The Otter Tail County Employees' Safety Committee and the Otter Tail County Highway Department sponsor and operate a truck rodeo each fall. The truck rodeo is a test of driving skills for highway maintenance workers who drive snowplow trucks.

The trucks are set up with a snowplow in front of the truck, and wing-plow on the front right hand corner of the truck. The driver's skills and judgement are tested in approximately eight different manners.

For example: drive forward through and around a set of barrels, then back up through the same set of barrels; with the side wing plow down, drive closely around a curve without hitting posts; drive past a series of mailboxes with the wing plow down, without hitting the mailboxes; driving a marked straight line; with the truck box up, drive beneath a bridge (bridge is made of metal poles); back up to a loading dock; drive down a narrow path without hitting the side markers; and stopping within a few inches of a line.

Drivers are also given a specified amount of time to complete the course.

The truck rodeo provides drivers with the opportunity to sharpen their driving skills and become prepared for plowing snow in the winter months.