Penske Truck Leasing in Spartanburg, S.C., has rebuilt and officially reopened for business after a tornado struck its maintenance and rental buildings in October 2017.
The full-service truck leasing, consumer and commercial truck rental and contract truck fleet maintenance facility is located at 747 Simuel Road. No associates or customers were seriously injured, but the facility sustained substantial damage.
The company commemorated the official reopening with an associate and customer celebration June 20, 2019. While the facility underwent extensive renovations to its rental building and a complete rebuild of the maintenance shop, Penske found a temporary home at 4241 Orchard Park Blvd., in Spartanburg, the company says.
“After surveying the damage, we knew immediately that we needed time to rebuild and in order to continue servicing our customers at the level they’re used to, we established a temporary maintenance shop,” says Joe Hill, senior vice president, Penske Southeast Region. “None of our technicians lost even one hour of work due to this storm and we were able to continue assisting our customers without disruption to their schedules and businesses.”
The rental portion of the facility has been completely restored and the brand new maintenance shop is now connected via a breezeway. The shop has three truck service bays with lift technology. The new wash bay is now automatic and the facility has a new tire carousel and high-speed fuel island.
