I bought a 2023 out of Rush in tulsa, I drove it for five months and sold it. Them new trucks just aren't the same, I ended up completely restoring 94 379 and have no regrets about selling the 23 389. That digital dash definitely isn't as reliable as peterbilt wants it to be, regardless its a beautiful rig you guys put together!
you sold it just because of dash issues ? im asking because in restoring a 97 flattop 379 with cat got new reman engine , 18 speed and 3.55 reman rears and sandblasted frame and currently doing all airlines, electrical, axles and paint then will do all interior and lights . in at $100k+ and still got about 30-40k in fenders, interior, apu etc started wondering if its worth it vs buying new. its so much money going into it, its nerve-racking .
Gotta say, if I was gonna get back on the road, that's the route I'd take...no ELD, no emissions BS, just a truck the way it's supposed to be. That said, Steve puts some damn nice new buggies together.
O.M G.!!! Steve, once again your guys have out did themselves! Whatever you are paying them is not enough! Makes an old driver like me want to go on the road just to drive a jewel like her.... Oh yea,... a belated Happy Birthday to you. Wishing you many happy years to come.
THAT is one sexy left lane hot rod. I see the custom touches representing the 406. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it once it leaves Oklahoma and comes home. #tulsabuilt. #PeterbiltSteve
Grass burner & dummy stacks smfh ! I can never get use to these nowadays Bs it’s a nice paint that’s all for me ! Am thinking about a set up like this but I will order the truck with no engine might do a fully restore n14 /3406/c15 am thinking like I said it’s just the paint for me ✅💯
I have Sean a lot of Pete dealers doing truck But this one Truck of the year I won't charge Anything .I figure truck is going to big Show.good job steve.
Is that correct? The truck is pulling 41 amps just sitting there with the lights and electronics on? Something seems amiss but perhaps I am way off in either my understanding here or my off the cuff estimation of what those aux lights should be pulling. I wonder what those custom lighted placards are pulling. I'm also wondering if there are plans to get rid of the old style gauges for a full display panel like we see in aviation. The main panel seems to be a contemporary display.
Not a fan of that exhaust. But If you have to go that route. Check out how trucking for race cars done his. His horizontal exhaust is completely hidden. Even his def tank is hidden. And with the 379 style headlights at first glance you wouldn’t know it’s a new 389.
What are the small lights called that’s going around the deck plate ? Up and down both sides of it ? I need to find some but don’t know what there called to find some like these. Thanks for any help guys
Why in the heck would you put a 13 speed with a 605 horse motor? You should’ve put an 18 automatic ultra shift would’ve got way better fuel mileage, and put that torque to good use.
They make a RTLO20913A for this application (605HP/2050TQ) We also spec and sell 500HP/1850TQ X15s with FRO18210C, 10 speed transmissions with 3.91 rears for logging applications.
Those double hump fenders look good but they are not practical you blow a tire you ruined thousands of dollars in fender and it takes a bunch of work to get them off just to fix a flat
