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Tag: Freightliner Classic

Chuck Timbrook’s project Black Out rig: All done

The 1.5-year project over, owner-operator Charles Timbrook will now make the rounds of a variety of military tribute rides and trucking shows, with the Pa.-W.Va. God Bless America Ride among the very first.

May 11, 2015

Among the last additions to matte-black painted daycab was this wood-worked eagle bolted above the helmet, gun and boot on the custom fifth wheel cover by Hopewell Sheet Metal of Hagerstown, Md., which also did the deckplating work. (See the galleries below for more images.) The eagle is the work of a Marine Corps veteran and friend Timbrook knows from the local bowling alley. “He’s 75 years old, and I know him just as Pappy,” Timbrook says. “He called me up one day and said, ‘I have something for your truck for you,'” and that he’d be honored if Timbrook used it. “I said, ‘I sure will.'”

Views on Melvin Davis Jr.’s Hillbilly Hilton

All the comforts of home in the custom-fabbed 163-inch sleeper on this unit, a 2000 Freightliner Classic taken to the next level.

January 19, 2015

Davis Trucking owner-operator Melvin Davis Jr.

‘Black Out’ 1999 Freightliner of Charles Timbrook

W.Va.-based owner-operator Charles Timbrook’s “Black Out” 265-inch wheelbase 1999 Freightliner Classic.

May 20, 2014

The truck, known as the “‘Black Out’ … works three to four days a week ” at this point, Timbrook says. It’s powered by a 550-hp Series 60 Detroit.

Melvin Davis’ new ‘Hillbilly Hilton’ fresh out of the body shop

The 2000 Freightliner Classic’s 163-inch custom-built sleeper now comes equipped with a full-size shower and bed, easy chair, table, a full closet and a kitchen counter with a sink, refrigerator, microwave and cook stove.

April 16, 2014

Independent owner-operator Melvin Davis Jr., with his 1988 Freightliner FLD

Video, pics: Custom 1988 Freightliner

Davis custom-built the FLD after locating it in a salvage yard in 2000 — today he hauls reefer freight with it primarily between Illinois, Texas, Florida and his home base in Michigan.

February 21, 2013

Mel Davis’ custom 1988 Freightliner FLD

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