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Daniel Simon's 2016 Peterbilt 579
The rig is powered by a Paccar MX-13 with a 10-speed Eaton. It is a refrigerated food hauler in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
June 24, 2022
Daniel Simon's 2016 Peterbilt 579
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John Mercier's 2005 Kenworth W900L
The rig is powered by a Cat C15 with a 10-speed. Mercier says the truck has been completely rebuilt and chromed-out, and has won several awards at truck shows.
June 17, 2022
John Mercier's 2005 Kenworth W900L
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Doug Huffman's 2022 Peterbilt 579
The rig is powered by a Cummins X15 with a 12-speed autoshift. He uses the truck to pull open deck freight.
June 14, 2022
Doug Huffman's 2022 Peterbilt 579
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Joe Esmerado's 2018 Kenworth T880
Esmerado uses the rig to haul intermodal containers from Port Newark in New Jersey to Covington, Pennsylvania.
June 10, 2022
Joe Esmerado 2018 Kenworth T880
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Steve Crane's 2020 Kenworth T880
The rig is equipped with a 75,000-pound Galfab rolloff hoist and a Shurco SWAT tarper.
June 7, 2022
Steve Crane's 2020 Kenworth T880
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Oscar Sherman's 2007 International 9400
The rig is powered by a Cat C15 with a PDI single turbo and a 10-speed Eaton-Fuller. Sherman leases the truck to Gary, Indiana-based OSTT Inc., specializing in flatbed and conestoga work, hauling mostly steel products and tubing from Chicago to Texas and
June 3, 2022
Oscar Sherman's 2007 International 9400
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Matt Page's 1989 Kenworth W900B
Page uses the Kenworth pair with a Timpte reefer daily to haul potatoes. The rig is powered by a Cat 3406C with a 13-speed.
May 31, 2022
Matt Page's 1989 Kenworth W900B
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Steve McGee's 2018 Peterbilt 567
The truck features a Paccar MX-13 with an 18-speed. McGee uses the truck to haul oversize loads and wind energy equipment throughout the Midwest and Southeast.
May 27, 2022
Steve McGee's 2018 Peterbilt 567
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James McKuin's 2018 Freightliner Cascadia
The rig sports a 156-inch ARI sleeper, which McKuin says "keeps me comfortable on the road." With 390,000 miles on the odometer, McKuin is averaging 6.9 miles per gallon.
May 24, 2022
James McKuin's 2018 Freightliner Cascadia
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Mike Rindahl's 2012 Peterbilt 389
The rig is powered by a Cat C15 with an 18-speed. Rindahl pulls a 39-foot frameless Trailstar dump hauling sand and rock.
May 20, 2022
Rindahl
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Derek Stanczyk's 2009 Kenworth W900L
Stanczyk pulls a 39-foot frameless, smooth-side Mac with the rig.
May 17, 2022
Derek Stanczyk's 2009 Kenworth W900L
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Michael Fletcher's 2006 Peterbilt 379
The rig is powered by a Cat C15 with a single turbo conversion and an 18-speed.
May 13, 2022
Fletcher
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John McCormick's 2021 Kenworth W900L
McCormick owns just the one truck, which he leases to Oakley Trucking out of North Little Rock, Arkansas, where he pulls a 2022 Mac vacuum pneumatic hauling plastics.
May 10, 2022
Mc Cormick
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Chris Szczepanik's 2015 Peterbilt 389
The truck features a 515-hp Detroit Series 60 with a 13-speed and 3:55 rears. It sits on a 275-inch wheelbase and sports a 36-inch bunk.
May 6, 2022
Szczepanik
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Tim Dent's 2020 Peterbilt 389
The truck sports a Cummins X15 with an Eaton-Fuller 18-speed. Dent hauls rock to concrete plants around the Oklahoma City area.
May 3, 2022
Dent
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Clarence Easter's 2005 Kenworth W900L
The truck features a 550-hp Cat C15 with a 13-speed and 3:55 rears. It sits on a 260-inch wheelbase.
April 29, 2022
Easter
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Erik Shaw's 1996 Kenworth W900L
Shaw, the truck's original owner, has put 3.6 million miles on the rig over his 27 years of running it.
April 26, 2022
Shaw
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Geoffrey Sullivan's 2020 Volvo VNL 860
Sullivan had his trailer wrapped to honor the fallen service members of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
April 22, 2022
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