
Regular readers will recall the custom project Peterbilt 379, christened the âLong Haul Survivorâ as builder and small fleet owner-operator Eldon Jaeger toured the country through 2013-14 toward raffling the Pete off and gifting more than $100,000, ultimately, to the American Cancer Societyâs âRelay for Lifeâ project. The curtain is off Jaegerâs latest work-in-progress, in part in memory of his daughter Brenda, shown above.
âDestination Unknownâ is getting under way â this oneâs a Peterbilt 359 daycab with an 84-inch âextra extendedâ hood, says Mike Heiderscheit, Jaegerâs son-in-law and partner on the build.

Under that extended hood is a âDetroit V-12 for power and an Allison automatic,â Heiderscheit adds. âWe are going to sell raffle tickets at different truck pulls in the Midwest for a chance to drive it at that pull. Also, we are selling tribute decals to put on the truck in memory of cancer survivors or those who passed from cancer.â
The truck will make its debut May 1 at Jaeger & co.âs Midwest Pride in Your Ride Truck Show in Earlville, Iowa, Heiderscheit says.
Local CBS2 newsâ Kevin Barry in Jaegerâs home base of Worthington, Ohio, put together the following video report on the project with more on the puller. Well worth checking out.
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