Donna Brackbill

Dec 4, 2018

Submitted by Donna Brackbill

This is my 2017 Freightliner Cascadia Evolution with 500hp DD15, 12spd automated transmission, TriPac apu, 3000w inverter, and DISH Network and Sirius XM. Turns two at the end of December with a little over 180,000 miles. Nine months a year she’s on tour with the band Chicago and during the break transporting Broadway productions for Clark Transfer in Harrisburg, PA.

The Love's Travel Stop on Trinity Lane off I-65 in Nashville had an advertised credit price above $5/gallon Monday morning.

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