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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.20


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                                SECOND AMENDMENT

                                       to

                    RECEIVABLES SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    between

                          WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION

                             as Seller and Servicer

                                      and

                                 NBD BANK, N.A.

                                  as Purchaser

                           DATED AS OF MARCH 29, 1996






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     This SECOND AMENDMENT dated as of March 29, 1996 (the "Amendment"), is
entered into by and between Wabash National Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, in its capacity as originator and sell of the Receivables (as
defined in the Agreement, defined below) hereunder (in such capacity the
"Seller"), and in its capacity as servicer hereunder (in such capacity, the
"Servicer"), and NBD Bank, N.A., a national banking association, in its
capacity as purchaser (the "Purchaser").

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Seller and the Purchaser have entered into a Receivables Sale
and Servicing Agreement dated as of June 29, 1995 (the "Agreement");

     WHEREAS, the Seller and the Purchaser desire to amend the Agreement to
include an additional sublimit with respect to an additional Obligor (as
defined in the Agreement); and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.7 of the Agreement, neither the Agreement
nor the terms thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in
writing signed by the Purchaser and the Seller.

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

     Section 1. Amendment to Section 2.1, Purchase and Sale of Receivables.
The following Obligor and corresponding sublimit shall be added to Section
2.1(b) of the Agreement which the lists the limits with respect to each Obligor
by which the aggregate Purchase Price of outstanding Purchased Receivables may
not exceed :

     Triple Crown Services Company $5,000,000

     Section 2. Effect of Amendment.  Except as amended hereby, the Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms set forth
therein.

     Section 3. Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.





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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date and year first above written.

                                             WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION, as
                                                  Seller and Servicer


                                             By: /s/ Mark R. Holden
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                                                Name:  Mark R. Holden
                                                Title: Vice President and Chief
                                                       Financial Officer

                                             NBD BANK, N.A., as Purchaser


                                             By: /s/ Leo G. Watson, Jr.
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                                                Name:  Leo G. Watson, Jr.
                                                Title: Vice President