Our companies have a legacy that many companies would envy. Three men started us in April of 1929 as Raleigh Tractor & Equipment Company as a Caterpillar dealer on Lane Street close to where the Legislative Building is today. 

Raleigh Truck Rentals was started in 1976 as we got a sign painter to letter four used trucks to give the rental business a try. We had no contracts and put dealer tags on the trucks. The first truck went out to Job P. Wyatt and Sons, came back and the customer owed us $252.00. They paid us, the truck wasn’t hurt – “let’s do that again!” Shortly after that, we bought out a company called Wake-U-Drive-It and took over their location at 320 S. Dawson Street. A few years later, Raleigh Truck Rentals moved beside Cardinal at 1420 Garner Road until we moved to the current location in 1985. Cardinal moved from our location on Garner Road to where we are now in 1988.

Some of you have heard me say how blessed we are to have the employees that you see here. They are the primary reason for our success. In our history, we have had several brother teams working here and, at one time, had six father-son teams working here. There are few good people who have left us – and some of them have come back. We have never had to lay people off. There have been many truck dealers that have come and gone since we have been in business, but we have always prospered. Our future is bright and we hope to share it with all of you.