I got a text message early in the morning back in the beginning of February from Brenthel Industries, "Hey we are testing Robert Pickering's 7200 truck in Barstow later today, can you make it?" After seeing the F-150 we featured back in November, I loaded up my gear and headed to Barstow.

Before the 2009 SEMA Show we get a ton of press releases sent to us by companies who will be attending. We received one about a new product called the Truck Tent by Napier. We looked at their website and decided we needed one for ourselves.

We had been hearing rumors that this years SEMA show was not going to be like it had in the past. With homes foreclosing, and people loosing their jobs the last thing on their minds is automotive aftermarket. Well this might have been true for some but there was still a huge presence this year to the tune of over 125,000 people.

Even with the bad economy Halloween at Dumont Dunes turned out to be a blast for many in 2009.

This F-150 prerunner was built to fly.

Could this be the next trend in prerunners?
Let's face it building a prerunner is expensive, and because of this prerunner builders are always looking for ways to build something that won't break the bank.