Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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February 2016 | Overdrive | 47 Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs Custom mirror finish Sknz for any application. RoadSknz line of jewelry quality accents and trim feature precision laser cut mirror finish 304 stainless steel. Make your truck shine like a show truck. Custom mirror finish Sknz for any application. RoadSknz line of jewelry quality accents RoadSknz line of jewelry quality accents and trim feature precision laser cut and trim feature precision laser cut mirror finish 304 stainless steel. mirror finish 304 stainless steel. Make your truck shine like a show truck. Make your truck shine like a show truck. Big Lake, MN Like us on Facebook Untitled-16 1 8/20/14 9:10 AM PDQ_OVD1215_PG.indd 1 11/18/15 10:17 AM Million-miler Ramon Yoder of Archbold, Ohio, who operates as Ray Yoder Trucking, uses his 2003 Peterbilt 379 to haul steel tubing through- out Indiana, Ohio and Michigan for L.A.C.E. Transportation of Wauseon, Ohio. The truck has a 475-horse- power Caterpillar engine with an 18-speed transmission and 3:55 rear axles. Everything on the truck is original, and it has more than 1.1 million miles on it. High performance Owner-operator Glendon Gooch runs "Old Blue," a 1996 Peterbilt 379, as Gooch Trucking. He hauls mostly hazmat, but also flatbed, step deck, van, lowboy and powder tanker freight, primarily in the Southeast. The truck sits on a 300-inch wheelbase and originally had a 500-horse- power Caterpillar C15, an Eaton Fuller 18-speed transmission and 3:55 rear axles. After years on the road, Gooch upgraded Old Blue's peak horsepower to an esti- mated 1,000-plus range and 4,000 lb.-ft. of torque with high-performance heads, injectors and a turbocharg- er. Inside are hardwood floors, chrome accents on the dash and flame-embroi- dered leather.