Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs 50 | Overdrive | May 2017 Rockin' a flattop Shane Allen of Swea City, Iowa, and Osborn Trucking run this 1996 Peterbilt 379 flattop powered by a Cummins N14 Celect and Eaton-Fuller 13-speed with 3:55 rears. The truck has a 265-inch wheelbase and is equipped with 7-inch straight pipes and low- profile 24.5-inch tires. PDQ_OVD1215_PG.indd 1 11/18/15 10:17 AM Living in style Amanda Myers is leased to R&R Express of Elkhart, Ind., and recently purchased this 2001 Peterbilt 379 extended hood to haul any freight she can get, including van and flatbed. The truck is powered by a Caterpillar C15 6NZ with an 18-speed Eaton-Fuller and is equipped with an ARI 126-inch custom sleeper that features a full bed, dinette table, shower, toilet, refrigerator, convection oven, single- burner cooktop and kitchen sink. Myers so far has changed only the stripe color from red to purple and plans to move the fuel tanks to the back of the cab and the generator to the front. 'Already Gone' Wes Ezell of Glen Rose, Texas, hauls flatbed freight with his 2017 Kenworth W900 equipped with a 600-hp Cummins and an Eaton 18-speed. The truck's name, "Already Gone," is written in the stack guard and honors Ezell's father, Robert S. Martin, who passed away in 2014.