Perfect size is oversize: Reader’s 2014 Kenworth

Jul 18, 2014

Updated Jul 19, 2014

Shawn Hoefer, who works in licensing and permits for oversize hauler Combined Carriers Co., says the company’s 2014 Kenworths carry “everything big and heavy.” Combined Carriers employs 30 owner-operator and company drivers who haul a variety of materials throughout 48 states and Canada. “We go where the loads go,” Hoefer says.

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