Deals on Wheels #464
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They assumed the<br />
Kenworths<br />
were going to be<br />
far too expensive<br />
Three of the Burgundy<br />
Heights impressive<br />
fleet, representing<br />
the diverse Kenworth<br />
range. A 900 Legend,<br />
T909 and the C509<br />
Modificati<strong>on</strong>s list<br />
Once the bunk was fitted Jarrod sent it to<br />
RC Metalcraft to get the final touches added.<br />
Jarrod had made his desires pretty clear with<br />
the RC boys. He wanted it to look very straight,<br />
very simple. So the air tanks got moved, the<br />
battery boxes moved, the tanks got wrapped,<br />
big stacks added, stainless added to hide so<br />
much. I did ask Jarrod for a list of what was<br />
d<strong>on</strong>e, and he pretty much ran out of ink<br />
halfway through the list.<br />
It’s <strong>on</strong>e of the most highly modified rigs<br />
around. When you look at it though, between<br />
the work of TruckArt and RC Metalcraft it just<br />
looks perfect. It looks made to fit.<br />
With it looking the part and turning heads,<br />
keeping photographers like me in camera<br />
bliss, the big questi<strong>on</strong> is, ‘Does it do the job?’<br />
“Mate it is awesome! Everything does<br />
exactly what it’s meant to,” says Jarrod with<br />
a massive burst of positivity, adding “the<br />
tracti<strong>on</strong> is unbelievable”.<br />
It’s about now that Paul stuck his head in<br />
the office and Jarrod queries him about how<br />
many times in its 300,000km it’s been stuck.<br />
That made Paul think. I sat there and could<br />
hear the cogs turning, could see the smoke<br />
coming out as he p<strong>on</strong>dered the questi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
“Maybe twice,” he reluctantly admits. With<br />
almost 8,000 engine hours <strong>on</strong> it, that’s pretty<br />
bloody good.<br />
Jarrod chips in: “You’d be amazed where we<br />
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