Ohio-based J.D. Howard’s 1995 custom KW W900L with an older A-model look

This talk and walk-around with Wooster, Ohio-based owner-op J.D. Howard took place at the 2019 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., where Howard competed in the PKY truck-beauty championship in his first show with the rig. He’s had it since 2009, and Caterpillar engine overhaul and plenty of custom work later, its Jones Performance older A-model-look hood and ICT legacy sleeper with Double Eagle-style scalloping on the rear give it a 1970s-early-80s feel. Howard hauls liquid-bulk asphalt in around