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'Plain Jane' 1995 Peterbilt 379 a company driver's dream ride
Driver James Frenya was at the 2023 Guilty By Association Truck Show last Fall, showing the 1995 Pete that he treats as his own.
March 14, 2024
Texas-based owner-op's 2007 Peterbilt 379, 'Maggie Mae'
After buying the rig used in 2018, owner Ernest Ludlow got his authority in 2020 and pulls a van OTR.
March 12, 2024
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March 15, 2024
KW 100 postscript: A truck show in New Zealand, 'Just a Phase' still a phase
Kenworth's 100th anniversary wrapped up in January, but highlights keep rolling in, from a spectacularly huge truck show in New Zealand that finally got off the ground in early February to another close look at an old favorite, still a phase.
March 8, 2024
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One-truck owner-op's big-bunk 2005 W9
Owner-operator Tom Gay's KW sits on a 320-inch wheelbase and boasts a 132-inch ARI sleeper.
March 8, 2024
Custom Rigs
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
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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
Custom Rigs
'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
Custom Rigs
'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
Custom Rigs
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
Custom Rigs
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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