(and admiring them all) parked at the Ross County Fairgrounds, and one truck in particular caught my attention. Parked amongst a sea of W900 and K100 models (which I also love), was a Unicorn. Gleaming in the sun was a beautiful white 1995 Kenworth T600B pulling a matching white 2024 Timpte hopper trailer. While I was looking over the truck, I was impressed by how “original” it was. It hadn’t been modified with any aftermarket accessories other than a pair of stainless steel Hogebuilt half fenders, and the truck was pretty much a perfect example of the T600B from that time period. Shooting some photos of it, the owner, Cody Kirkpatrick, saw me and introduced himself. As Cody and I started talking, I began “geeking out” a bit as I shared my fascination with the T600 trucks with him. Cody was aware that I wrote for 10-4 Magazine and had seen me doing the photo shoot earlier that afternoon 10-4 Magazine / March 2025 63 with Dan Clary’s 100th Anniversary W900L and was kind enough to offer his truck to me for a photo session, as well. “You want to get some better photos of it?” Cody asked me, and not hesitating, I enthusiastically answered, “Absolutely!” Then, Cody was kind enough to pull the truck out of line and move it to a more scenic area of the fairgrounds so I could get some better shots of it. Built at Kenworth’s former Seattle assembly plant in February 1995, Cody’s T600B is painted in white with a factory Kenworth blue stripe package and sports a 230” wheelbase. Powered by a 435-hp Cummins N14 mated to an Eaton-Fuller 10-speed transmission and 3.70 geared rear-ends, the truck rides on a Kenworth 8-bag air-ride suspension, 24.5 Alcoa aluminum rims, low-pro Bridgestone rubber on the drives, and Firestones on the steers. The T600B is equipped with dual exhaust, a 60” flat-top sleeper and a factory sunroof in the cab. Inside, the truck has a Kenworth classic black and gray VIT Diamond Tuck upholstery. “I put in a new pair of air-ride seats from Atlas in 2015,” said Cody, but other than that, it’s pretty much all original inside. And, to top off all that, this 30-year-old T600B only has 435,160 original miles on its odometer! Telling me some history on his T600B KW, “The truck was originally ordered and owned by a Culligan Water Treatment Systems dealer based out of Lancaster, Ohio. He had 11 locations around Ohio. The T600B pulled a flatbed and ran the Midwest, hauling Morton Solar Salt and Cargill Salt, from plants and distribution facilities for use in water treatment systems, delivering to his locations here in Ohio,” said Cody. “My friend Ron McCoy’s nephew Jeff Fullen was his driver and he was the guy who originally spec’d and ordered this truck back in 1995,” as Cody continued telling me about his Kenworth.
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