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Tom Gay's 2006 Peterbilt 379

The truck is powered by a Cat C15 with an 18-speed. Sitting on a 350-inch wheelbase, Gay says he will lease the truck to a small flatbed company out of Michigan.

October 8, 2021

Hal Graham's 2015 Kenworth W900

The truck is powered by a 3406 Cat with an 18-speed. The paint was done at the factory, and the stainless was made by 12 Gauge Customs.

October 5, 2021

Christopher Shedd's 2018 Kenworth T800

The rig features a 455-hp Paccar MX-13 with 4:56 rears. The truck was originally a tri-axle dump truck, but it burned from the cab back when it was 14 months old. Shedd took about six months to rebuild it into a day cab tractor.

October 1, 2021

Bud and Erin Smith's 2018 Kenworth W900L

The rig sports a Cummins engine with a 13-speed. It's paired with a 2018 Great Dane stainless steel 53-foot spread axle.

September 28, 2021

Jimmy Ardis' 2007 Peterbilt 379

Ardis has owned the truck since it was new and has put more than 1.6 million miles on it since.

September 24, 2021

Matt Robinson's 1985 Peterbilt 359

Robinson uses the truck in his construction and farm operations. It's powered by a 300 Big Cam Cummins with a 9-speed.

September 21, 2021

Joey Hoeck's 2000 Peterbilt 379

The truck sports a Cummins N14 Celect Plus with an 18-speed. He uses the the truck to haul machines around the country.

September 17, 2021

Apostol J. Boro’s 2013 Freightliner Coronado

The truck is powered by a 60 Series Detroit with a 13-speed and 3:42 rears. It sits on a 260-inch wheelbase and features air ride all around, an APU and refrigerator.

September 14, 2021

Pierre Farsat's 2022 Kenworth W990

Farsat runs the truck from Quebec into and across the United States. The rig is powered by a 510-hp Paccar MX13 with an 18-speed.

September 10, 2021

Ron Henrie's 1999 Kenworth W900

Henrie says the truck is still a work-in-progress. The Cat 3406E and 18-speed under the hood are brand new, along with the new rears he put in.

September 7, 2021

Thomas Coffman's 1986 Peterbilt 359

Coffman is the second owner of the classic Pete, which sports a Cat 3406B and a 15-speed.

September 3, 2021

Marc Massom's 2016 International ProStar

Massom will soon own the lease-purchase rig, which he has dedicated to breast cancer awareness after a close friend passed away earlier this year from the disease.

August 31, 2021

Matt Jaco's 2019 Peterbilt 389 Pride and Class company truck

The rig is powered by a Cummins X15 Performance Series and is used to haul food-grade liquids across the Lower 48 and Canada.

August 27, 2021

Jeffrey and Leigh Roatenberry's 2018 Peterbilt 579

The truck sports a Paccar MX-13 with an Eaton Fuller 10-speed automatic. The couple recently purchased the truck and spent the last two months making it their own.

August 24, 2021

Gary Geib's 2019 Western Star 4900SF

The rig is powered by a 525-hp Cummins N14 with an 18-speed. Geib uses the truck to haul sand and gravel.

August 20, 2021

David Pollard's 2022 Kenworth W990

Pollard's 450-hp Paccar with a 10-speed manual hauls bulk chemicals all across the U.S. and Canada for Robbie D. Wood, out of Dolomite, Alabama.

August 17, 2021

T. Shaun Pierson's 1996 Peterbilt 379

Most everything on the truck has been replaced or redone. Pierson, a master mechanic, has done all his own repairs with his family. The truck sits on a 315-inch wheelbase and features a double frame.

August 13, 2021

Julia Notman's 2015 Freightliner Coronado

Notman uses the rig to pull an A-train in the Northwest. It's powered by a 505-hp Detroit DD15 with a 13-speed.

August 10, 2021

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