Casey Conrey, proprietor of Poseyville, Indiana-based AN Transport, is „By no means Happy“ with the standard of his tools, as the 2008 Kenworth W900L featured on this video makes clear.
He purchased his first truck — a straight dump — along with his spouse, Amanda, when he was 19 and she or he was 18. A number of years later, they purchased a tractor and began hauling ammonia earlier than entering into transferring tools and different flatbed work.
Now, virtually 20 years after shopping for that first dump, AN Transport runs about 35 vans operating flatbed, hauling development tools and extra in heavy-haul operations. The fleet stays largely regional within the Midwest.
Conrey was readily available on the 2024 Stars, Stripes and White Traces Truck Present at Atlanta Motor Speedway, hosted by the Bennett Household of Firms, along with his “By no means Happy” 2008 Kenworth W900L that he’s owned for about two years.
The spectacular truck was constructed for heavy-haul, however at present it’s largely simply used for present. Conrey mentioned the corporate will often pull some empty trailers with it or, utilizing an identical trailer, haul some small loaders and different tools.
The W9 was initially {custom} constructed by By no means Happy Builds, a division of J&L Contracting out of Springfield, Missouri, who owned the truck initially.
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When Conrey and AN Transport purchased it, it had a 280-inch wheelbase, which that they had stretched to 320 inches by the By no means Happy crew.
Since buying the unit, AN Transport has closely custom-made it as a real showpiece.
Beginning within the engine compartment, the 550-hp Cummins ISX has had cowl plates added to it “to sort of cowl all of the wiring harnesses,” Conrey mentioned.
It additionally options chrome brake chambers and lots extra “to doll the engine bay up.”
One of many extra distinctive items is a chrome steel firewall cowl that extends to the underside of the cab.
It creates the phantasm that you just’re trying all the best way down the body when taking a look at it, when it’s really only a mirrored reflection.
The rig’s sprint and different parts are painted, finished by Davis Brothers Designs, with white and pink button tuck upholstery all through, as proven beneath.
The pink, white and blue carpet, which matches the outside of the rig, was laid in three items.
As is the case with many Davis Brothers interiors, the sound system packs a punch.
The sleeper compartment of the truck options 4 10-inch subs, every paired with its personal amplifier. The system pushes about 4,800 watts, Conrey famous.
Constructed for heavy haul, the truck boasts a 46,000-pound rear suspension with a 20,000-pound carry axle. Protecting the tires and wheels on the rear of the rig are triple-hump fenders from Unhealthy Ass Customized Truck Components.
Intricate pinstriping up and down the outside was finished by Maceo, Kentucky-based Darin Bean, proprietor of Darin’s Customs.
Conrey mentioned the pinstriping is “included during. … We’ve even put it on the brake drums and simply sort of included it all over the place we might. Type of give it an old-school look with a new-school sort of style to it.”
Extra pinstripe work stands out contained in the rig, as properly.
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Casey Conrey: So, my title’s Casey Connery with AN Transport out of Poseyville, Indiana. It is our 2008 Kenworth 900L. Title’s By no means Happy for the truck.
So the truck is a 320 wheelbase, manufacturing facility heavy-haul truck. So it is a received a ISX engine in it. You’ll be able to see the place we have constructed these cowl plates to sort of cowl the all of the wiring harnesses. Down in right here we have chrome brake chambers and various things that we sort of have finished to doll the engine bay up.
Stainless firewall cowl that we included down right into a decrease cowl as properly. It is sort of a mirror picture. It appears like you are trying previous the the floor, and it appears like simply you are trying into this good, clear space. It is really it is a mirrored image. So it is sort of a cool little piece to it.
So getting into the inside facet of issues, it is all utterly painted inside. All sprint goes into white with pink button tuck. The carpet is really, a pink carpet that’s laid down in three items with the pink after which the white, after which the blue stripes.
There’s 4 10s again right here, cowl and audio system all over the place else, and it is pushing about 4800 watts on the precise sound system. However, it is a fairly depraved sound system, every 10, so there’s 4 10s in it, and every 10 has its personal particular person amp. Yeah. So it is it is pushing fairly exhausting. It it cranks it out. So the inside is completed by Davis Brothers Designs and Owensville, Indiana. After which the the precise truck was, authentic construct by By no means Happy Builds in Springfield, Missouri.
So sort of transferring again, the truck began out as a 280 wheelbase that was stretched to a 320, and it is a manufacturing facility 46,000 pound suspension with 20,000 pound carry axle.
Coming again right here, it’s received Unhealthy Ass rear full fenders. Darren Bean from Maceo, Kentucky, finished all of our pinstriping and received to include it during, tied the title into it and, and actually did a fairly, fairly stable job simply during on it. And apart from that, she’s a form of what you see, and a variety of {custom} little one-off items all through the truck that received a variety of good little tremendous particulars to it.
However we have had this for somewhat over two years. In order that they had named it By no means Happy previous to us shopping for it. However in case you speak to the fellows in our store, they, they mentioned the title may be very becoming and, you realize, by no means happy, at all times one thing, one thing else developing. And so it is fairly becoming. Fairly fairly cool.
