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Iowa-based independent’s restoration of an e-log-exempt 2000 Pete 379
The FMCSA’s change to its guidance on the pre-2000 model year exemption to the ELD mandate — when the agency specified the engine year instead of the chassis year as the determining factor — sealed the deal for owner-operator Scott Hampton in his plans to do a $75K custom-restoration of his 2000 Peterbilt 379.
November 26, 2018
Custom Rigs
Next-generation owner-operator Ethan Madden on the 1984 Peterbilt 359 custom rig he’s spent his teens on
Video: catch a variety of views on 17-year-old Ethan Madden’s custom 1984 Peterbilt 359, a truck that’s passed now through three generations of Texas Maddens to score a second in its Antique class at the GATS Pride & Polish a couple weeks back.
September 7, 2017
Custom Rigs
What does it cost to rebuild and extend a 1986 48-foot Trailmobile flatbed?
While the huge investments some owner-operators make in distinguishing tractors from the madding crowd tend to grab a lot of the custom-equipment headlines, Zach Beadle and his expert welder son rescued this 1986 Trailmobile to put it work hauling freight and making money, pronto.
November 14, 2016
Business
The six-headed maintenance monster
Wendy works at purging the truck-maintenance demons: “One of the mechanics stuck his head in the bunk, probably to see what kind of injured animal George had in there: ‘Uh, Miss Wendy, can I do anything for you?'”
August 25, 2014
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