Fred Ross, in partnership with 9 of his siblings, forms Custom Truck Sales out of a 3-Bay shop on Manchester Avenue in Kansas City, MO, focused mostly on pre-owned trucks and salvaged equipment, in addition to customization, parts and service.

• Employees: 12
• Locations: 1

Following several significant growth milestones, including two new Missouri-based facilities, expansion of HQ operations into a 28-bay shop off Gardner Avenue and the addition of new chassis upfits and rentals to its offerings, Custom Truck becomes a certified body builder for top chassis OEMs Kenworth, Western Star and Volvo, an exclusive distributor for Terex RO, Manitex and National Crane, and forms in-house specialized equipment manufacturer Custom Truck Body.

• Employees: 75
• Locations: 3

• Custom Truck becomes largest provider of boom trucks in the United States and further expands its product portfolio by becoming a Galbreath distributor, now adding refuse equipment and roll-offs to its selection.
• Following Terex RO’s recession-driven closure of its Kansas headquarters, Custom Truck employs the majority of former RO employees. Shortly after, Custom Truck becomes certified body builder for additional top chassis OEMs Freightliner & Peterbilt.

• Employees: 200
• Locations: 3

• Custom Truck becomes distributor for Iowa Mold Tooling, further expanding its product portfolio to now include knuckleboom cranes, mechanics bodies and drywall loaders, and quickly earns ranks as their top dealer.
• Fred Ross leverages his proximity to Custom Truck’s growing pool of top contractor end-user clientele to innovate boom truck configurations and introduce the new, modern boom truck design to the U.S. market
• Still outgrowing capacity, Custom Truck unites its Missouri operations under one roof at new state-of-the-art facility on its new official headquarters campus at the historic Armco Steel plant off Independence Avenue, just a few blocks down from the 2-bedroom home where the Ross family founders were raised and where the company is still headquartered today. The initial move entailed 17 acres of under-roof and inventory floorplan capacity, with plenty of room for continued growth.

• Employees: 250
• Locations: 1

• Custom Truck becomes certified body builder for additional top chassis OEMs Ford & Dodge RAM, increasing lighter-duty options within its product portfolio, while also expanding:

• The Custom Truck rental fleet, in breadth and volume
• The Custom Truck headquarters campus, to now encompass 35 acres
• Custom Truck’s geographic footprint, to include facilities in Sedalia, MO, and Fort Worth, TX

• Employees: 315
• Locations: 3

• Custom Truck further expands its geographic footprint, adds facilities in Midland, TX, and Union Grove, WI.
• Custom Truck becomes distributor for Elliott Equipment and Versalift, increasing its selection of utility-focused equipment, quickly becomes the top distributor for both equipment OEMs, in addition to becoming the top boom truck & crane distributor for National Crane.

• Employees: 400
• Locations: 5

• Custom Truck develops two award-winning equipment models to the industry:

• The CTrac8000, the industry’s first customizable, low-pressure, high-payload track machine, as recognized by Construction Equipment Magazine’s Top 100 list
• The E160, North America’s tallest aerial device, developed in partnership with Elliott Equipment, also recognized by Construction Equipment Magazine’s Top 100 list

• Custom Truck becomes official rental partner of Terex Utility, quickly becoming a top partner for the brand.
• Custom Truck forms official rail division dedicated to selling and servicing the hi-rail fleet needs of its growing railroad equipment clientele.
• Custom Truck further expands:

• The headquarters campus, to now encompass 60 acres
• Its geographic footprint, adding facilities in Houston, TX, Denver, CO, and Canton, OH

• Employees: 450
• Locations: 8

• In partnership with new 70% owner Blackstone, Custom Truck acquires three initial family-operated equipment outfits (Utility Fleet Sales, Forestry Equipment of Virginia and TNT Equipment), expanding the company’s presence in the utility, forestry, rail and oilfield markets, as well as its geographic footprint with new facilities in Fort Worth, TX (UFS), Cabot, AR (UCO), Cinnaminson, NJ (TNT), and Forest, VA (FEVA).
• Custom Truck’s rail division expands its rail-specific aftermarket parts offerings, opens additional facility in Fort Worth, TX, focused on warehousing hi-rail truck parts.
• Custom Truck partners with Elliott Equipment, develops 2nd consecutive tallest aerial device in the industry (E190), further acknowledged for its innovative features by Construction Equipment Magazine’s Top 100 list

• Employees: 700
• Locations: 12

• Custom Truck acquires Elk Point, SD-based Load King, the iconic manufacturer of high-quality trailers and inventory of lowboys. Custom Truck would soon expand Load King to become an in-house manufacturing arm of a much broader portfolio of equipment, including an array of specialized bodies.
• Custom Truck introduces a 24/7 service call-in center, the industry’s 1st proprietary technician-manned, around-the-clock aftermarket customer support center, solving 60% of inbound service needs over the phone shortly after its introduction.
• Custom Truck further expands:

• The Custom Truck headquarters campus, to now encompass 100 acres
• Custom Truck’s geographic footprint, adding facilities in Elk Point, SD, Atlanta, GA, and Oklahoma City, OK

