Before heading for Texas and the start of the wheat harvest, the New Holland Harvest Support Truck first took to the road in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to participate in the 15th annual Make-a-Wish truck convoy.

Sponsored by the Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Susquehanna Valley, the convoy is held annually on Mother's Day, attracting thousands of spectators along the 27-mile route ‚ and collecting donations and pledges along the way to support the foundation's activities (The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. It is the largest wish-granting charity in the world, with 76 chapters in the United States and its territories and 27 international affiliates on five continents. With the help of generous donors and more than 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted more than 110,000 wishes to children around the world since 1980.)

This is the sixth year that New Holland has donated use of the truck for the convoy.

Garin Ingalls, a field evaluation analyst at the Technical Center in New Holland, was at the wheel. In the passenger seat was 8-year-old Cody Weidner of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, who has leukemia. Cody was one of about 85 local children with life-threatening illnesses who were treated to rides in the 18-wheelers as they made their way along the 27-mile route.

About 390 trucks participated in this year's convoy ‚ up from 288 last year, when the Guinness Book of World Records certified the event as the world's largest truck convoy. Proceeds are expected to top $200,000.