If you're interested in building HO scale vehicle models, get your mouse over to http://www.truckstopmodels.com for all your supplies. Look no farther than http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/ for any trucking reference photos. It's the online repository for trucking photos. Thanks to both Hank's Truck Pictures and Truck Stop Models for sponsoring the contest and for giving my model a nod.

All contest entrants can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ho_vehicles/sets/72157604075058851/

For my model, I chose this photo as my prototype:


I used the following parts to turn an Athearn Freightliner into the model you see here:

1 Athearn Freightliner cab/grille
2 Athearn Freightliner chassis
1 Lindberg fuel tanks
1 Roco HIAB crane
2 Dennis Aust super single aluminum dish wheels/tires/axles
1 Custom Finishing pintle hook
1 Lonestar Trailmobile flatbed
1 Lonestar lumber bed
2 Lonestar wood deck for flatbed
4 Lonestar spoke wheels/tires/axles
2 Dennis Aust two-hole wheels/tires/axles

Besides that, I used plenty of styrene sheet, strip, steel wire, aluminum tubing and a bit of a clear blister pack for the windshield.