Tanker-yanking '99 Pete 'still runs as a champ'

Oct 13, 2023

Updated Jun 17, 2026

Walter Rychtarczyk pulls a tanker with this 1999 Peterbilt 379, powered by a 550 Cat with a 13-speed. The truck boasts over 2.5 million miles, and it had an out-of-frame overhaul and was repainted at 2 million. Rychtarczyk said it "still runs as a champ."

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