May 2004
Randy Hill, President of Advanced Trailer Leasing & Sales (ATL) announced in February 2004 that APT Advanced Trailer & Equipment had chosen an 80,000 square foot building in Vienna, Georgia for it new peanut drying trailer plant. Hill announces today that the APT Advanced Trailer plant is up and operational and plans an open house for later this month.
The Dooly County location will house the company’s fabrication shop, which converts heavy-duty railroad trailers into state-of-the-art drying units capable of handling more peanuts more quickly, more safely and less expensively than traditional drying wagons. The building was built by the Dooly County Economic Development Corporation.
“We used our knowledge of semis and the suggestions of what our customers wanted and redesigned our trailer to make it unique. We beefed up the specifications,” Hill said. The resulting “super-trailer” more than pulled its weight in the marketplace.
“The economic development team in Vienna was amazing. They took really good care of us,” Hill said. As soon as the deal was signed, Advanced Trailer’s management team moved to Georgia to oversee preparation of the building, while Hill signed a deal with the railroads to purchase 2,500 trailers. Randy Hill and his family remained in Texas.
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ABOUT APT ADVANCED TRAILER & EQUIPMENT: APT Advanced Trailer & Equipment is responsible for the development and production of semi-trailers and is a revolutionary innovator in agricultural crop drying technology. The unique product has revolutionized the way peanuts and other crops are dried and transported in larger bulk quantities. Continuing the legacy of parent company Advanced Trailer Leasing & Sales (ALT) as one of America’s premier trailer business operations, APT operates from Texas as well as having a fabrication plant in Dooly County, Vienna, Georgia.
