Richie Foster/Reinsfelder, Inc.

ZELIENOPLE, PA… The third time was the charm for meeting up with Reinsfelder Company Driver Richie Foster for this month’s Working Show Truck of the Month feature.  Being out on the road working and then stormy weather hampered our efforts to schedule a time and day for this story, but we finally connected, albeit on a very dismal Sunday afternoon!

Richie is very well known in the trucking industry and truck show circuit for his immaculate trucks.  On his time off, you will usually find him working on his truck.  A Professional Truck Driver for 33 years (right out of high school after obtaining his CDL), Richie actually began driving truck when he was a teenager in 11th grade driving the mill dump truck inside the LTV Steel Mill property.

Richie has been driving for Reinsfelder for 10 years hauling commodities, more specifically grid circuit breakers for power energy from Pennsylvania to all lower 48 states.

Eddie Haser  and Patrick  Coughlin of Reinsfelder gave Richie full control on spec’ing his 2022 Peterbilt 389, which was purchased at Hunter Truck, who installed the grill, lights and visor. The truck is powered by a Cummins X15 565 horsepower, 18 speed with 365 rears. The air ride on the front is 12 gauge and was installed by 4 State Trucks.

Clearfield Customs painted the truck, Kevin Montgomery of Morocco Welding did the lighting (including slick under glow lights) , deck plates, step box, stainless covers, and the rear center panel.  Kevin and Richie also installed the shag carpeting. The interior was customized by Randy at Spare Time Fabrication.

Richie had the headlights switched out to 379 double squares. The truck shines bright at night, featuring over 35 lights on the tractor and 40 lights on the 2018 EX Specialized trailer.

When he’s not out of the road, Richie enjoys spending time with his 3 daughters: Mikayla, Bryauna, and Rylie and his girlfriend Vanessa Pagel, who occasionally accompanies him on the road.

Richie wanted to acknowledge and thank Eddie and Patrick and the team at Reinsfelder, 4 State Trucks, and Roadworks, in addition to the companies mentioned above.

Richie said his passion is his family, his truck, his hauls, the truck shows and meeting new people and visiting with old friends.  He’s a man who truly loves what he is doing and although the trucking industry has changed significantly in his 33 years of driving, he plans to keep on truckin’.