Tucker’s Takes: What’s in a name?

By Mike Tucker, President, Mickey Truck Bodies

Mike Tucker

If you are reading The Mickey Spirit from top to bottom, then you know by now that we have changed the name of our Reconditioning & Service business to Mickey Fleet Services. What?s in a name? you may ask. Everything. And by everything, we mean every aftermarket service we offer our customers.

When we started in the repair business some 40 years ago, we focused on restoring and refurbishing beverage bodies and trailers, mostly sideloaders. That?s what we built, that?s what we knew. But just as our manufacturing expertise and diversity has expanded significantly over the years, so too have the aftermarket services we provide. Today our regional centers repair, refurbish, upfit, install liftgates, paint, remove and apply decals. We do body work, brake repairs, bulk trailer cut downs, chassis modifications. We sell parts for any make and model. We are handling fire trucks, construction equipment, buses, emergency vehicles, food trucks, furniture bodies, sanitation equipment and many types of van upfits and van conversions. And, of course, we can still make your 15-year-old beverage sideloader look and work like new.

We are Mickey Fleet Services. All fleet services.

On a final note, congratulations to Greg Spainhour, our latest teammate to celebrate a 40-year anniversary working at Mickey. Forty years is an incredibly long time to work at the same company. That kind of loyalty speaks to two facts: 1. Greg Spainhour is an outstanding employee; and 2. Mickey Truck Bodies is an outstanding company to work for.