One of the Original trucks was used in the fields of Arkansas to haul
an excavator around for many years. It has recently been sold to an
individual who resides in Austrailia but will remain in the use of a
friend of his who lives in Indiana. I got the pleasure to drive this
thruck 2 times and visit it 4 times. I have photos and video of some
of these visits. Best estimate from watching my copies of the tapes is
at least 3 trucks were used in the filming. But the paintjob was NOT a
factory design. The episode "the foundlings" is the only truck that
had Kenworths factory paint scheme and it was reversed in subsequent
epepisodes. I hope this helps. Thanks kwloverhoss

--- In bjandthebearfans@yahoogroups.com, "Davey" <swimring@...> wrote:
>
> Is the whereabouts of the original truck used in the show known? I
> gather the livery was pretty common on the Kenworth trucks. But
> extending it to the trailer a bit unusual? Would I be correct in
> assuming only one rig was used for all the filming? I suppose there
> may have been a back up?
>
> Davey
>