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STS: It's a Truck Equipment House, Trailer Dealer, All in One

Published Thursday, March 01, 2001

THE first hurdle was overcome in 1989, 13 years after George and Barb Jacobs purchased Syracuse Trailers Sales: They changed the name to STS Truck Equipment and Trailer Sales. The company had been started in 1949 as a small repair facility for trailers and truck bodies. It had roots in truck equipment because the original owner dabbled in kits from Hewitt-Lucas Body Co Inc, and STS continued that for many years as a service for the customer base. When Fruehauf Trailer Services Inc — which was an even more powerful force in truck equipment than it was in ...

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