Reader Rigs

Ben Hamilton's 2003 Peterbilt 379

The rig sports a Cat BXS Acert with an 18-speed and Super 40 rears with a 3:70 ratio and features 8-inch stacks with Boilermaker tips, 13 roof lights and 10 lights on the back of the bunk.

May 7, 2021

Deno Valone's 2009 Peterbilt 389

The rig is powered by a Signature 600 Cummins. Valone says the truck features "all the comforts of home" and pulls a 53-foot Reitnouer Big Bubba low step deck with an Eagle tarp system.

May 4, 2021

Joe McPherson's 2019 Peterbilt 389

The rig sports a Cummins X15 with an 18-speed and 3:55 rears. McPherson has painted the dash and added hand-painted pinstripes to the dash and door panels.

April 30, 2021

Coleman Kelts' 1987 Peterbilt 359

Kelts bought the truck, "June," from his father in 2013 and worked to fix it to keep it running. It's powered by a 425-hp Cat with a 15-speed overdrive and 3:90 rears.

April 27, 2021

Sal Gabriele's 1993 Peterbilt 379

The rig is powered by a 425-hp Cat 3406B with 3:90 rears and has over 1 million miles on it.

April 23, 2021

JD Woynorowski's rat rod built over 11 years

The truck features parts from other vehicles from the 1950s, 1980s and 1990s. He uses the rat rod to have fun in, including taking it to vintage car and tractor shows for kids to see.

April 20, 2021

Paul Saline's 2009 Kenworth W900L

The truck is powered by a 550-hp Cummins and 3:36 rears.

April 2, 2021

Debbie Desiderato's 2017 Western Star 4900EX

Desiderato bought this 2017 Western Star 4900EX after a neighbor asked if she'd be willing to haul logs for his company during her spare time.

March 19, 2021

Doug Schwartz's 2004 Peterbilt 379

The rig is powered by a 600-hp Cat with an 18-speed. It's used to serve the agriculture industry in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions.

March 5, 2021

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Albert Goyette's 2021 Peterbilt 579

The rig sports a 510-hp Paccar with a 13-speed. Goyette uses the truck for flatbed heavy-hauling (160,000 pounds) in Michigan and northern Indiana.

February 23, 2021

John Gillum's 1987 Peterbilt 379

Despite the similarities in paint scheme, the rig is not a former BJ Hughes truck, Gillum says, as it is red underneath the white and blue paint. He has named the truck "Snakebit," as "it bites me almost every time I work on it," he says.

February 19, 2021

Austin Stocker's 1995 Kenworth W900B

The truck wears many hats, as it is set up to be able to quickly change from a dump truck to a fifth-wheel tractor and hook to a lowboy or side dump, depending on the work. It's powered by a 650-hp Cat 3406E with an 18-speed and 3:90 rears.

February 12, 2021

Todd Brenny's 1977 Peterbilt 352

The rig is powered by a 350-hp Cummins with a 13-speed. It features air-ride, dual factory exhaust and factory air conditioning.

February 9, 2021

Andy Bledsoe's 1997 Freightliner FLD132 Classic XL

The truck sports a 600-hp 12.7-liter 60 Series Detroit with a 13-speed. The engine was originally setup at 430-hp, and it had been rebuilt at some point, Bledsoe says. He had it rebuilt and upgraded to 600-hp.

February 5, 2021

Lynn Heinlen's 2020 Freightliner Coronado

The rig sports a 12.7-liter Detroit and an Eaton 13-speed. Heinlen has added 445/50R22.5 super single tires and stainless half fenders made for the wider rubber.

February 2, 2021

James Grehan's 1999 Kenworth W900L

The rig is powered by a 525-hp Cummins N14 with 1,850 ft.-lbs. of torque. It features stainless-wrapped steps and a custom interior with rosewood floor cabinets and more.

January 29, 2021

Emanuel Haueis' 2019 International LoneStar

He uses the rig to haul mostly frac sand and grain in B-train hopper bottoms in northern and western Canada and the northwestern U.S. In the summer of 2020, he also got into hauling asphalt emulsion in insulated B-train tankers from Alberta to the Yukon.

January 26, 2021

Joe Karsten's 2015 Peterbilt 389

He hauls steel out of Chicago west toward Denver with his 1999 East trailer. Karsten has added double-hump fenders with blind mount brackets from I-29 Custom Truck Parts, a rear inverted light bar from Iowa Customs, and more.

January 22, 2021

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