the same age as Mason! The pictured truck looks quite a bit different from the original gray version. This 379 boasts a 1LW Caterpillar 3406E, an 18-speed transmission, 3.36 rears, a 279-inch wheelbase, and you’ll find it hooked to a 2023 Wilson livestock trailer. There are plenty of custom extras and bits of unique about this truck if you look closely. Mason did the air ride suspension himself. The truck sports a Lincoln Chrome bumper, Built by Bub visor, 7-inch Lincoln Chrome stacks, 12 Ga. Customs mirror brackets, American Eagle step boxes, York fenders, T Kane hub covers, Nu-Gen stainless deck plate box, Nu-Gen and House of Air glass lights, a classy stripe done by Thunder Grafix in Joplin, MO, and a rear “T” bar custom made by one of his buddies. The interior showcases Mason’s personal touch with the painted dash and custom gear shifter, along with a beautiful epoxy cowhide floor installed by our mutual friend Trevin Walck. The makeover process had actually started in 2019 when Mason put a low air disc brake cut off on and converted the steer axle to disc brakes. Moving to the sleeper fairings, which he pulled off, only made him decide he needed to re-skin the sleeper because of all the rock chips. At that point, he couldn’t just repaint the sleeper because the paint couldn’t be matched, so the whole truck was repainted in a Light Saddle Metallic color. Included with the paint was the installation of 2005 model doors, new style door handles, post mounted mirrors and sandblasting the frame. Through the rebuilding process, Mason wanted to give a shout-out of thanks to Trevor Peachey, Andy Koehn, and his dad for helping with the project, to Trevin Walck for taking care of the floor install, which is comprised of cowhide and epoxy, and to Bryce Peterson of BCP Polishing out of Elk City, KS for his polishing skills. Considering himself pretty lucky, Mason has been able to work alongside his father and grandpa and was even able to go trucking with his grandpa, once he obtained his CDL. Not only this, but these two men are also the ones that immediately came to mind when I asked Mason who the most influential people in his life were. He has based himself off these men as husbands, businessmen, and their strength of character. They have good Christian morals, are well liked in the community, and they became successful through their hard work. 10-4 Magazine / February 2025 11 BEFORE THE MAKEOVER
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