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Overdrive
| February 2016
Custom Rigs
Hassevoort's been showing
trucks since 1999, starting
with a '99 Western Star, his
first truck as an owner-oper-
ator. His brother, Jeremy, also
has shown trucks and last year
picked up his own Pride &
Polish Best of Show with his
gold and white 1986 Peterbilt
359 and matching Utility
reefer dubbed "Gold Digger."
Both rigs work full time in
the family's operation, most-
ly hauling meat and cheese
nationwide. They pull the
rigs off the road about 10
days before each show. "We
pull them in the shop, put
them up on jack stands and
tear them completely apart
and clean them from the
inside out," Eric says.
The brothers work for
their dad, who started Rabbit
River in 1992. Though run-
The interior was pulled apart and rebuilt
immediately upon its receipt to match
the Fitzgerald-Hassevoort team's plans.
Inside and out, thin green accent lines
separate a flat finish black and a shin-
ier black.
The exterior touch-
es include custom
fenders and visor,
flip bumper, after-
market exhaust
system and one-off
deck plate.
