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Arizona-based propane hauler's 2023 W900L
The rig features a 605-hp Cummins with an 18-speed. It sports a 72-inch sleeper outfitted with Diamond VIT interior.
March 24, 2023
John Mohn's 2023 Kenworth W900L
Classic 359 dump helping launch new business
Owner Terry Burgess found the "cool old truck" -- a 1976 Peterbilt 359 dump -- with everything working except the horn. He's starting his own rock hauling business with the rig.
March 21, 2023
Terry Burgess' 1976 Peterbilt 359 dump truck
Doug Johnson's 'super dependable' 1987 Freightliner COE
The truck features a newly rebuilt 400 Big Cam Cummins coupled with a 9-speed overdrive.
March 17, 2023
Doug Johnson's 1987 Freightliner COE
1995 Kenworth W900B still works hard in Canadian oilfields, logging industry
Owner Shane Chilson is the third full-time owner and driver of the rig that started its life working for Visscher Lumber truck on the West Coast of Canada.
March 14, 2023
Shane Chilson's 1995 Kenworth W900B
Restored 1984 Peterbilt 359 still a daily worker
The truck has been in owner Brandon Bier's family for almost 30 years. It's powered by a 3406C Cat with an 18-speed.
March 10, 2023
Brandon Bier's 1984 Peterbilt 359
Part-time 2000 Kenworth W900 with under 1 million miles
Owner Jeremy Flygare has taken the truck from "bone stock" to the kind of truck he admired early in his career.
March 7, 2023
Jeremy Flygare's 2000 Kenworth W900
The low-mileage, extended-hood '81 Peterbilt 359 of Durand Carson
The rig, powered by a KTA-600 Cummins, has just 750,000 original miles. Despite low fuel economy, Carson said he's happy with it because "there's a price to pay for having a cool ride."
March 3, 2023
Durand Carson's 1981 Peterbilt 359
'Workhorse' 1994 Pete 379 turned a bad day into blessing for one-truck carrier
Mary Beach bought the rig in November 2021 for her Jaxton Carriers business, put some money into it, and "it is now a workhorse" hauling precast concrete in the Carolinas.
February 28, 2023
Mary Beach's 1994 Peterbilt 379
Heavy haul in a '79 W900A? It's all in the family with this unit for owner Brian Ware
Powered by a 400 Cummins Big Cam with a 5 and 4 transmission, the rig is still working today with Ware hauling concrete and steel bridge beams up to 160 feet long.
February 24, 2023
Brian Ware's 1979 Kenworth W900A
Craig Hershey's 2001 Kenworth W900: A daily log hauler
Hershey runs the Detroit-powered rig daily hauling logs in the day and chips in the evening out of a sawmill.
February 21, 2023
Craig Hershey's 2001 Kenworth W900
Aron Wright's 1989 Peterbilt 379: A log-hauling classic
Wright bought the Cat-powered truck new and uses it to haul logs.
February 17, 2023
Aron Wright's 1989 Peterbilt 379
Jordan Truck Sales' 2004 Peterbilt 379X: A dealer's part-time worker
The truck is used to pick up equipment the Georgia-based dealership buys and sells. Powered by a 550-hp Cat C15 with an Eaton 18-speed, the truck has about 1.4 million miles on it today.
February 14, 2023
Jordan Truck Sales' 2004 Peterbilt 379X
Tim Pulli's 2006 Peterbilt 379 EXHD: A flattop tanker yanker
Powered by an Acert Cat with an 18-speed, Pulli's rig pulls a 5,000-gallon 2011 Walker tanker.
February 10, 2023
Tim Pulli's 2006 Peterbilt 379 EXHD
Kevin Goerl's 1994 Kenworth W900L: A limited-edition beauty
Goerl's W9 is numbered #006 of the 1994 Limited Edition run. He's owned the truck since 2000 and has just under 3 million miles on it.
February 7, 2023
Kevin Goerl's 1994 Kenworth W900L
David Miller's 2005 Kenworth W900L: Long restoration process done
The mostly-retired truck underwent an out-of-frame overhaul last year, with all of the work done by Miller himself.
February 3, 2023
David Miller's 2005 Kenworth W900L
Dennis Ternent's 1970 Kenworth W923
The antique Kenworth, powered by a 6V92 TTA Detroit, pulls tankers around southern Ontario.
January 31, 2023
Dennis Ternent's 1970 Kenworth W923
Julian Jones' 1994 Kenworth W900L
Jones uses the rig to haul Nature's Big Spring bottled water in the north Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee area.
January 27, 2023
Julian Jones' 1994 Kenworth W900L
Al Morgan's 1995 Freightliner FLD120
Leased to Admiral Merchants Motor Freight out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Morgan hauls mostly building products and military loads.
January 24, 2023
Al Morgan's 1995 Freightliner FLD120
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