James Babb

May 7, 2019

“In the Misty Moonlight”: I love the old country classics and this is one of my favorites.

James Babb
Company driver

Owner-operator Dee Zeeman's 2013 Kenworth is a 272-inch-wheelbase unit, powered by a 600-hp Cummins with an 18-speed transmission and 3.58 rears. The Utah flatbedder's 48-foot Western trailer has him loaded toward retirement as an independent after more than four decades hauling.

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