Willie Robertson loves his new truck — a2014Ford F-150— and viewers see it on the new season of A&E’s top-rated show “Duck Dynasty,” which began last month.
So far Robertson gives it a perfect 10. “I’ve had it since January, and I just love it. It’s a great truck. I like the way it drives,” he says. “It’s new. I got it with a partner of mine. They build out trucks. What they do is they put these trucks together, build them, and they display them for a year, all around the country. It’s built as a show truck and then I get it after that.”
The F-150 was hand painted in Texas, where several of Robertson’s other trucks were painted as well. “This one’s kind of like tree bark,” he says. “It almost looks reptilian, which is why I like it. It’s all hand done, and I always panic I’m going to get into an accident because I think trying to fix it would be difficult, with it being hand painted.”
Robertson likes the way the F-150 runs, and he also likes that it’s a practical ride. “It’s got a lot of pickup, which I like, and it’s really spacious too, …” he says. Robertson is especially fond of the gun storage container. “It’s called a ‘truck vault.’ You can lock it up, and it pulls out like a long drawer. But I’ve got all kinds of stuff in there, stuff that I need.
He’s looking forward to packing it up and getting into the woods. “I can put ammo, guns, and extra clothes, and I can have it secure when I’m driving around. And then, once you get out of hunting mode, all my hunting stuff comes out of it.”
Robertson also has a2014 Chevy Silverado 1500completely covered with black Line-X, the spray-on bedliner. The Silverado was shown at SEMA and then offered as a limited-edition trim.
Having two trucks gives Robertson options. “If I’m going somewhere that I know I’m going to scratch the heck out of it, then I’ll take the one that’s been Line-Xed out. It’s got the bed open — I don’t have the truck vault on it — so if I need a deeper bed for something I need to carry, then I can use that one as well.”
While the F-150 (pictured at top) will be seen for the first time on “Duck Dynasty” this season, the Chevy has gotten plenty of airtime. “They rolled it with toilet paper; that was on TV,” he says, adding that his new Ford is the focus of another prank this season. “They do something to my truck that’ll be pretty interesting. I don’t want to say what it is, but by the end of the show it’s funny when you see the truck.”
Robertson also has what he calls a “duckoflaged”2007 BMW Z4. “It’s like a duck camouflage, ” he says. “We use it in festivals, and I’ve loaned it out to people to drive around. It’s just a fun little car.”
He got permission from A&E to use the pattern they use on the show. “I got a guy that wrapped it for me, and it’s funny. Now when I drive down the street in that, it really causes a stir,” he says. “Although my kids like to drive it as well. If my friends come in from out of town and they don’t have a vehicle, I put them in that. It’s my loaner car.”
Since Robertson’s trucks turn heads — and in turn gives away his TV-star identity — he has another car to keep things low key as well. “It’smy incognito car,” he says, laughing. “I’m not even going to tell you what it is, because I don’t want anybody to know what it is.”
The only thing Robertson would say about his incognito car is that he bought it about a year ago. “A lot of people would come over into town, which is great. We love it,” he says. “But there were just some times that I needed to kind of pull into the office without everybody knowing that I was pulling into the office.”
