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Custom Rigs
Jerome Washington’s 1997 Kenworth W900
The truck is powered by a 500-hp Cummins N14 with a 10-speed. The rig’s custom paint is fire red with gold flakes.
November 20, 2018
Custom Rigs
Jamie Hagen’s 2016 Mack Pinnacle
Hagen’s three-truck company is leased on with Cliff Viessman out of Gary, South Dakota, with which he’s been hauling for 21 years. He hauls food-grade liquids across North America.
November 16, 2018
Custom Rigs
Heavy-haul 2004 W900L is four-axle ‘Movin’ On’ homage
Menominee, Mich.-based 13-truck Extreme Transportation Specialized LLC is the business of owner-operator Robbie Harris’ father, and the younger Harris leases this pristine workhorse 2004 W900L to the six-truck heavy-haul side of it. Harris advocates for greater federal encouragement of uniformity in oversize/-weight permitting among states. “”They’re all over the board on what you can and can’t do.”
November 13, 2018
Custom Rigs
Linda Moody’s 1993 Peterbilt 379
Linda Moody hauled military and oversized freight with this 1993 Peterbilt 379 before her recent retirement. The rig was powered by a Cat 3406B with 3:70 rears.
November 13, 2018
Overdrive Radio
How a ’96 Classic came to be ‘The Goose,’ and: Hope for small-biz primacy with FMCSA?
So just how did Daniel and Phyllis Snow’s 1996 Freightliner Classic XL come to be called ‘The Goose’? In this Overdrive Radio podcast, the independent owner-operators tell that story. Also: A bit of stumping for the importance of small business in trucking from none other than the top motor carrier safety regulator in the nation,
November 9, 2018
Custom Rigs
Brooke Taylor’s 1996 Kenworth W900B
It’s powered by a 550-hp Cat with an 18-speed and 3:55 rears on 40,000-pound axles. In the summertime, Taylor runs 8-inch stacks and plenty of chrome, but he takes some of that off for running in Canada’s harsh winters, including the stacks.
November 9, 2018
Custom Rigs
Introducing the ‘Goose’ 1996 Classic XL and its 140-inch remodeled custom ICT sleeper
Daniel and Phyllis Snow of Harrison, Ark., have lived more than the last decade with their long-in-progress 1996 Freightliner Classic XL, “The Goose” to their son Jayme’s workhorse “The Duck.” The 1996 XL features a remodeled 140-inch big bunk with all the comforts of a home.
November 6, 2018
Custom Rigs
Stirling Pickett’s 1987 Peterbilt 362
Stirling Pickett owns this 1987 Peterbilt 362, which he will use to haul produce beginning in the next produce season for Hillside Transport out of Great Meadows, New Jersey. It features a Cummins Big Cam 350 with a 9-speed.
November 6, 2018
Custom Rigs
Parminder Singh’s 2016 Volvo 780
Parminder Singh hauls mostly produce, dairy and meat with this 2016 Volvo 780. The truck is powered by a 500-hp Volvo D13 with an I-Shift transmission.
November 2, 2018
Custom Rigs
‘Career gambler’ Dean DeSantis and the aptly-named 2018 Peterbilt 389 with 124-inch ARI sleeper
When it comes to custom rigs, “In the world of everybody building gliders, I’m a guy who kind of cuts across the grain a little bit,” says Dean DeSantis.
October 30, 2018
Custom Rigs
Jim Smith’s 2001 Kenworth W900L
The rig, which has rolled up 1.9 million miles, is equipped with a Cat C15 and a 13-speed Eaton. It sits on a 330-inch wheelbase and features a 144-inch Star Class sleeper.
October 30, 2018
Overdrive Radio
The living legacy of the ‘BlackOut’ veterans-tribute Freightliner, and: Small fleet growth elsewhere
A couple weeks out from Veterans Day, this week’s podcast walks through recent additions to the BlackOut 1999 Freightliner veterans-tribute and memorial truck and more Chuck Timbrook following a health scare two years ago. Also: More from owner-op Rob Hallahan’s small fleet growth with other owner-ops.
October 26, 2018
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