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Custom Rigs

Photos and more: Highway Hank’s 1981 KW goes to trucking museum

Highway Hank Good donated his infamous 1981 Kenworth K100 Highway Hilton No. 1 late last year to the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, where it will rest out its days.

January 15, 2015

Equipment

Construction fleet updates with T880s

N.C./S.C.-based Blue Max Trucking operators deliver aggregate, equipment, pre-cast concrete and building supplies for construction projects such as airport runway additions, highway widening projects and stadiums.

December 15, 2014

Custom Rigs

Sharp food hauling ’03 Kenworth W900L

Reefer hauler Bronwyn Hicks’ 2003 Kenworth W900L has over 200 LED lights, a custom red and white paint job, a wood grain instrument panel with all chrome gauges, two red leather seats, a sunroof and daylight doors.

December 5, 2014

Business

Capitol Christmas Tree delivered to D.C. after trucking-sponsored 2,700-mile trip

The special Kenworth T880 carrying this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree ended its trek Tuesday when the 75-foot white spruce cut down in Minnesota last month ended its 2,700-mile trip to D.C.

December 3, 2014

Channel 19

Just in time for Thanksgiving, two notable 2015 calendars

Detail of the 2015 Kenworth Trucks and Midwest Peterbilt group calendars, which have arrived just in time for the holiday onset.

November 27, 2014

Custom Rigs

Former drivers, raise hands high!

Former owner-operator Bryan Lundberg’s latest step on the path through the trucking world is as a broker. His last Kenworth, though, is no less special to him. Photos from back when here.

November 20, 2014

Custom Rigs

Remember when truckers ‘had to drive’ cabovers?

Reader Greg Stanton asked the question attendant to his upload of this sharp Freightliner COE to Overdrive’s Reader Rigs gallery. After we shared the pic — and the question — on the Facebook page, lo and behold, turns out drivers do well remember those days.

November 14, 2014

Business

Capitol Christmas tree: Owner-operator talks 2,000-mile once-in-a-lifetime load

Owner-operator Elwood Higdem has the responsibility of piloting this year’s Capitol Christmas tree from its harvesting point in Minnesota across the country to D.C. — a gig he says “has been one of the best experiences of my life.”

November 12, 2014

Custom Rigs

Start-up’s brand-new KW T680

This 2014 Kenworth T680 is one of eight new trucks on the road for Capable Express, which got its start in December 2013.

October 10, 2014

Custom Rigs

Running down under: Australian operator’s Kenworth K200

Rod Hannifey of Dubbo, Central New South Wales, Australia, is a company driver for Truckright, hauling chemicals and general and steel mesh, usually from Melbourne to Brisbane.

September 19, 2014

Business

Kenworth T880 promotes literacy

This Kenworth T880 features a 52-inch sleeper and a special Seattle Mariners theme — Aug. 26, it plays a part in a Paccar fund-raising effort outside Safeco Field in support of the Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program in Seattle.

August 26, 2014

Equipment

Kenworth T880 riding boost in vocational demand

Kenworth reports a year-over-year sales increase for vocational trucks, particularly its new T880 flagship, reflecting growing construction activity, increased oil and gas production and encouraging new housing starts figures.

July 25, 2014