I first want to start off by saying I have no hard feelings and all the respect in the world for Kevin, Rod, CB and Scrapyard for their decision on not coming back for another season and I wish them all the best!! It felt like losing family members because you spend so much time together, kind've grow on ya!! There were good times and bad, but they were times and I will never forget them....thanks for the memories!!!LOL

   My problem is with the way CSM used us and the show to promote their business with no recognition or royalties for the people that got them to where they are today!!! I want to also say, this is no way geared towards the employees of 4 State trucks!!! I have the same respect for them and what they do and you're just doing your job...you know who you are!!!LOL

   I'll start with the CSM blog about the show......as far as the show going in the wrong direction and building pick up trucks, read the next section on how CSM has made a huge deal with Ford to build F450's with custom accessory packages.....isn't that a pick up???? What a total contradiction to what their blog said!!! As far as "Trick My Trucker" goes and the light it sheds on a trucker....didn't our show make fun of truckers and the way they kept their trucks up???  Sure the spinoff wasn't the greatest show, but it did show how hard the American truckers life really is and there is something they can do about it....made me see how hard it was to be a trucker. The sponsers...well Chevrolet, Exxon Mobile are some sponsers of the show which conflicts with the Ford and Castrol deals CSM made….. which we didn't see a dime of.  Then the integrity of the builds, I still see Road Hog and other trucks around..... CSM owns "The Sequel" and still in the same condition as it left the reveal bay!!!! I mean come on….IT'S A TV SHOW!!!LOL I put my heart and soul in this show and sometimes it can be over the top, but it is about "eye candy" to keep ya'll watching….and you do don't cha???LOL  I think CSM is reaching for excuses to make them come out looking like the good guys!!! Im here to show what CSM is all about, making money!! If they didn't care about us then how can they type to care for the American trucker??

   Now that CSM is gone from the show it's funny how the truth can surface from sponsers and truckers. I've personally heard that CSM blocked the promotion of PCT, Blasted and Robs Audio and can only use CSM or they'd pull off the project. Also heard that if certain sponsers supplied TMT with merchandise it would be pulled off shelves...nice!!LOL

   Do you think its fair that CSM merchandise will be sold in Petro's and TA's and we'll see no money from it. When CSM was on the show, we'd get basically 10% of profits, spit 6 ways after CSM and everybody else was paid. CSM did sell my Blasted shirts and hats on the trailer and website and we split the profits 50/50. At the last truck show I did with CSM, my shirt was on the back wall of the trailer, half covered up by the Inferno truck poster, so none of our stuff  moved because CSM didn't promote it….I think I'm on the clearance rack at 4 State or in the trash.... I know they were giving those baseball cards up for free!!!LOL On the same note they used our faces and the show to get Castrol, Speedco, Ford and other big deals and we never worked on the trucks or saw any money!!! Well I did get paid  on the Speedco paintjob, not what should've because I gave them a deal. Not to mention paying the guy I trained for the show to paint the Castrol truck….. he would've made more money painting T-shirts!!!LOL Wonder what those companies would say if they knew that.  How would you feel if you went to a truck show to sign autographs on merch that The Mafia  printed and doesn't  have our faces on there??  Also watching brand new Fords driving by where we film, accessorized by CSM.  Seeing CSM unveil the 2^nd Castrol truck with the cast photo sitting next to it and I never touched the truck!!! BTW, that was one of the worst paint jobs I've seen, so I'm glad I wasn't involved!!! HAHA I could keep going, but I think you're getting the point!!

   Speaking of a new shop, I offered to move to Joplin and be the full time painter for CSM, but they told me they couldn't give me the work. I had the financial backing, a spraybooth company to supply the shop and was going to team up with Rob and do custom paint/ stereo/ interior and CSM had other plans. 4 States would rather sell Blahpunk stereos than to use Robs Audio shop ….and I've heard that they are using other custom painters and had a job done for someone and said it looked nothing like my work!!! THAT IS FRICKEN AWSOME!!!!!LOL All you custom painters out there…if you're looking to get bent over, give them a call!!!LOL

   So Im a one man show here and my only income is Trick My Truck!!!! I used to be a chopper painter before the show, now I specialize in large vehicles with no shop to paint them out of,…yet!!! I can't even fit my Dodge in the old shop.LOL So it's basically storage for now. CSM has been running full force the whole time and I've watched the shop and employees at 4 States double in size and I'm unemployed when the shows not filming….is that fair???? Is it fair that certain cast members made double what I made on the show and didn't have to work on the trucks?? I work 12 hr. days 6 to 7 days a week for 3 years, filmed 41 episodes or commercials for CSM to build them an empire and I get nothing but a check from the show.

    I'll put it to ya'll this way…..if we were never labeled " Chrome Shop Mafia", none of this would've happened and the guys would still be on the show. It gave one business full control to do whatever they wanted!!!! The new crew and name"Outcast Kustoms" is a GROUP EFFORT!!! There are no closed books and WE all have a say in what goes on as a group!!!! If we did this in the beginning with CSM…..the old cast would still be one big happy family…..I think????LOL  So if you want to blame anyone for the old crew breaking up….blame Chrome Shop Mafia.

   I hope I didn't offend anyone by telling the truth….but I thought it was time!!! I want everyone to know what CSM is all about!!!!!  I'm not mad, angry or anything like that….actually it feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders!!! So I'm moving on…. I could never be happier, I love my son and I still get to do what I love…painting!!!!  What I'm telling are the facts of what went down in my eyes and I'm not speaking for anyone else from the old crew!! All the Mafia need to do is share the wealth and if CSM has a problem with this blog….then come tell me why you did what you did, apologize… and I'll gladly take this off….until then, have a nice day!!!HAHA

  ROCK ON, Ryno