Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CUSTOM RIGS PRIDE & POLISH 60 | Overdrive | October 2017 Blazing back from obscurity After a rollover crash about a decade ago, this 1988 Peterbilt 379 sat at the back of Lindamood Heavy Hauling's yard in Irving, Texas, until around 2013. That's when Vice President Jake Lindamood decided to tear it down and bring it back to its former glory. It was originally black with orange flames, but to make it consistent with the rest of the fleet, Lindamood painted the truck silver with blue flames. The engine block is painted silver with blue valve covers, and anything on the truck inside and out that isn't painted blue or silver is chrome. The truck doesn't work every day but is used as needed to haul loads up to 250,000 pounds. A striking look: Viper red, disco ball, shag rug GATS BEST OF SHOW, LIMITED MILEAGE COMBO Joel Dawes' 2016 Kenworth T660 with 2018 Globe triaxle RGN can't be missed rolling down the road with its viper red paint. Dawes, owner of Dawes Contract Carriage of Waterford, Wisconsin, says the truck's dominant red scheme was inspired by the colors of the University of Wisconsin, where his daughter is enrolled. The custom interior features shag carpeting and a mini-disco ball hanging in the large studio sleeper. Also inside are more than 800 buttons in the upholstery, each of which had to be sanded, primed, painted and clear-coated viper red to match the rest of the rig. The truck is permitted on six axles to carry 120,000 pounds, enabling Dawes to haul over- dimensional construction equipment. GATS BEST OF SHOW, LIMITED MILEAGE BOBTAIL 365Trucking.com 365Trucking.com