MAY 2025 COVER FEATURE: Ethan Rico (21) of J. Rico Trucking Inc. in Orland, CA owns and operates this 2016 Peterbilt 579. Forced to take the reigns of his family’s operation at the young age of 19 after his father died from cancer in 2023, Ethan is in charge of their ten trucks, 25 sets of double hoppers, 8 sets of double tankers and one lowbed, hauling almonds, walnuts, liquid fertilizer and farm equipment throughout California’s Central Valley. Seen here on a famous palm tree-lined street near Orland, the Peterbilt is hooked to a set of double flats loaded with almond boxes, but it is typically hooked to their Trail King lowbed and hauling farm equipment.
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