Who doesn’t love dreams? Dreams fueled human exploration of the world. Dreams put man on the moon. Literal dreams gave us the hit sensation Inception. Did you understand that movie? Yeah, me neither. 

No matter how big or small it might seem, a dream is a non-comparable concept. To compare something you have to measure it, but you can’t measure that which brings personal happiness in life. Pure happiness is equal, no matter the source. 

Netanya Shreiner’s dream is her 2008 Dodge RAM 2500 long bed diesel. Some might note that it doesn’t have all the gadgets that some builds do, but it’s her dream, which makes it equal to any truck that has all the upgrades and modifications you can think of. Just listen to Netanya’s own words.

“I’ve been into diesels ever since I could remember. When I was little I would fantasize about owning my own diesel. I think younger me would be proud.”

Life With Dad

Netanya spent her childhood going to work with her dad, Isaac Shreiner, a log truck driver. Spending time around large trucks and semis molded her love for diesels, plus she admired her dad’s 2006 Dodge RAM with a 5.9L engine. 

“My relationship with my dad means the world to me,” Netanya said. “He was out of my life for most of my teenage years, so I definitely favored the time I had with him in my childhood. I think that’s why diesels were so important to me because that brought back good memories of being with him. Now that he is back in my life we get to enjoy diesel stuff together like going to shows.”

A memory with Isaac that stands out to Netanya is from last year at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colo., at an event called Rock and Rumble where participants actually stay inside the racetrack for three days. At the burnout pit, Netanya and her dad took his Power Wagon and ripped it around the pit.

“Everyone was so surprised that a four-wheel drive dually was doing burnouts like that,” she said. “His truck had to be 1,000 degrees when we were done, but still ran like a champ though.”

Finding Her Dream

Naturally, when Netanya grew older she got a job running logging equipment and decided to achieve her dream of owning a diesel of her own. She went to the dealership ready to buy a 2006 Dodge RAM, just like her dad had, but it was swept from under her at the last second. The dealer offered her the 2008 RAM instead and she fell in love on the test drive. 

“When I was driving it home I honestly couldn’t believe I got my dream truck,” Netanya explained. “I felt so accomplished and took a million pictures. I had the biggest smile on my face and couldn’t wait to show my dad.”

After bringing it home, Netanya put a Rough Country 2-inch leveling kit on the truck along with, from Custom Offsets, 35×12.5 Federal Couragia tires and 20×10 XD Grenades wheels with a -24mm offset. It’s her daily driver, but she doesn’t use it to haul anything as it’s her baby. She named it Trock because her boyfriend’s truck is named Trock Trock. They thought it was funny and it stuck.

“My thought process behind my build is I want to build it the way I want to build it and not by what other people think I should do,” she said. “My truck is definitely not the nicest or newest but it made my dreams come true. Being able to own the truck I wanted ever since I was a kid makes me the happiest person ever. It has brought some very important people into my life and has given me the coolest experiences.”

In the future, Netanya has plans to get it paint-matched with new wheels, tires and a second gen swap.

Dream Come True

Netanya, 23 years old and living in Colorado, spends her time working at NAPA Auto, hiking in the mountains with her dog or even loves just sitting at home and doing nothing. She also spends her summers attending truck shows and as a woman in the diesel industry, she of course had something to say about that. 

“Being a women in this industry can definitely be tough,” she said, “especially when some people tell you your truck is never going to be nice or a woman can never make it in the truck world, but there are so many women that are dominating the truck industry that I look up to and aspire to be. It doesn’t matter what people think, it’s what makes you happy.”

Netanya and her diesel pickup certainly made it in the truck world.