History of Badger Truck Parts
In 1973 Leo Panchyshyn, an Auto Body Mechanic opened a body shop in Edmonton.
Four months later he left the body shop to start another shop on his father's
farm near Legal. Leo did body work and on the side he sold the left over parts.
Two years later his brother Vic joined and they formed the companies: Badger
Auto Body and Salvage and Badger Truck Parts Ltd. Within a short while the
companies began to grow and they had to build a bigger shop and hire more
employees.
By 1986 Leo decided that there were too many auto wreckers. In 1988 Leo and
Dena bought out Vic. Leo always liked heavy duty trucks so he started wrecking
them. He went to NAIT and received his Heavy Duty Technician ticket. They
started a trucking company and wrecking more heavy duty trucks. Dena went back
to school and got her Diploma in Computerized Office Administration. Their son
James is an Auto Body Mechanic and son Jeff is a Heavy Duty Technician. Leo's
brother Andy is a parts Technician as well as a Heavy Duty Technician.
Today Badger Truck Parts is more than a mom and pop company with 3 million
dollar a year in sales and 16 employees with 80 acres of inventory. Badger
Truck Parts does Towing and Recovery, Body Repairs and Rebuilding, Mechanical
Repair and Maintenance and Inspections of all makes and models of trucks and
equipment. Badger also repairs, rents and sells Reefer Trailers. They sell and
export trucks and parts to New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, US and all of
Canada.
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