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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
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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May 10, 2024
'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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379 or 389? Detailed look at Conrad Shada's 'Class of the Past'
Just walking by Shada’s latest build, nobody would blame you for thinking it was a 379. The reality, though, is it’s a 2020 389 glider that Shada heavily modified, rolling back the clock to look like a late-1980s 379.
January 11, 2024
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Independent's '81 Pete 359 a family heirloom
The rig is mainly used to haul shrubs and bushes out of North Carolina, up the East Coast, for Smith Family Trucking.
January 9, 2024
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A tribute to Glenn 'Pillsbury' Hensley -- his well-preserved personal 1984 Pete 359
A. Hensley Livestock Dispatch and Consulting owner Andrea Hensley pays tribute to her legendary small fleet owner father in conversation with Long Haul Paul -- and gets a look with all of us at the spectacular restoration of the 359.
January 5, 2024
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Hauler's '99 International 9300 Eagle 'a rare bird'
The beauty is equipped with a 5EK 3406E Cat and a 13-speed.
January 5, 2024
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Fine-tuned flattop 1984 Peterbilt 359 -- owner-operator Greg Crispell's 'baby'
It's been a work long in progress for the Dryden, New York, independent owner-operator, who's extended the wheelbase 30 inches to 280, converted a short-hood setup to EXHD, and much more, building on the inspiration of his owner-operator father.
January 4, 2024
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A look back at 2023's top Custom Rigs
Take a break from the stresses of trucking and enjoy a look back through the top Custom Rigs from 2023.
December 27, 2023
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