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Jeffrey Tucker's 2015 Mack Pinnacle
The rig is powered by a 505-hp Mack MP8 with a Mack mDrive 12-speed. Tucker pulls 39-foot aluminum frameless dump trailers.
August 12, 2022
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William Ankney's 2019 Freightliner Coronado glider
The rig is powered by a Detroit 60 Series with an 18-speed. Ankney makes East Coast to West Coast runs weekly, pulling a step deck.
August 9, 2022
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Elam Martin's 1985 Kenworth K100
Martin pulls flatbed and step deck trailers with the Cat-powered cabover.
August 5, 2022
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Richard Smith's 1987 Peterbilt 359
Powered by a Big Cam Cummins with a 13-speed, Smith says he built the truck himself "with a lot of patience and money."
August 2, 2022
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Eugene Adams' 1988 Kenworth T800
Adams has spent the last 34 years hauling 50-ton loads of asphalt and gravel down Michigan backroads. The rig is powered by a 425-hp Cat with a 13-speed and a Hendrickson spring suspension.
July 29, 2022
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Jae and Brandi Elsbree's pair of 2021 Kenworth W900s
Now hauling for Hermann Bros. out of Port Angeles, the couple usually gets dispatched together in their 2021 Kenworth W900s. The trucks are powered by 600-hp (Jae) and 565-hp (Brandi) Cummins X15s, both with 18-speeds.
July 26, 2022
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Kenny Lovett's 1990 Freightliner cabover
"What you see is what it's been since 1997," Lovett says. Powered by a Cummins N14 mechanical and a 13-speed, the piece of trucking history was previously kept up by Fredericktown, Ohio-based Russell Stauffer.
July 22, 2022
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Mark Andersen's 1998 Peterbilt 379
It features a Cat 3406E with an 18-speed. He pulls a lowboy and step-deck in the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
July 19, 2022
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Thomas Lowe's 2012 Peterbilt 389 company truck
The rig sports a 585-hp Paccar MX-13 with a 13-speed. The truck is used to haul agriculture and landscaping materials.
July 15, 2022
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Brett Tobin's 1998 Peterbilt 379
The truck, nicknamed "Overcompensation," sits on a 312-inch wheelbase. Tobin pulls food-grade pneumatics, liquid fertilizer or dry van freight coast-to-coast.
July 12, 2022
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George Bunch's 2016 Freightliner 122SD
Bunch pulls an RGN hauling oversized loads with the Detroit-powered rig.
July 8, 2022
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Tim Adair's 2022 Peterbilt 389
The truck was built to haul double trailers weighing 143,000 pounds. It features a 565-hp Cummins ISX with an 18-speed.
July 5, 2022
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Tim Alambar's 2019 Peterbilt 389 company truck
The truck, nicknamed "Night Train," is powered by a Cummins X15 with a 13-speed. Alambar pulls a variety of trailers and freight with the rig.
July 1, 2022
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Gary Mackay's 1998 Peterbilt 379
The truck features new paint and stainless accessories, a custom interior with a Bed and Breakfast sleeper, disc brakes and rear lockers.
June 28, 2022
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Daniel Simon's 2016 Peterbilt 579
The rig is powered by a Paccar MX-13 with a 10-speed Eaton. It is a refrigerated food hauler in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
June 24, 2022
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John Mercier's 2005 Kenworth W900L
The rig is powered by a Cat C15 with a 10-speed. Mercier says the truck has been completely rebuilt and chromed-out, and has won several awards at truck shows.
June 17, 2022
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Doug Huffman's 2022 Peterbilt 579
The rig is powered by a Cummins X15 with a 12-speed autoshift. He uses the truck to pull open deck freight.
June 14, 2022
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Joe Esmerado's 2018 Kenworth T880
Esmerado uses the rig to haul intermodal containers from Port Newark in New Jersey to Covington, Pennsylvania.
June 10, 2022
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