MILWAUKEE, Wisc.,—April 1, 2021—Lakeside International Trucks recently opened a new 10,000 sq. ft. full service commercial truck dealership located just off I-43 at 4024 Highway 42 N, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Lakeside Sheboygan dealership offers new and used truck sales, parts sales and full service for International® and all makes trucks. Commercial truck rental and leasing services are offered by Badgerland Idealease, a subsidiary of Lakeside International.
To create the Sheboygan dealership location, Lakeside acquired Lakeshore Fleet Maintenance, a well-known and highly regarded service-only facility, in January of 2020 and began renovations immediately to convert the location into a full-service commercial truckdealership. “We invested more than $2 million to acquire and create this very strategic location along the I-43 corridor between Milwaukee and Green Bay,” explained Bill Reilley, Jr, President, Lakeside International Trucks. “We are committed to providing the very best sales, parts, and service capabilities which are the main factors for maximizing vehicle uptime and improving the service our customers can provide to their customers. I’m also pleased we were able to hire Glenn Valenstein, the former owner of Lakeshore Fleet Maintenance as our Sheboygan Service Manager. Customers and fleet managers across the country trust Glenn and the Sheboygan service shop as their main truck service and maintenance location.”
“I’m glad to be working with Lakeside International Trucks as the Sheboygan Service Manager,” notes Glenn Valenstein. “Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked really hard to provide great service to my customers. Making the ownership change, I like Lakeside’s philosophy of ‘Customer Satisfaction is Our Commitment’ because it is how I built my loyal service business. Lakeside is known in the area for running a solid business and for being a good employer. Coming together, I can see how we will be able to take even better care of customers, even faster.”
The dealership has 9 service bays and an extensive on-site parts inventory that is backed by daily deliveries from Lakeside’s own Parts Distribution Center and International Truck’s Parts Distribution Center. In addition to continuing to offer mobile maintenance services, Lakeside also provides free parts delivery to customers from this location. Since the acquisition, Lakeside International has doubled the location’s parts inventory, added a parts delivery vehicle, and created two new parts delivery routes. Additionally, seven parts staff members, three service technicians, and a full-time truck sales representative has been hired to help customers source and build trucks to meet their unique applications.
“In the coming months, we plan to extend our retail hours to further meet the needs of the businesses in the Sheboygan area and for those customers passing through the area along I-43. We will be hiring 3 additional Cummins and International certified diesel technicians and adding parts delivery drivers and routes as needed adds Rob Durham, Vice President, Marketing & Human Resources, Lakeside International Trucks.
On January 4, 2021, Lakeside closed its 2-bay Random Lake location. Random Lake customers will continue to have parts delivery in the area and will be serviced 25 miles to the south at the West Bend dealership or 27 miles to the north at the new Sheboygan dealership.
The Truck Sales Department is open Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and the Parts and Service Departments are open Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm in Sheboygan. The location can be reached at (920) 208-2801.
About Lakeside International Trucks, LLC
Lakeside International Trucks, LLC, is the largest full-service medium and heavy-duty commercial truck dealership in southern Wisconsin and north-central Illinois. Lakeside has headquarters in Milwaukee and operates locations in Milwaukee, Janesville, Madison, Monroe, Racine, Sheboygan, and West Bend, Wisconsin, and Rockford, Illinois. For more than 35 years, Lakeside has been committed to offering customers quality products, superior service, and responsiveness unequaled by any truck dealership in the region. Lakeside offers the complete line of International® medium, heavy, and severe service trucks, diesel engines, as well as International brand and all-makes parts. Lakeside has over 100 ASE® certified technicians, a state-of-the-art body shop, and more than $10 million in parts inventory. Badgerland Idealease, a division of Lakeside International Trucks, provides full-service leasing, late model commercial truck rentals at all Lakeside locations and dedicated maintenance programs. Badgerland Idealease has more than 600 trucks in its fleet. Additional information can be found at www.lakesidetrucks.com.
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