Truckers Against Trafficking nets $162,000 from Kenworth auction

This year’s auction of the Everyday Heroes Kenworth T680 raised $162,000 for TAT, which is the largest donation made to that organization. Shown from left are: Kylla Lanier, deputy director of Truckers Against Trafficking; winning bidder Collin Stewart, president of Stewart Transport; Don Blake, new truck sales manager at Inland Kenworth – Phoenix; and Gilbert Orrantia, director of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security and co-chair Arizona’s Human Trafficking Council.

Truckers Against Trafficking netted $162,000 as a result of the auction of a 2019 Kenworth T680 last week.

The Everyday Heroes truck, featuring TAT-themed graphics, was auctioned by Ritchie Bros. in Phoenix on Friday, May 17. Stewart Transport, a Phoenix-based company that specializes in refrigerated and dry van freight, placed the winning bid for the truck.

The $162,000 donation from the auction nearly doubles the donation received from the previous Everyday Heroes T680 auction, which netted $83,000 for TAT two years ago. This year’s auction proceeds mark the largest one-time gift in the organization’s history.

The truck is fully-loaded with a 76-inch sleeper and features the Paccar powertrain with a 485-hp Paccar MX-13 with a Paccar 12-speed automated transmission and Paccar 40,000-pound tandem rear axles.