Watch: Texomatic offers first look at George and Wendy Parker’s refab’d Coronado

Mar 26, 2018

Updated Apr 6, 2018

Former Overdrive blogger Wendy Parker and her husband George rolled out of 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Mo., and straight into the Mid-America Trucking Show with their freshly customized ’04 Freightliner Coronado. See videographer Tex Crowley’s take on the rig here.

Robert 'Rocket' Miceli hauls heavy and specialized freight with this 2004 Peterbilt 379. This photo was taken when he picked up the Hitachi excavator stolen while his truck was in the shop for an engine repair.

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