A vehicle storage lot that can hold up to 1,000 trucks was completed just weeks ago. Knapheide has about 25 acres at its Fifth Street location. It also installs equipment such as winches, compressors and hoists as needed. About 30 people work there. Those trucks go where ever the truck can be sold.
Many people drive by the storage lot and see the rows of white trucks.
Knapheide said that's because very few customers want to repaint their trucks when decals can easily, and inexpensively, be applied. Some of Knapheide's customers include Bell South, Bell Atlantic and Ameritech. Mich. Customers of the Flint pool sometimes repaint their trucks red to make them noticeable in the heavy snowfall region. Knapheide has been in the bailment pool business for about 11 years and opened the North Fifth Street building about a year ago. Across the street from the bailment pool is a truck accessory center Knapheide opened in 1974.