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Custom Rigs: Page 15

Reader Rigs
CNG-powered Pete hauls for city of L.A.
The nat-gas Cummins powers the 2020 567 model to haul wood chips and mulch in and around Los Angeles.
November 28, 2023
Brandon Balderas' 2020 Peterbilt 567
Pride & Polish
1966 Peterbilt 281 a piece of trucking history, and a Pride & Polish champ
Kevin Cimmiyotti's red and white rig took the Antique division of Overdrive's Pride & Polish competition. It brings with it storied parts of trucking's long forgotten past.
November 24, 2023
The famous two-tone redone in sharp red.
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Custom Rigs
'Tweety Bird': Owner-operator Michael Gerber's 1999 Kenworth W900
Gerber's five-year-old Elite Transfer LLC business follows a couple decades behind the wheel as a driver. The owner-operator pivoted to refrigerated freight recently after starting out in business pulling a flatbed. The 1999 KW features a 600-hp Cat.
November 23, 2023
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Reader Rigs
1998 Kenworth T800: Longtime Chicago-area produce hauler's pride and joy
Mark Solomon, owner of fifth-generation family owned and operated Solomon Produce, bought this truck new in 1998. His family has a long history in the Chicago-area produce business, dating back more than 115 years.
November 21, 2023
Mark Solomon's 1998 Kenworth T800
Custom Rigs
Georgia-based small fleet's 2000 Peterbilt 379
The Peterbilt 379 today is mostly a show truck, though it does work about 20,000 miles a year, owner Jerry Knowles said. All told, the truck boasts around 1.7 million miles on the odometer.
November 16, 2023
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Custom Rigs
CCJ's 2023 Five Flashiest Fleets winners
This year’s Five Flashiest Fleets took advantage of the opportunity to set themselves apart from the competition.
November 15, 2023
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Reader Rigs
Owner-op's 'mint condition' 1999 W9
Michael Gerber is just the second owner of the rig, which has piled up just under 1.5 million miles.
November 14, 2023
Michael Gerber's 1999 Kenworth W900L
Custom Rigs
Owner-operators, fleets honor veterans with patriotic rigs
Though most offices may close to observe Veterans Day, the trucking business in large part keeps rolling. Yet plenty owner-operators and fleets are honoring veterans 24/7 with their trucks themselves.
November 10, 2023
Jim Allen's 1991 International 9670
Pride & Polish
Undisputed: Introducing the 2023 Pride & Polish champs
After a month-long entry period and a two-week public voting period by Overdrive readers, these standout rigs in six categories have been crowned the 2023 Pride & Polish champions.
November 10, 2023
Cody Davis' 2022 Kenworth W900
Custom Rigs
Owner-op Marlin Coblentz's 'old-school style' '86 Pete 359
The North Carolina-based owner of Precision Transport & Moving (PTM) delivers storage buildings with this unique Pete 359. Instead of a fifth-wheel behind the cab, the truck has a flatbed over the drive axle to fit his operation.
November 9, 2023
Marlin Coblentz's 1986 Peterbilt 359
Custom Rigs
Cast your vote in CCJ's Five Flashiest Fleets contest
Readers can cast a vote in CCJ's Five Flashiest Fleets contest.
November 9, 2023
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Custom Rigs
‘Baby Cakes’: The 2000 Peterbilt 379 of Classic Trucking LLC
Missouri-based owner Chris Homfeld built this rig into a show truck for his three-truck fleet. Homfeld said it's still a work in progress, but he's put plenty of work into it already, as can be seen here.
November 2, 2023
Chris Homfeld's 2000 Peterbilt 379
Custom Rigs
Specialized flatbed fleet K&D Transport's 'big daddy' 336-inch flagship
Owner Adam Johnson said this truck is "the big daddy that we have in our fleet," sitting on a 336-inch wheelbase and powered by a Signature 600 Cummins.
October 26, 2023
K&D Transport's 2003 Kenworth W900L
Reader Rigs
Indiana logging company's 1988 Western Star
Campbell Logging hauls loads of logs to sawmills with this Cat-powered classic.
October 24, 2023
Campbell Logging's 1988 Western Star
Reader Rigs
Owner-op's 2023 International a tribute to late father
Steve Roache ordered his HX520 in the same color of the 1997 International 9300 his late father owned when he was a child.
October 20, 2023
Steve Roache's 2023 International HX520
Custom Rigs
Stunning ostrich-leather interior on daycab '05 379
At GBATS last month, Triple S Diesel's Mauricio Soto of Cimarron, Kansas, showed off this old Werner 70-inch sleeper truck that he and his team rebuilt for a customer as a daycab, in stunning fashion.
October 19, 2023
Interior of Mauricio Soto's 2005 Peterbilt 379
Reader Rigs
Oregon-based lumber hauler's W900L Icon
Ron Taggart drives this 2018 Kenworth W900L Icon edition, No. 423, for J K Farms & Trucking out of St. Paul, Oregon.
October 17, 2023
Ron Taggart's 2018 Kenworth W900L
Life
Pete's invite-only Pride & Class Parade and truck show
40-plus owners and operators were featured prominently around the Denton, Texas, courthouse square amid Peterbilt's annual United Way donations drive, which drew hundreds to downtown Denton for the custom-trucks display.
October 16, 2023
A veritable army of volunteers in safety vests fanned out at the parade's start through the throngs on-hand to help with donations to the United Way of Denton.
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Round 2 of the competition is now open for voting through January 7. Check out the videos for each matchup and cast your votes at this link, or at the bottom of this post.
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