California, Mo.-based owner-operator Paul Rissler

Overdrive Staff
Feb 17, 2010

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California, Mo.-based owner-operator Paul Rissler says he got a bargain when he bought this 1996 Peterbilt 379, equipped with a 525-hp Caterpillar.


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