10-4 Magazine / July 2025 47 That year (2024) seemed to be a pivotal year with big things happening. Dustin decided it was time to order a truck for himself and set it up exactly how he wanted it. He always liked a long wheelbase because it would look better with a 48-inch sleeper, always liked the paint scheme Chad Blackwell (May 2013 cover) had on his truck, and is really a fan of the sublime green color. The result of that truck order is the cool truck you see pictured here. The truck is a 2024 Peterbilt 389 with a 565-hp Cummins X15 under the hood, 18-speed transmission, 3.36 rears, and a 312-inch wheelbase. You’ll typically find it hooked to a 2023 Great Dane refrigerated trailer. It has a car hauler front axle and sits on factory air ride. He is a sucker for bowtie visors, and his is from Built by Bub, along with the rear visor and light panels. The T-bars and deckplate are from Van Der Zwaag Customs, the mirror brackets are from 12 Ga. Customs, and the fenders are from Shift Products. Having always been interested in the refrigerated area of the trucking industry, Dustin and Emily were offered an opportunity in 2024 by McRoberts Trucking to buy their company out (the refrigerated trailers and all the work). LeRoy had always been a straight shooter and had a good name for himself, but he was getting out of the trucking aspect because he wanted to maintain his focus on the custom side of things with his company I-29 Custom Truck Parts. So, Dustin and Emily took that opportunity and ran with it. I had asked Dustin what one of his favorite trucking memories was, but instead he told me about an interesting turn of events that involved the purchase and repurchase of one white and purple Kenworth W900. The first truck he bought was a 1997 Kenworth W900 that had a bad motor. He put a new Cummins N14 in it, but he still had nothing but problems, so he opted to send it down the road. Then came the hunt to find something that was a little more set up, including a longer wheelbase. At the time, around January 2015, Chad Berry (June 2022 cover) was selling his W900 that had just the look Dustin was looking for when he saw it in the Truck Paper. After purchasing that truck, Dustin drove it for about a year and a half, then put a driver in it. Unfortunately, the driver got into a wreck, but Chad wanted to buy it back, even though it was wrecked. But it doesn’t end there, because Dustin later bought it back in the same shape he sold it to Chad, and then sent it off to Tyler Van Der Zwaag of VDZ Customs in Hull, IA. This truck ended up getting a ground-up restoration, and then Dustin went on to drive it for about a year. Yes, he sold it for an older W900, which he ended up only having for a short time. To this day, he says it is just one of those trucks that keeps coming back, and he hopes he doesn’t see it for sale again, because he’d probably buy it back. Emily works as an office manager at Countryside Vet Clinic, but her work doesn’t just stop there, because she also does a lot of the company’s bookwork, payroll, and payables, plus anything else that is needed. Dustin is multi-faceted within the trucking company. Even though he may not drive full-time, he handles plenty while not on the road, including all the dispatching, invoicing, and most of the truck service work. Though he doesn’t have to do a ton of wrenching because of the newer trucks, he has taught himself over the years to do as much of the maintenance and repair on the trucks as he can. Major mechanical work is done at Peterbilt of Sioux City.
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