Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CUSTOM RIGS READER RIGS Lime shaker Tom Riley of Chesapeake Bay, Md., drives this 2003 Peterbilt 379 equipped with a Caterpillar C12 and 10-speed transmission. Riley hauls agricultural lime for the Maryland Farm Bureau and others with an ���08 Maximizer. He owns and manages the eight-truck Riley Enterprises, which he started in 1989, and he���s kept his personal rig mostly stock. A family affair Wayne Byrd of Monticello, Miss., makes oil field and natural gas runs in his 2011 International Lonestar, usually in Texas and Oklahoma. Byrd���s business, Catfish Cruisers Inc., is leased to Kentucky-based TMT Inc. The truck sports a few engine mods and a custom paint job by Bictor���s Tint and Graphics of McComb, Miss. It���s powered by a 550-hp Cummins engine and 18-speed transmission. Workhorse Irvin Laslo of Alberta, Canada, used this 1976 Peterbilt 359 to haul grain and hay for Bruce Hannah Trucking. The rig is equipped with a 350-hp Cummins and 18-speed transmission, and since most of its life has been spent on farms, it hasn���t been exposed to much wear and tear. Laslo ��� who replaced the wheels but left the rest stock ��� has recently sold the truck. Want to see your truck here? Upload your photo into our gallery for the chance to have your truck in the Reader Rigs section. Visit overdriveonline.com/upload-a-photo and fill out the form. 38 | Overdrive | January 2013 Custom trucks, pretty girls: Overdrive���s 2013 calendar It���s not too late to pick up a 2013 calendar from Overdrive, which features some of the more spectacular show rigs from across the country and three months that feature models with the trucks. Scan the QR code to the right with your smartphone to visit the purchase page directly, or visit Lulu. com and search ���Overdrive calendar��� to ���nd it. Two sizes are available ��� 11-by17-inch and 13.5-by19-inch.