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Larry Swisher's 2017 Peterbilt 389
The truck hauls a bit of everything, but most of Swisher's work is refrigerated freight out of southeastern Pennsylvania going to the Midwest.
December 16, 2022
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Joe Ferini's 2003 Peterbilt 379
The truck is powered by a 550-hp Cat C15 with a 13-speed. It's equipped with a wet line for dump trailers, but it's mostly used to pull a tank or hopper bottom.
December 13, 2022
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Brett Johnson's 2009 Kenworth W900
Johnson uses the Cummins-powered rig in a small logging operation in northern Maine based out of Mapleton.
December 9, 2022
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Scott Scheer's 1966 Kenworth W925
Scheer is only the second owner of the classic Kenworth, which is now powered by a 400-hp Big Cam Cummins.
December 6, 2022
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Donald Courts' 1974 Kenworth W921
Courts said the truck's previous owner passed away about 14 years ago. The rig, nicknamed "Old G," used to haul logs and is powered by a 350-hp Big Cam Cummins with a 13-speed.
December 2, 2022
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Calvin Edge's 2016 Peterbilt 389 Pride & Class
The rig was customized by Edge and his brother in their family business -- 16-truck Edge's Transport, out of Milner, Georgia. It features a custom 22-inch bumper and 10-inch stacks, plenty of stainless, and lights from Trux Accessories.
November 29, 2022
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Garrick Pitts' 1991 Kenworth T600 purchased in Hawaii
Pitts bought the truck for $200 in Hawaii, and is getting ready to ship it home to Arkansas.
November 25, 2022
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Tim Dent's 2020 Peterbilt 389
The custom work on the rig was done by Beatty Body Works in Oklahoma City, as well as Weiler Trucking owner Kim Weiler. Polishing and detail work was done by Dent.
November 22, 2022
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Vaughn Wood's 1972 Kenworth W925
Wood's father bought the truck new in 1972, and it's been in the family ever since. Vaughn started restoring it in 2016, and it still runs a couple short hauls a month pulling a step deck.
November 18, 2022
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Ben Fisher’s 1998 Peterbilt 379
The 48-year owner-operator's rig is powered by a 600-hp Cat with an 18-speed and 3:36 rears.
November 15, 2022
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Stephen J. Thomas' 2005 Peterbilt 379
The rig's single-turbo ACERT Cat pushes about 1,000 horsepower, Thomas says.
November 11, 2022
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Eric Hawkins' 1999 Kenworth W900
The Illinois-based owner-operator pulls flatbed freight with the 3406E-powered rig.
November 8, 2022
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Sal Gabriele's 1994 Peterbilt 379
The rig is equipped with a 425-hp 3406B Cat with a 15-speed and 3:90 rears, and after 1.2 million miles it's "still running strong."
November 4, 2022
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Noah Melton's 1992 Freightliner FLA
Operator Melton says driving this 1992 Freightliner FLA cabover "has been a dream come true," and "all I've ever wanted to do was drive a truck."
November 1, 2022
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Mike Vincent's 2022 Kenworth W900L
Vincent custom-ordered the truck with a flat-glass cab. It sits on a 260-inch wheelbase and is powered by a 605-hp Cummins X15 with an 18-speed Eaton-Fuller.
October 28, 2022
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Matthew P. Lyle's 2016 Mack CHU613 Pinnacle
The rig is powered by a Mack MP8 with an Eaton 13-speed. The truck's name is "The Green Hornet" in memory of Lyle's grandfather, who owned a Brockway back in the late 1950s and early 1960s of the same name.
October 25, 2022
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Timothy Mathis' 2022 Peterbilt 389
Mathis currently uses the rig to pull flatbeds, frameless end dumps and detach lowboys around the Southeast.
October 21, 2022
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Tanner Batey's 1988 Peterbilt 362
23-year-old Batey said he's "always loved cabovers and knew I wanted to truck," so he bought this classic COE in 2019.
October 18, 2022
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