DEERFIELD — As the 20th annual show for the Antique Truck Club of America’s western Massachusetts chapter is set to kick off this weekend, the event is nearly old enough to be considered “antique” itself.

With general consensus on a truck 25 years or older being antique, the club’s show on Sunday, May 4 will bring it one step closer to the characteristic it celebrates. The rain-or-shine event is returning to the Yankee Candle Corporate Headquarters on Yankee Candle Way off of Routes 5 and 10 with the public invited to spend the day checking out antique pickup trucks, vintage tractor trailers and everything in between.

The family friendly show begins at 8 a.m. and runs through 2 p.m. As the show celebrates the two-decade milestone, chapter president Phil Judd said it’s business as usual, as the focus is on the trucks.

“Just keeping things rolling, we didn’t do anything special this year,” Judd said. “We’re hoping for good weather and good turnout.”

Admission is free, parking is free on site and there will be raffles and several food vendors available. Food vendors include Local Burgy and Ol Buckets Maple Kettle Corn. A $100 door prize also will be offered for people entering trucks into the show, with each truck equaling one raffle entry.

The number of trucks entering the show each year changes and is often weather-dependent. Judd said the 2023 edition saw 200 trucks of all types, including pickup trucks, dump trucks and even an old cement mixer. The 2024 show, though, suffered from sloppy, cold weather and about 75 trucks showed up.

Antique trucks of all kinds are welcome. Previous shows have featured models from the 1930s all the way to the early 1990s. Judd will be bringing his 1969 Autocar, which is scheduled to have its restoration finished in the days before the show.

Kathy and Doug Richardson are members of the Antique Truck Club of America’s western Massachusetts chapter and have attended each of the 20 shows held here in the valley.

They said the show is a great way to welcome spring and the community it has created, while contracting ever year, is strong.

“We get people from New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. We’re the first show of the year and people are ready to get their trucks out,” Kathy Richardson said. “To me, it’s just the friendships, the people that you see that you don’t see that often. You’re kind of like a family, really.”

The Richardsons are bringing three trucks, including a 1972 Brockway, which is a fairly rare model with a V12 Detroit Diesel engine.

Judd said his chapter is always open to people who want to further their interest in antique trucks.

“We’re hoping to keep growing and new members are always welcome,” he said, adding club registration will be available at the show.

While the western Massachusetts chapter’s show often marked the first show of the year for the Antique Truck Club of America, a new chapter in Tennessee is hosting its inaugural event on May 2 and 3. From there, the club’s schedule takes it up to Deerfield before hitting the road and heading on down to Maryland on May 10.

For more information about the western Massachusetts chapter, visit its Facebook page at Facebook.com/groups/westernmassatca. For more information about the Antique Truck Club of America, visit its website at antiquetruckclub.org.

Chris Larabee can be reached at clarabee@recorder.com.