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Small fleet’s hopper-pulling 2019 Peterbilt 389

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Brian Cobb, a driver for 22-truck Envision Logistics out of Owensboro, Kentucky, showed this impressive 2019 Peterbilt 389 at the 2023 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, where the truck earned a third-place nod in the First Show -- Combo class.

Envision is the second owner of the truck, and it was the first truck Cobb drove for Envision when he started two years ago. He drove another truck for a while after that, and just before MATS when the company decided to show the truck, Cobb moved back into it and is now its full-time driver. He typically hauls rice or corn on a run from Stuttgart, Arkansas, to Emporia, Kansas, to a dog food plant.

Brian Cobb's 2019 Peterbilt 389The truck was originally Legendary Gray, but Cobb and the team at Envision decided to add Legendary Black around the bottom of the cab with three-tone purple stripes outlined in gold. The truck is used for bulk hauls, primarily with the attached 2021 Wilson hopper.

As Cobb explains in the video up top, the truck is equipped with a Paccar MX-13. With just 400,000 miles on the rig and some warranty left, the Envision team is going to wait until the warranty runs out, then swap in a 6NZ Cat.

Pinstriping on Brian Cobb's 2019 Peterbilt 389The pinstriping on the truck was done by hand by a painter local to Envision's Owensboro area, Darin Bean.

The truck's interior's got a makeover as well, with black and purple epoxy doors and floors, plenty chrome on the dash, and more.

Interior of Brian Cobb's 2019 Peterbilt 389In addition to the floors and other customizations, Cobb and the Envision team changed out the seats and added diamond-stitched seats with purple stitching to keep with the rig's theme.

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