Touring Peterbilt's 75th anniversary trailer at the 2014 Mid America Trucking Show

March 29, 2014

On April 1 this year, Peterbilt Motors Co. is launching a special “75th Anniversary Tour” to provide a retrospective look at its heritage as well as an overview products hints about its future efforts. Peterbilt brought the centerpiece of this year-long tour to Mid America: a custom-built double-expandable 53-foot trailer that provides what the OEM calls an “immersive experience.” The company added that its “mobile exhibition” trailer will be pulled by a special Model 579 Anniversary Edition highway tractor.

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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