• Employees: 850
• Locations: 14

• Custom Truck launches in-house financing arm Custom Truck Capital and CTOS Auctions, its first online equipment remarketing partnership, offering customers reliable and convenient asset liquidity.
• Custom Truck becomes the top distributor of Galbreath rolloffs in the U.S.
• Load King’s manufacturing portfolio expands beyond trailers – now encompasses broad selection of specialized equipment bodies including roofing conveyors, water tanks and dump bodies.
• Custom Truck further expands:

• The Custom Truck headquarters campus, including the addition of a new campus and a 75,000 sq.ft. rail-specific production facility, which brings the campus to 120 total acres.
• Its flagship operation in Union Grove, WI, in opening a new, 50,000 square foot facility.
• Its eastern footprint and equipment portfolio in acquiring both Equipment Repair Solutions of Tampa, FL, and North American Equipment Upfitters of Hooksett, NH, & Syracuse, NY.
• Its Canadian presence, taking the single-source equipment offerings beyond just the U.S.

• Employees: 1100
• Locations: 21

• Continuing to distinguish Load King manufacturing as its manufacturing arm and sub-brand, Custom Truck rolls its (8) family-operated equipment subsidiaries into one, integrated powerhouse brand: Custom Truck One Source.
• Custom Truck receives numerous industry and local market awards, including:

• (2) Top 100 Awards by Construction Equipment Magazine, one recognizing Load King’s new 60-Ton Lowboy, and another recognizing Load King’s new Voyager series of mechanics bodies
• The Capstone Award and Champions of Business Award by Kansas City Business Journal

• Custom Truck further expands:

• Its western footprint and crane offerings in acquiring Great Pacific Equipment of Fontana and Bakersfield, CA.
• Its northern footprint by adding a facility in Jackson, MI.
• Its Missouri-based production capacity, including (2) new large-scale, state-of-the-art production facilities in Kansas City, MO (110K sq.ft), and Sedalia, MO (28K sq.ft.).

• Employees: 1400
• Locations: 23

• Custom Truck acquires the North American boom truck & crane product lines from Terex (aka “Stinger” models) and integrates them into the equipment portfolio of Load King manufacturing arm.
• Custom Truck surpasses $1B in annual revenue, becomes One-Billion-Dollar company after three years of particularly rapid organic growth.
• Custom Truck receives numerous industry and local market awards, including:

• The Top 100 Award by Construction Equipment Magazine, recognizing the new capacities and deck height clearances on Load King’s lowboy models.
• (11th) Fastest Growing Business in KC by Ingram’s
• Champions of Business Award by Kansas City Business Journal

• Employees: 1650
• Locations: 23

• In a market plagued by COVID-19 constraints, including travel bands, supply chain and labor shortages and jobsite restrictions, Custom Truck prevails and stays $1B company by leveraging its vertically integrated supply chain and agile digital customer offerings.
• Custom Truck further expands its midwestern footprint, adds a location in Chicago, IL.
• Custom Truck unveils the Load King Stinger 80-160 boom truck at ConExpo, introducing the 1st 160’ full-power boom and the 1st boom truck innovation in more than a decade to the International equipment markets.
• Custom Truck receives the Champions of Business Award by Kansas City Business Journal for 3rd consecutive year.

• Employees: 1700
• Locations:24

• In partnership with new majority owner Platinum Equity, Custom Truck merges with legacy Nesco Specialty Rentals and integrates Nesco operations into the Custom Truck One Source brand. The transaction doubles the Custom Truck rental fleet, adds 11 locations to the geographic footprint and 300+ employees to the network, and brings legacy Nesco’s new PTA tooling & supplies to Custom Truck’s comprehensive portfolio of equipment offerings.
• Custom Truck celebrates its 25th anniversary, Load King Manufacturing celebrates its 65th.
• Custom Truck is recognized by Kansas City Business Journal as a top local manufacturer and employer.
• Load King introduces several new products to the equipment markets, including:

• The LK-31-NE van-mounted telescopic device, the only product of its kind that offers 36.5’ of working height
• (3) new Stinger boom truck models:

• The A92.2 PL180 Aerial Device
• The Utility-Focused 50-155
• The Forestry-Focused 40-127RS

• Employees: 1941
• Locations: 35

• Custom Truck introduces two proprietary web-based tools improving the lifecycle experience for all equipment clientele:

• The first comprehensive customer portal in the equipment industry, allowing clients to transact digitally across all phases of their units’ lifecycle and leverage proprietary fleet-optimizing insights to maximize asset outlook and profitability.
• Its evolved and now proprietary remarketing solution through CTOS Marketplace, allowing both buyers and sellers to transact upon pre-owned units in real time, as-is or by making offers.

• Custom Truck is recognized as one of the best companies to work for in the Kansas City area, by Ingrams.
• Custom Truck acquires Ontario-based HiRail Leasing, expanding its rail rental offerings and Canadian reach through (2) additional Canadian facilities.

• Employees: 1988
• Locations: 35