10-4 Magazine August 2024

10-4 Magazine / August 2024 33 were short hoods or cabovers – except this one. Built by mistake, Archie Bones ordered it new, and when placing the order, he told his salesman at Ozark Kenworth of Springfield that he wanted it to be an extended hood, so the guy checked off the box, and Archie paid an extra $200 for the modification. Charlie always wanted this truck, and about eight years ago he finally got it – he even has the original build sheet to prove this story. And to make this all even cooler, Charlie still works this rig every day! I was surprised to see Mike and Monica Ingram’s huge 2020 Kenworth W990, powered by a Cummins X15 hooked to an 18-speed, that rides on a 445” wheelbase! Equipped with a 261” ARI sleeper with a full-size refrigerator, a twin size bed with a ceiling fan above it, a full bathroom, complete with a full size shower on one side and a toilet on the other, and a 100-gallon water tank, that is mounted under the bed. This unit weighs in at almost 30,000 pounds. Mike and Monica haul oversize freight, and their truck is definitely oversized, as well. Mike currently has a W900L on order, and I am really looking forward to seeing that one when finished. There were a lot of other cool rides in attendance. Spencer Mathis brought out a 1986 KW K100E Aerodyne single axle, painted black and gray with a Salem scheme, hooked to a set of double Allied 28’ moving van trailers. Bill Johnson brought his High Life Express III, which appeared in the January 1982 issue of American Trucker magazine. A 1981 W900 VIT extended hood with a 60” flat top bunk, this truck had a 3406A when ordered, but Bill later updated it to a 3406E. Working the truck every day, it usually pulls a hopper trailer, but twice a week it gets to pull that famous Miller High Life trailer. Billy Baker brought his 1973 extended hood all the way from Canada. This factory-ordered single bunk W900A is powered by a 12V-71 Detroit and has a set of sticks featuring a 15-over with a 4-speed auxiliary. Trucks started showing up for the event onWednesday and got staged at the nearby Ross County Fairgrounds. The