The family
The Andrade family.
Multi-generational in the industry. Planted where we live.
The generational voice
Grandfather drove trucks. Father built the company. We run the program from our office in Yemassee, South Carolina. We're formed in North Carolina and operating in South Carolina — we call the whole thing the Carolinas because that's honest to both.
Here to stay
Our family lives here. Our reputations live here. The name and the assets we're building are being built for the next generation — the youngest Andrades in the family. That's why we operate the way we do. Reputation is compound interest, and we're playing the long game.
Signature story
The former driver who taught us what "old-fashioned" means.
A former customer completed our lease-to-own program — slowly, painfully, but honestly. Program was over. Truck was theirs. Months later, a different shop damaged the engine. We had no obligation to help. We towed the truck ourselves, pulled the engine, and when the customer said they couldn't wait anymore, we bought the engineless truck back — at a loss we'd committed to.
Why? Because during the program, they'd shown us who they were: honest through the hard part, communicative when things broke, willing to stay the course. That's the customer we're built for. That's what "built the old-fashioned way" means.
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Multi-generational family or office setting
no single-founder · no wheelchair-forward
no single-founder · no wheelchair-forward