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A couple truckers, or a trucker couple, owns this semi tractor / more or less RV unit. They’re Duane and Cindy Anwiler and they’re from North Dakota. They’ve been trucking together for 12 years. They get a good amount of money, travel freely, and spend time with each other.
This story has a bit of the old guy-asks-girl-out-but-she-says-no-so-he-asks-again to it. He had to ask her out for several months in Nebraska where he was doing some farming for a while before she said yes to a dinner with him. They got married in 1980 and soon after returned to North Dakota, Duane’s home.
After Duane started driving trucks again, he started to teach Cindy how to drive. This is the second truck they had. It was a:
2003 Peterbilt 379 (bought new)
Cat C-15 engine
18-speed transmission
3.55 rears
70 inch standup sleeper
Basically stock.
But since then they’ve done some customization to this tractor:
changing headlights
adding double JJ fender brackets and blinker bars
rebuilt motor (when it fell apart)
upgraded the sleeper
stretched the wheelbase from 272 to 322″
mounted a new 120-inch ARI sleeper to the truck
added oversized front rims and tires
installed a new 14,400 heavy duty front axle
added a 32-inch flat screen TV and sound system
oak cabinets
two-burner cooktop
microwave/convection oven,
toilet and shower,
fridge/freezer
70-gallon water gank,
gen,
two 170-gallon fuel tanks
They also added custom exterior features to their truck:
7-inch chrome exhaust
seven KW grille bars
stainless steel cab and sleeper panels
stainless steel trim pieces with lights around the sleeper
headache rack behind big bunk
added chrome-colored graphics to the raspberry pearl paintjob
Visit Ten Four Magazine, where we learned about this trucking story.
