Owner-operator Jacob Phillips' Gainesville, Georgia-based business hauling steel trusses, mostly, on a step deck is driven on the chassis of this MX13 Paccar-powered 2016 Peterbilt 389 Phillips and his father-in-law took on as a project after locating the dented and dinged-up rig after a former life hauling logs.
Phillips set to work replacing bright parts, including 8-inch stacks, breathers, visor, bumper, Pride & Class front fenders and more, adding Hogebuilt full fenders along with T-bars ahead of and behind the tandems.
The rig got a full interior rework, too, from new dash panels painted to match the exterior, and which you can see in the video, to gauge surrounds and switches -- just about every shiny piece of chrome Phillips could find. The interior work was capped off with a unique, custom cowhide floor, shown here.
The tractor took its maiden voyage as the chariot that took Phillips and his now wife away from their wedding party at its nadir.
Hear plenty more from Jacob Phillips about the truck and his steel-hauling operation in the video up top.
I caught up with owner-operator Phillips at the first annual Large Cars & Guitars truck show in Kodak Tennessee, in early May this year. Catch further rigs from the event via the following links:
