Don’t let the slick black look of the aluminum service bed from Martin Truck Bodies fool you, it’s chock full of tools year-round. And during harvest, Chris adds a few thousand extra pounds in the form of a skid he built with a 200-gallon fuel tank, a Miller welder generator, and everything else he needs. The Bulletproof receiver hitch also sees use, with a trailer-mounted, 185-cfm air compressor tagging along any time big air is required, or the 12,000-pound seed tender needs moved. Also notice the 12,000-pound Warn Zeon winch protruding out of the bumper, and the vice mount... This thing is definitely ready for anything the field can throw at it.
In addition to the Kelderman system providing a level of ride comfort that rivals newer trucks, the Summit Racing-sourced TMI bench seat certainly does its part. The steering column is a TMI piece and so is the wheel, aside from an ididit adapter. As for the contraption at the top of the cab’s interior, that’s the Graham White manual train horn valve Chris uses to unleash the full audible fury of his Horn Blasters system.
Borrowed from one of the farm’s semis, Chris doesn’t have to reach very far to grab gears. The splitter switch, of which the signal is converted from air to electric in order to control the Gear Vendors unit, is located at the top of the shifter.
Dakota Digital’s new RTX series gauges fit the classic look of the interior well, and also provide a host of parameters for Chris to monitor. Water temp, rpm, boost, EGT, fuel pressure, ambient air temp, and voltage can all be observed from the screen at the bottom of the speedometer. On the far right, the Classic Car Stereos radio (complete with Bluetooth compatibility) looks at home, too.