10-4 Magazine May 2023

12 10-4 Magazine / May 2023 suspensions. They also built the ramps on the back for his RGN trailer, the center panel on the back of the truck, and ran the air connections to the back. Kevin also installed a painted Merritt deck plate but customized it by adding a recessed air line connection box underneath it, accessible by removing four screws (which Richie does not have to do very often), and then trimmed it with stainless strips. They also made stainless covers for the front brackets of the York rear fenders, heavy duty brackets for the back of the rear fenders, and added all of the lighting, including under glow elements. After its time at Morocco, the Peterbilt went to Clearfield Customs in Fenelton, PA for the paint work and a few other items. Before the grey was applied, they installed Fiber tech drop panels, and then proceeded to spray the lower por tions of the hood, cab and sleeper, along with the tanks, boxes, breathers, DEF tank, and rear fenders gunmetal grey. Also, while at Clearfield Customs, the signature turquoise double breaker stripes were added, as well. All told, it was in Fenelton, PA for about four months. The next step was the interior. Dropping it off to Randy at Spare Time Fab in Myerstown, PA, they had all the interior panels replaced with grey diamond tuck with turquoise buttons in about a week. And when we say all the interior panels, we mean all, including the doors, the cab and sleeper walls, the ceilings in the cab and sleeper, the front of the refrigerator, and even the front pillar posts in the cab. Once that was done, the truck went back to Kevin at Morocco Welding where he and Richie finished everything else. Back at Morocco, Kevin and Richie installed the turquoise deep shag carpet, along with a twisted shifter, turquoise pearl knobs, and a Forever Sharp steering wheel, covered with a white wrap. On the back of the visor, in turquoise lettering, it says, “Elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembered,” which is something Richie once read and liked. Grey fuzzy dice hang from the ceiling because, well, every hot rod needs fuzzy dice! And just like the all-white truck before this one, Richie has matching turquoise slides he wears when he drives that never leave the driver’s area. The truck made its official “debut” in the Reinsfelder booth at the 2022 MATS truck show, and then went directly to work. Since then, Richie has been working it hard, pulling a 2018 XL double-drop RGN trailer with a hydraulic pony motor. This trailer, painted gunmetal grey to match, features new flooring, a closed in back end, under glow lights, and tons of Mini Hero watermelon lights from RoadWorks. Richie hauls a lot of giant 362 kV (kilovolt) circuit breakers, typically destined for wind farms, along with a variety of heavy equipment, and even some large containment vessels for hazardous waste that go to nuclear power plants across the country. In early December of 2022, in the same week, Richie not only found out that his truck was