Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Backcountry This photo shoot takes its nod from the cover of the May 1979 Overdrive. owner David Holbrook's 350-acre dairy farm in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Holbrook uses the truck on the farm, but its primary vocation is toting a 48-foot race trailer housing his two mammoth tractors to fairs in Middle Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky. "We enjoy getting out and blow- ing a little black smoke," he says. Holbrook, with his wife, is also the promoter/organizer behind the Southern Invitational truck and tractor pull at Miller Coliseum in his hometown every February. He has had the Pete for about four atched here with our model is the beauti- ful Holbrook Farms 1986 Peterbilt 359 at years. "The first winter we took it apart and painted it," Holbrook says. "The second we extended the frame to a 308-inch wheelbase, and this past winter we put in a new motor" – a vintage B-model Caterpillar with a 15-over transmis- sion. While the motor was out, he installed a walnut floor in the cab. Other touches include the custom- cut flames in the rear fenders' front stainless braces and the powder- coated fuel tanks. "It's a baked-on finish," he says, and it requires no polishing – just wipe clean and it's ready to show. Scan this QR code with your smartphone to see a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot at Holbrook Farms with the 359 and Melissa. September 2012 | Overdrive | 61 class M — Todd Dills Matt Huesmann