Tag: Freightliner FLD

Custom Rigs

Views on Melvin Davis Jr.’s Hillbilly Hilton

All the comforts of home in the custom-fabbed 163-inch sleeper on this unit, a 2000 Freightliner Classic taken to the next level.

January 19, 2015

Channel 19

What’s your California strategy?

More and more, owner-operators are choosing to hold on to high-performing older equipment and run routes that keep them far away from the Golden State rather than upgrade to meet CARB emissions requirements.

March 7, 2013

Custom Rigs

Video, pics: Custom 1988 Freightliner

Davis custom-built the FLD after locating it in a salvage yard in 2000 — today he hauls reefer freight with it primarily between Illinois, Texas, Florida and his home base in Michigan.

February 21, 2013

Custom Rigs

Truck Gallery

A 2003 Kenworth W900 B, a 1992 Freightliner FLD 120, a 2001 Peterbilt extended hood and a 1996 Kenworth W900L are among the trucks featured.

May 3, 2010