Romulus, Michigan-based roll-off trailer manufacturer Benlee has acquired the assets of Huge Haul, Big Bend, Wisconsin, in an all-cash transaction.
“It was a perfect fit for us,” says Greg Brown, Benlee president and CEO. “Benlee is the industry leader in roll-off trailers and Huge Haul is the industry leader in lugger trucks and lugger trailers.”
Benlee says Huge Haul lugger trucks has a rich history. Designed by Brooks Equipment in the 1930s, the company became part of the Ingersoll division of BorgWarner until 1960 when Heil purchased the load lugger division, Benlee explains. In 1991, Huge Haul purchased that division from Heil.
“Lugger trucks have been used in scrap yards for the scrap metal and recycling industries for decades. We currently run Huge Haul lugger trucks at our North Carolina wholly owned, Raleigh Metal Recycling and Goldsboro Metal Recycling operations,” Brown says.
He continues, “Based on our experience, we understood the applications and the needs.”
Huge Haul’s lugger hoist manufacturing will be moved to Romulus and built along with other Benlee roll-off trailers and trucks. Benlee notes that its online parts store, at www.benlee.com, will soon have a load lugger truck and trailer parts department.
“Benlee’s high serve business model of selling and supporting direct from the manufacturer instead of distributors keeps costs down and service levels high, especially with the incredibly low maintenance needs of our products. One of our first customers is Premier Truck Sales & Rental, which will be the exclusive place to rent Benlee lugger trucks by the day, week, month or year,” Brown says.
Premier Truck Sales & Rental’s first unit will be on display at the annual ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries), meeting April 2-7, 2016, in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
“We will be doing with Huge Haul what we did when we acquired Benlee and later Dunright Roll-off Trailers,” Brown explains. “We took great names, with great products and improved on the basic designs, increased the support and expanded the product line, all with the focus on safety, durability, uptime and value.”
“It was a perfect fit for us,” says Greg Brown, Benlee president and CEO. “Benlee is the industry leader in roll-off trailers and Huge Haul is the industry leader in lugger trucks and lugger trailers.”
Benlee says Huge Haul lugger trucks has a rich history. Designed by Brooks Equipment in the 1930s, the company became part of the Ingersoll division of BorgWarner until 1960 when Heil purchased the load lugger division, Benlee explains. In 1991, Huge Haul purchased that division from Heil.
“Lugger trucks have been used in scrap yards for the scrap metal and recycling industries for decades. We currently run Huge Haul lugger trucks at our North Carolina wholly owned, Raleigh Metal Recycling and Goldsboro Metal Recycling operations,” Brown says.
He continues, “Based on our experience, we understood the applications and the needs.”
Huge Haul’s lugger hoist manufacturing will be moved to Romulus and built along with other Benlee roll-off trailers and trucks. Benlee notes that its online parts store, at www.benlee.com, will soon have a load lugger truck and trailer parts department.
“Benlee’s high serve business model of selling and supporting direct from the manufacturer instead of distributors keeps costs down and service levels high, especially with the incredibly low maintenance needs of our products. One of our first customers is Premier Truck Sales & Rental, which will be the exclusive place to rent Benlee lugger trucks by the day, week, month or year,” Brown says.
Premier Truck Sales & Rental’s first unit will be on display at the annual ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries), meeting April 2-7, 2016, in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
“We will be doing with Huge Haul what we did when we acquired Benlee and later Dunright Roll-off Trailers,” Brown explains. “We took great names, with great products and improved on the basic designs, increased the support and expanded the product line, all with the focus on safety, durability, uptime and value.”
