Red Bay, Alabama-based Russell Cummings and his four-truck Classic Grain LLC showed this special-edition 2025 Peterbilt 589 — the newest truck model in Peterbilt’s lineup that replaced the iconic Model 389 — at the 2024 Show for Lowe’s Truck Show in Hamilton, Alabama, back in May.
Cummings’ 589 features the Legendary Package, of which only 589 units are being made. His is No. 64 of 589.
Cummings started his business with one truck and one hopper trailer back in 2018 after more than 30 years on the road working for other companies hauling a variety of freight through the years.
The strong freight market in 2018, coupled with a business relationship that didn’t work the way Cummings wanted it to, led him to hang out his shingle and start his own business.
After he rode the strong freight markets, then endured the highs and lows of the pandemic period, Cummings said hauling grain has stayed steady all told, helping him continue to grow his fleet to four trucks and four trailers now. He cuts down on costs by doing as much maintenance in-house as he can and otherwise being cost-conscious when fueling.
Cummings said he just “got lucky” in obtaining the brand-new, limited-edition truck. His salesman from Fitzgerald Peterbilt called him and asked if he wanted to get on the list, and “we jumped on the chance,” he said. He took possession of it at the beginning of February and put it to work the first week he had it, hauling grain in hopper bottoms.
By the time he showed the rig in May, it already had 38,000 miles on the odometer. You “can’t make payments with it sitting in the yard,” he said.
With the 589 being a brand-new model — few custom parts were available as of earlier this year — Cummings had done very little to the truck since taking ownership, though it arrived “fully dressed” due to the Legendary Package.
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One of the few custom touches Cummings added to the rig were light bar panels on the cab and sleeper with green lights to match the truck’s paint.
Once more parts become available, Cummings said he plans to add a drop visor, lights to the breathers and more.
The truck’s interior features a number of upgrades from the factory for the Legendary Package, including leather-grain seats with the script Peterbilt logo, special badging and more.
Being the Legendary trim package, Cummings’ 589 also features polished stainless fenders, the vintage script Peterbilt logo on the side of the hood and more.
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Russell Cummings: Russell Cummings, Classic Grain, LLC out of Red Bay, Alabama. We started this 2018 with a single truck, single trailer, and we’ve grown it to what it is today, which is four trucks, four trailers. We pull hopper bottoms, mostly local stuff, a little bit of regional.
Just got lucky. Salesman called me, said he was ready to go if I want to get on the list. So we jumped on the chance and here we are. It went to work first week we got it. You can’t make payments with it sitting in the yard.
We’ve added the light bars down the side and the lights and very little work to it. It come fully dressed. We’re going to dress it up, fix it up a little more. Well, I really don’t know, I don’t know what they’re going to come out with yet. It being the new model like it is, we’re just going to wait to see. We want to put lights around the breathers, drop visor on it. A few other small things.