Custom Rigs : August 2009
Reader's Rigs
8 CUSTOM RIGS Fall 2009 READER RIGS READER RIGS Reader Rigs Reader Rigs For an opportunity to see your rig appear on this page, submit the highest resolution / best quality beauty shot you have of your truck along with a few details about your ride. Just go to the Reader Truck Gallery page on www.customrigsmag.com and follow the directions. It's quick and easy. Lanier Norville Git R Done The boyz at Defalcos Service Center in Edison, NJ, call this old workhorse Git R Done because the daycab 1999 Kenworth W900L does just that day after day hauling heavy equipment in the northeast. It's powered by a 475hp Caterpillar, and they've added just enough bling make their KW look good anywhere it's needed. Driver Mark Maida says the six-inch strait stacks, custom drop visor, and painted dash are just the beginning. PETE'S PETE Pete Lassen of Peoria, Ariz., added a bit of flash to his ride with a stainless custom drop visor and chrome bumper. The additions make Pete's Pete, a teal-green 1996 379, powered by a 435hp Caterpillar backed by a 10-speed Fuller, stand a little taller on the roads. 6 OH 7 Rolan Mask bought this 2005 Peterbilt 379X, pow-ered by a 500hp Caterpillar, from Werner. I have done a number of my own customizations to make a whole new truck, Mask says. He's shy about talkin', but we can see those stacks ain't stock, nor are the drop visor and tapered boltless-style deer buster. BARNEY TOO The 18-speed Eaton Fuller trans and 475hp Caterpil-lar keep the wheels moving, and the stainless drop vi-sor keeps the sun out of Richard and Christy Jewell's eyes as they run ol' Barney Too, their super-clean 2002 Kenworth W900L, across 11 Western states for Sprinter Trucking, based in Roseburg, Ore. Black Rose Dennis Griffin of Rock-wall, Texas, owns this 1997 Kenworth T600 powered by a 425hp Cummins and Eaton Super 13 transmission. He painted the truck a pearles-cent black with red flakes and sprayed black Line-X to the steps and catwalk. He plans to add an APU, a wood steering wheel and custom flooring in the cab. As he continues to customize, Griffin maintains a hot-rod look by keeping his rig chrome-free.