10-4 Magazine September 2024

12 10-4 Magazine / September 2024 dibs.” And not long after that, Chris and Arlyn made a deal, and Chris became the new owner of that truck, minus the big bunk (Arlyn was buying a new 389 from our friend Clint Moore and wanted that big bunk on it). Arlyn re-installed the original 63-inch sleeper the 359 came with when he sold it to Chris. The timing for the deal was perfect. Towards the end of 2019, the Freightliner Dalton had was having some issues, so he was driving his dad’s truck (the one Dalton now owns), because Chris was busy in the upholstery shop. Dalton was to the point where he needed something with a sleeper. He had started hauling feed and often slept across the seats of that daycab Freightliner. One night, he just made the decision, “Nope, I’m not doing that again.” Chris and Dalton talked about getting a sleeper for the Freightliner, but it all just worked out perfectly for Dalton to buy his dad’s red 1986 Peterbilt 359 and Chris to buy Arlyn’s truck – which just happened to be another red 1986 Peterbilt 359! The first truck show Dalton went to was MATS when he was around 5 or 6. He doesn’t remember much of it, but he remembers the CAT Scale booth and their cat mascot, Wade Wright. The first show Chris took a truck to was the Top Gun Largecar Shootout in Rantoul, IL in 2015. He showed bobtail with (now Dalton’s) 359 and took 3rd place in that bobtail class. He knew our old friend Troy Huddleston well, so Troy gave Chris some truck showing pointers. That year, Chris tore the truck down, repainted the frame, installed new fenders, and did some other things to it. The next year he again entered as a bobtail in Rantoul, but this time he took 1st place. As mentioned previously, the pictured pair of rigs are both 1986 Peterbilt 359s. Dalton’s truck (all red) boasts a 400 CAT with an 18-speed transmission, 3.70 rears, a 278” wheelbase, and can be found hooked to a 2006 Benson 48-foot flatbed trailer. Chris’ truck (red with black fenders) is powered by a CAT C-15 with an 18-speed transmission, 3.55 rears, a 312” wheelbase, and is usually hooked to his nice 2020 MAC 48-foot flatbed trailer with a Quick Draw tarp system. Both of the “offices” these men work in are period correct with a nostalgic feel as you step (without your shoes on) inside. These trucks are always as clean on the inside as they are on the outside, and both maintain a rolling example of what having “pride in your ride” looks like. Both trucks have tank and fender covers that Chris