Someone once said, "The show must go on." Thanks to truckers like Brian Jones, it does — and in style. In fact, Jones' 1999 Kenworth W900L puts on quite a show all by itself, outside as well as inside.

Jones, 24, is an owner/operator leased to Janco, a fleet that specializes in hauling show business stages and props. Jones has hauled loads ranging from lighting equipment for the World Wrestling Federation to wardrobes and rigging for The Lord of the Dance. When not running for Janco, he pulls reefers for M.J. Wolf Trucking of Dayton, N.J.

Although Jones usually stays in motels when under load for Janco, he had long dreamed of owning a tractor with a large, comfortably equipped sleeper. He has poured much of his free time and dollars into customizing it, doing most of the work himself.

The W9 and its 86-inch Studio Sleeper are trimmed with some 168 LED lights; a turbo wing sits atop the sleeper. The paint is a light silver in bright light and battleship-gray when it starts to get dark, he says. The tractor's 550-hp Caterpillar runs through a 13-speed transmission and 3.90 rears. Inside, he has a microwave, fridge, Surround Sound Clarion audio system, TV, VCR, headsets and Playstation. This rig rocks.

Sometimes it rocks, literally. In one WWF episode, founder Vince McMahon got into a brawl outside an arena and was tossed face-first into the rig's grille. Jones started driving for his father's excavating business, then got the over-the-road itch. He hauled flowers, then moved on to other temperature-sensitive loads and show biz. "When I bought the W9, my dad thought I was nuts to put so much money into a truck," he laughs.

Other drivers often ask Jones about his work, which seems not only glamorous but also easy. It is and it isn't, he says. Show business hauling involves tight deadlines between venues, but relatively few miles. "We go and then sit a lot," he says. So if going all the time is your thing, then show business is no business for you.