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This appears to be a white Kenworth T660 (2014 model) and a 2015 Benson flatbed trailer. It seems this combo won a third place at the 75 Chrome Show In Wildwood hosted by Pride & Polish. If that’s the case, if that’s the correct identification, then this truck belongs to Frank Lagana/Phillip Williams & Sons of Plant City, Florida.
I guess because it was a third-place finish, there didn’t turn out to be a series of photos on this truck. However, it seems to have some noteworthy features. Look at those windows on the big custom sleeper unit. Tinted it looks like. So they make almost a grey appearance on the white paint of the body. The paint theme is white and chrome, and there are only a few touches of blue paint on it.
The Kenworth T660 is a model where Kenworth set out to improve on their previous “legend” trucks. It uses new technology like aerodynamic design and “luxury” creature comforts. They also, reading how the company talks about the model, seem to really like the exterior design. Do you like it? It might be too soon to tell? The W900 is popular and seems to be just right for custom Kenworths, like Peterbilt’s 379. Is it just that the T660 is too new and hasn’t got the character of age?
Because aerodynamics is one of the ways trucks are improving now — I mean, everyone wants to cut down on the fuel consumption of big rigs — it would be good if we could hit upon an aerodynamic model that also pleased truckers themselves — owner-operators, drivers, and kids on the street yankin down imaginary horns.
They’ve also had a lot of time to think about it and work over plans. So when they say they scrutinize every detail, even the headlamp shape, the slope of the hood, the faring of the chassis and how all the parts fit together, I guess they probably have a lot of experience to work with in doing that.
How they describe the exterior design is “smoothly sculpted.” Guess it’s smoother than the boxy older long noses so many like. I put a photo of a new T660 illustration with wind and how the wind / air travels around the tractor at the bottom. What Kenworth was trying to do here, it seems, is merge all the parts — hood, headlamps, fenders, windshield, bumper, fairings — into one shape to reduce aerodynamic drag. They also tried to manage the flow of air under the hood.
Those Benson trailers seem to be going for around $40,000 and up for the new ones.
