brian uploaded his Dinos Video.

Brian went up to Moab Utah to the C10 Red Rock Retreat...lets talk about it.

Frank has some notes about Brian's Mini Nats video.

We talk about larger events accepting Mini Trucks into their shows.

We are a bike club now

Our trip home was a very long one and we are all tired. Lets talk about it.

We sit down just after Midnight on Saturday and recap our 2026 Mini Nats Trip with friends.

We talk about how AI is effecting artwork and much more.

So much happened over the weekend...we hosted our annual club show in Laughlin, Frank dropped a video and talked about his new chassis purchase, and Brian brought his freshly painted truck out for the first time.

We talk about the current state of Mini Truckin' Magazine.

We talk about the truck that Forbidden Fantasy is giving away at their upcoming show. Frank is dropping a new shirt at Forbidden.

Show season is about to come at us fast....are we ready?

We sit down with our good friend Alan Farias and learn about how he started in the custom paint business.

The best LST weather to date...lets talk about it.

We sit down with Andy of Hells Gate Hot Rods. We learn about his Engineering background and how he is now developing a Chassis for Toyota Trucks and more.

We asked you some questions over on our IG page. We want to do this more so make sure you are following us on all Social Medias.

We talk more about the Severed in the Southwest show and Brian hit up the Sunset Kickin it at the Park Show.

We have some guests in town to help out on the Forbidden Fantasy Give Away truck.

We had our club Christmas party and it was a blast.

Brian visits Franks place once again.

Brian headed to the Modded Kulture event and Franks Daughter got her license

We had a bunch of questions so we brought in the new year with answers.

2025 highlights

We talk about the two new videos we just released over on our youtube pages.

Brian went to Turkey Drag and Frank went to Glen and Kims Wedding

We talk about insurance and what shows are people going to in 2026.

We talk about vehicle renderings and their many uses.

We had a blast at Dinos Gitdown 2025 and we are starting a BMX Team.

We headed to Las Vegas for The Day to Remember Show...lets talk about it.