Penske Truck Leasing Holds Grand Opening of a $5 Million State-of-the-Art Facility in Winston-Salem, N.C.
READING, PA – Penske Truck Leasing held the grand opening of a new facility in Winston-Salem, N.C., located on 131 Back Forty Drive. The 11,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, currently employing eight associates, offers commercial and consumer truck rental services, full-service truck leasing, and contract maintenance.
READING, PA – Penske Truck Leasing held the grand opening of a new facility in Winston-Salem, N.C., located on 131 Back Forty Drive. The 11,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, currently employing eight associates, offers commercial and consumer truck rental services, full-service truck leasing, and contract maintenance. About 30 leasing customers are handled at this location and nearly 300 vehicles are maintained onsite.
The facility cost approximately $5 million to construct, and has three service bays, a truck washing bay, and a three-lane fuel island with high-speed fuel pumps. Penske previously operated a temporary facility in Winston-Salem until last month. All jobs were transferred over to this new facility.
The service department, available at (336) 788-8974, is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., and on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The rental department, which can be reached at (336) 784-3013, is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon.
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