Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs June 2014 | Overdrive | 59 The Mistress Owner-operator David McDaniel of Jefferson City, Tenn., wasn't so sure about the color of his 2002 Peterbilt 379 when he purchased it. "I hated it when I bought it, but when I got to looking around, I noticed it was different," he says. "I like to be different." The rig, deemed The Mistress by McDaniel's wife, is pow- ered by a Caterpillar C15 engine and an 18-speed transmission. McDaniel, a dedicated glass hauler leased to Moore Freight Service who travels to Canada every week, says that "everybody teased me about having a pink truck," but he's embraced the shade. He's beginning to enter shows, placing third in a Working Combo category of a Pride and Polish show in Tennessee. "It has to work first, and it's 'pretty' second," he says. Text INFO to 205-289-3555 or visit www.ovdinfo.com The perfect size is oversize Shawn Hoefer, who works in licensing and permits for oversize hauler Combined Carriers Co., says the company's 2014 Kenworths carry "everything big and heavy." Combined Carriers employs 30 owner- operator and company drivers who haul a variety of materials through- out 48 states and Canada. "We go where the loads go," Hoefer says. Reader_Rigs_0614.indd 59 6/3/14 11:30 AM