Project One
43 www.CUSTOMRIGSmag.com Jr.) in San Antonio's Triple R Diesel family, rolled a clapped-out 379-127 Peterbilt into one of the bays of their shop and set in motion what would be forever known as Project One. Many years ago customers we sold refurbished/re-built dump trucks to would call and ask us to customize their trucks with fancy paint and chrome packages, says Roland. So we formed a sister company (Texas Chrome Shop) to start taking in the work. Each truck was given a project number. For example, `Project #25' would be the 25th truck we'd customized. Project One is a reminder of how we got started. It's also the first truck we've customized for ourselves. The whole concept on Triple R Diesel's build was to have every detail of the truck to take a radically different direc-tion compared to what they'd been seeing at truck shows. Such a task eventually meant their small cadre of employ-ees spent thousands of man-hours fabricating one-off parts and doing the detailed custom work over six months, espe-cially as the Great American Trucking Show approached. Roland says a lot of the work was done after hours so it wouldn't impose on their customers. We worked 18- to 20-hour days the last month before GATS [in Dallas] just to get the truck ready for the show. But it was all worth it. He gestures toward the Pride & Polish Best of Show Lim-ited Mileage Bobtail trophy sitting prominently on a shelf in his office. If you can dream it, we can build it! WEB XTRAS! Check out the rest of the detail photos and video we have on this truck at www.customrigs mag.com/custom-rigs.