Peterbilt 379 day cab
 

This is another truck I bought from a member on this site already painted. I decided to change a few things and a few more.

I made a set of under cab plates with LED's

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Added a MFU

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Changed the front bumper.

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Installed the MFU controller in the frame rails.

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Installed one of Steve's locker boxes, and decided to use it for the battery and the MFU speaker.

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Drilled some holes for the sound and wires to pass thru.

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On to the cab and fenders next.

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Keith, your latest build work is sweet ! :cool:
You wouldn't happen to have a spare set of those under cab plates laying around would you?:D
The speaker in the lock box is genius dude, should sound great! Lots of speaker questions on the forum lately, this is another great option for others to consider:cool:

Nice work on switch box mounting plate across the frame rails. I was going to just glue or Velcro to one rail but yours looks much better and will use myself if you don't mind :p;):)

Thanks for the pics and keep em coming! :D

Mario

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Nice Work Keith! Good idea on the mfu switches..

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Mario, I don't have another set but if your good with the LED and wiring I can make up a set for you.

Thanks for the comments.

Thanks Aaron.

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Thanks Paul. I used the bumper I bought from you on this one.

I got a little more done tonight on the cab.

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Wow! Great color scheme and lines.:cool:
Ok, I just have to ask.......are ya keepin or gonna sell?:D:p:);)

Mario

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Nice looking rework. I really like the speaker in the locker box, how does it sound? I'm sure it's louder but how is the low end out of it? Waiting patiently for the next update.

--Dan

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Thanks Mario, hey yeah never know, I get em done and want to build more. I don't have enough room for em all so I end keep them moving.

Thanks Dan, the sound is great. I added a little insulation to help with the low end.

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very nice!!!!!


Alfy

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Thanks Alfy.

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Great work. Truly a nice truck!

Ben

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You have made a lot of nice changes to the tractor it looks real good keep it up. Ed

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Good looking truck. Like the paint

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Thanks dmess, SNP painted it


Thanks Ed, the following pics show why I need your loader, LOL.

Thanks Ben

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OK, so the truck is pretty much complete, now onto the lowboy.

I started with this

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And decided to build a tarp box, not being in this line of work I dont really know what they should look like. So this is what I came up with.

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And here it is on the truck.

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I still need to paint it, I'm thinking silver.

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Very nice lowboy I take it it has a electric operated goose neck. Ed

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Yes, thats corrct Ed. It is one of "00" Biddle built trailers. Works well.

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very good looking truck n trailer. love the last pic with both trucks. sweet!!! have a ??? if you? or do you? haul a show truck? if you where going to haul a show truck would it be an open trailer? or inclosed trailer to keep it out of the weather. i can't find any pic's or info on this ??? thanx for any help

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Looks great man! I like how you his the MFU components. The rear center flap is a nice touch also.

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The truck looks great, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this stylin-n- pofilin Jons red day cab and lowboy? I like the new paint scheme on it if it is Jons old rig.

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Thanks Bricknick, yes it's Johns old rig. He repainted it for me and I then built it and added my twist to it.

Thanks Brian.

Thanks Scale, not real sure about the trailer question but I would imagine it would need to be driven or trailered on an open trailer because I believe the widest enclosed trailer would not allow the width of a semi inside it.

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looks Good Keith . Biddle did a good job on that trailer , It handled a 40+ # loader well ;)

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Very nice, and I agree silver for the tarp box...

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Thanks Steve, I've heard this trailer can handle a lot. I hope to find out.

Thanks Susan, appreciate it.

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That's a good looking combo! John is a great painter. The truck looks awesome, freshened up a bit. That blue Pete on the trailer is super sharp too. Lucky you! Those are some fine trucks.

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Thanks Espeefan, both are SNP painted rigs.

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Day cab gets a load.

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Next is pin stripe and she is finished.

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Load looks great! You should put the loader on there bet it looks just as great together!!

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Keith, your collection is growing daily! At least that's what it seems like. You sure don't mess around. Nice equipment.

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How's this Aaron

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Thanks Nathan, some days it does seem like UPS is here again and again. LOL.

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That Komatsu looks really nice. In the for sale thread, the photos really didn't do it justice! It looks pretty big on the trailer too.

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Looks Great on there Keith!!! Both look like a great load!

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That is one sweet Pete you have there! And that is one heck of a load! Looks great! The scale wheels and mudflaps really give it that extra something!

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Thanks Nate, yeah it's big. I just took the RC4WD taller tires off and put the originals on it. It reaches over the boards of both my 8x8 dump and end dump.

Thanks Aaron.

Thanks Paul, yeah I should be hauling this on Robert's quad axle instead of my tri axle.

Thanks Bigrigger.

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Nice truck and loader, very nice!

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Looks great! :cool:

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The UPS guy here and I have become best buds with all Mario's packages too..lol...very nice
set up

Susan

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Very nice work Keith the tractor looks good. Ed