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Reader Rigs

Kenny Reagan’s 1970 Peterbilt 358

The truck sports a 400-hp Cat with a 6×4 Spicer. The rig pulled cattle from the Southeast to Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and New Mexico, and also pulled a reefer around the South.

January 31, 2020

Custom Rigs

Terry Carnahan’s 1979 Kenworth W900A

The rig sports a Cummins 400 Big Cam III with a 13-speed and 3:70 rears.

January 28, 2020

Custom Rigs

Andrew Soucy’s 2001 Western Star 4964EX

It’s powered by a 525-hp Cummins N14 with a 13-speed overdrive and 3:42 rears. The engine got a fresh rebuild at 1.2 million miles, but the transmission and rears are still untouched.

January 24, 2020

Custom Rigs

John Lydick’s 2005 Kenworth W900L

He drives the truck for 3 Nieces Trucking out of Grassflat, Pennsylvania. The rig is powered by a Cat C15 with an Eaton-Fuller 18-speed.

January 21, 2020

Custom Rigs

Bob Adair’s 2016 Kenworth W900

The rig is equipped with a Cat 3406E and an 18-speed. He has added seven-inch straight stacks, an RLK visor, custom knobs, 12-Gauge Customs cab and cowl panels and more.

January 17, 2020

Custom Rigs

Steph Lessard’s 2015 Western Star 4900

The rig is powered by a 550-hp Detroit DD16 with an 18-speed and 46,000-pound rears. It also features a pneumatic blower. She currently hauls frac sand for CO3 Energy out of Medicine Hat, Alberta.

January 14, 2020

Reader Rigs

Duane Stutzman’s 2000 Peterbilt 379

The rig sports a 525-hp Cummins N14 with a 13-speed and 3:55 rears. The truck features a 63-inch stand-up sleeper and sits on a 260-inch wheelbase.

January 10, 2020

Custom Rigs

David Swallop’s 1985 Freightliner FLC120

The rig is Swallop’s daily driver, which he uses hauling frac sand in the oil fields.

January 3, 2020

Reader Rigs

Before and after: Chad Keegan’s 1983 Kenworth K100

Chad Keegan bought this 1983 Kenworth K100 in June 2018. It’s powered by a 350-hp Cummins Big Cam III and a 9-speed Eaton-Fuller with Reyco spring suspension. It had been sitting for two years and hadn’t been used on the road since 1996.

December 27, 2019

Custom Rigs

Michael Perry’s 2016 Peterbilt 389

The rig is powered by a 750-hp Cummins ISX with an 18-speed and 3:25 rears. The truck is painted Coca-Cola Red, which Perry says is very bright when cleaned up.

December 20, 2019

Custom Rigs

Brady Hutchings’ 2020 Peterbilt 389

He uses the rig to haul fresh and frozen fish to Boston, as well as produce out of Montreal.  The truck sports a 500-hp Cummins C15 with an 18-speed Eaton-Fuller.

December 17, 2019

Custom Rigs

Bill Taylor’s 2007 Western Star 4900

The rig is powered by a 14-liter Detroit with a 13-speed and 3:73 rears. He bought the truck new and has since put 2.6 million miles on it.

December 13, 2019