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Custom Rigs: Page 81

Custom Rigs
Watch: ā€˜Big Rig Burnouts, Director’s Cut’ from trucking filmmaker Tex Crowley
Watch these old-school big rigs throw up clouds of white smoke in this special cut from Tex Crowley, shot at last year’s 4 States Trucks Guilty by Association show.
December 7, 2017
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Work-in-progress COE
’89 Pete 362 a family heirloom
December 1, 2017
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Reece Phillips’ 2000 Kenworth W900
He uses the rig to haul potatoes from Idaho to Illinois and picks up LTL freight to go back.
December 1, 2017
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Joshua Ramirez’s 2016 Peterbilt 389 glider
The rig is equipped with a 12.7-liter 60 Series Detroit with an 18-speed.
November 28, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Dave Jones’ 2016 Peterbilt 389 glider
Jones says the truck lives up to its nickname, ā€œBeyond Expectations.ā€ He’s leased to Heniff Transportation and hauls liquid bulk chemicals.
November 21, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Chuck Timbrook’s ā€˜Black Out’ vets-support rig now available at 1/32 scale
Regular readers will recall owner-operator Chuck Timbrook’s now-famous military veterans-support ā€œBlack Outā€ 1999 Freightliner — a scale model of the unit is now available, produced by the New-Ray model manufacturer.
November 17, 2017
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Jimmy Nevarez’s 2018 Freightliner Cascadia
The rig is used to haul general freight in California, Arizona and Nevada.
November 17, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Joe Lueck’s 2014 Peterbilt 389
Lueck, out of Alpine, Calif., is leasted to TJ Potter Trucking out of Becker, Minn. The custom paint job was done by Peterbilt of Sioux Falls.
November 14, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Wanship Enterprises’ star-spangled Pete
Fleet’s flagship rig sports American flag graphics.
November 10, 2017
Back Camera
Custom Rigs
Award-winning 379
Detroit Series 60-powered 2000 Pete with new aluminum Armor Lite end dump
November 8, 2017
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V. Young’s Trucking’s 1994 Peterbilt 379
The rig is equipped with a Caterpillar 3406E with a 15-speed.
November 7, 2017
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Custom Rigs
New Mexico 1942 International rat traps the big one in Vegas
After their GBATS rat-rod trophy, father-son teamĀ Elmo and Charlie Pacheco, also known as ā€œTeam Cutters,ā€ took home bragging rights, trophy and title of numero uno in the first official SEMA RATical Rod International Build & Drive Off.
November 6, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Jaime Canchola’s 2003 Kenworth T600
The truck features an overhauled 475-hp Caterpillar C15 with a 10-speed Eaton-Fuller. Canchola mostly hauls heavy equipment.
November 3, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Ricky ā€˜Rude’ Proffitt holds on to win Bandit Big Rig Series championship
A nearly perfect weekend for Tommy Boileau, and what Proffitt calls his ā€œworst weekend race-wise of the year,ā€ ended with Proffitt barely holding on to his points lead to claim the championship.
November 2, 2017
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Custom Rigs
You can’t hide them lyin’ eyes
George’s dalliance with aftermarket parts — for a different truck! ā€œIt became evident I was going to have to confront him…. He was cheating. He was looking at aftermarket parts for a Peterbilt.ā€
November 1, 2017
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Jim Oldland’s 2001 Peterbilt 379
The truck, along with the rest of Oldland’s 25-rig fleet, is used to haul refrigerated LTL freight.
October 31, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Nick Harder’s 2014 Volvo
Harder hauls a variety of freight in Canada and the U.S., but mostly he hauls turnpike doubles in Alberta with some loads up to 140,000 pounds.
October 27, 2017
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Custom Rigs
Checking in with Ben Cadle and a recent fleet addition: The ā€˜Joy Ride 3’ 1982 Freightliner cabover
Video: Take a run through small fleet owner Ben Cadle’s new flagship 1982 cabover, as seen at GATS this year as well as at the Southern Classic Truck Show in N.C. He hauls about a load a week in it today, he says, after spending a year and a half or more turning it into this custom gem.
October 26, 2017
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Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?
Proposed split-duty and -sleeper pilot programs from FMCSA offer a path forward on delivering what's been the cardinal ask of many owner-operators for more than two decades since the 14-hour rule came into play. Namely, that's greater hours of service flexibility.
It's taken less than a decade for small fleet owner Derrick Wolfe to grow his New York-based food grade tanker-haul business from one truck to 21 company drivers, seven owner-operators and 10 non-driving employees.
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Derrick Wolfe has built a 'sweet' business in New York's Finger Lakes region
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'Dollar Bill': Impressive 1982 Peterbilt 359 powered by Cat C18 marine engine
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