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Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs November 2017 | Overdrive | 73 Luxury living Chris and Ruth Smith use their 2017 Peterbilt 579 for specialized shipments, including museum artifacts, fine art, IT servers and hospital equip- ment such as MRI scanners and X-ray machines. The truck, named "Beverly" after Chris' sister who passed away in 2002, is powered by a 550-hp Cummins ISX15 and an Eaton 13-speed. It sits on a 310-inch wheelbase and features a 144-inch ARI sleeper with full living quarters. SHOW US YOUR RIG Reader Rigs submissions can be made online at overdriveonline.com/ custom-rigs-gallery. Great American Chrome_OVD1114_PG.indd 1 10/13/14 2:12 PM Beer run Robert Hill of Grottoes, Virginia, drives this 2015 Kenworth T660 to transport beer from the MillerCoors brewery in Elkton, Virginia, to dis- tributors in the Northeast. The truck is powered by a 455-hp Paccar MX-13.

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