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Flatbedder's '06 Pete a rolling tribute to POW/MIA veterans
CRST-leased owner-operator Fritz Littlefield has outfitted his rig to honor Prisoners of War and Missing in Action veterans. Customizations on the rig make the theme evident inside and out.
March 7, 2024
Seeing double: Fleet's near-identical pair of 389s
Each Legendary Red rig is equipped with a 605-hp Cummins X15 with a 13-speed Eaton.
March 5, 2024
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Last of the 359s: '87 Pete a 'Classic 359'
The truck, while not part of the numbered "Classic 359" series, "still made the Classic cut" as an "extension truck," according to Gerald Mock, who helped rebuild this one.
February 29, 2024
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Pristine vintage 1968 International a family heirloom
The truck's current owner, John Kavanaugh, rode with his father hauling livestock in the truck growing up.
February 27, 2024
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Owner-op's grain-hauling 2013 Western Star
The rig is powered by a DD15 Detroit with a 13-speed.
February 23, 2024
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Project 1988 Peterbilt 379 is Jarrett Landry's 'oversize dually'
The owner-builder's not a working owner-operator, but a proud truck owner nonetheless -- so much so that when Peterbilt got wind of this custom restoration, reps invited Landry to show in the 2023 Pride & Class event and parade.
February 22, 2024
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A living history with three custom Peterbilts - 359, 379, 389 - and their owners
For this Overdrive Radio edition, settle in for the run through 40 years of living history with three iconic Pete models, all also well-entrenched in the present through the work of these owners: Greg Crispell, Jarrett Landry, Troy Massey.
February 19, 2024
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Operator's Cascadia daycab works around SoCal
Gregg Seltzer operates the truck for Blue Star Freight out of Chino, California.
February 16, 2024
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'Mad Skills': A Peterbilt 379 that floats
Ohio-based Scott Carder built this tritoon boat from the ground up, with a Peterbilt 379 cab as the centerpiece. Everything else on the build is custom, Carder said.
February 15, 2024
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'Love this truck': John Murphy's 2009 Freightliner Cascadia
The owner has high praise for his rig, which has more than 1.3 million miles on the odometer.
February 9, 2024
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'I just had to have it': Missouri cattle hauler's '71 Pete 359
Satha Kilgore, owner of small fleet S&J Kilgore Trucking, bought this custom classic in the Fall of 2022 after plenty personal history working on it with the prior owner. Kilgore's since put it to work hauling cattle as part of his business.
February 8, 2024
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Owner-operator's 2009 Kenworth T660 a million-miler
The truck, powered by a Cat C15, has put more than 1.2 million miles behind it.
February 6, 2024
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SuperRigs heading to Lone Star State
The 42nd annual event, put on by Shell Rotella, will be held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas-Fort Worth.
February 5, 2024
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2019 Pete 389 glider a patriotic tribute to owner's trucking mentors
The truck, a 550-hp Cat-powered beauty of a glider, was built in memory of owner Robert Burleson's father, Alex, and trucking mentor, Jack Hicks. It features a patriotic theme inside and out, as well as a touching tribute.
February 1, 2024
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1975 Brockway U360 returned to glory as a piece of trucking history
The truck was originally owned by Buck Hylton and participated in protests by coal miners in Washington, D.C., in 1975. Years later, after Hylton had long since sold the rig, his son found it, bought it, and restored the truck to its original glory.
January 25, 2024
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Veterans-support 2022 Freightliner Cascadia piloted by Army vet Jim Nalin
The CRST Dedicated Solutions company driver, an 11-year Army vet who served two tours in Iraq, runs on a dedicated lane bringing awareness of the trucking industry to military veterans.
January 18, 2024
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Owner's tuned-up Signature 600-powered 2011 Pete 386
The truck, equipped with a Cummins Signature 600, features a Full Tilt manifold and turbo.
January 16, 2024
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North Carolina-based owner-op's flattop 1988 Peterbilt 379
Owner Jesse James said he painted the truck himself and built the 425-hp Cat that powers it.
January 12, 2024
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