Westates Truck Equipment Corporation was founded in 1956 as Westates Truck Body Company by Ted Correll. The factory was established in Redwood City, California in a modest facility, with dirt floors.

Initially, Westates built many types of commercial truck bodies. Including stake, utility and vans. In 1958 Westates began building fire service bodies for the State of California Division of Forestry. This began our journey into the fire service business.

In the early 60’s Westates built its first Heavy Rescue for the City of Palo Alto. Soon after, other products where added to the Westates product line. As technology, materials and engineering allowed, the sophistication and quality of our products continued to expand.

In 1969 Westates moved to a new facility located in Menlo Park, California and again to Woodland, California in 1983. During this time Richard Correll, son of Ted Correll, began taking on a more significant roll within the firm. Richard contributed to the success of the company by designing the first through the tank storage for ladders and long tools.

In 1996 Westates took one of the most significant steps in its' history by installing an industrial Laser cutting machine tool, a CNC break press and 3-D solid modeling for engineering. This move brought a level of sophistication and precision to the product, previously unknown to the fire Apparatus manufacturing industry .

With these new tools in hand, 1997 saw the introduction of the break through “Millennium Body”. This body took its cues from the automotive industry by integrating the concepts of modular, interchangeable body panels. Several hundred of these proven designs have now been in the field for a number of years. Their track record for performance, quality and serviceability is second to none.

The “Millennium Body” design has matured and become one of the most imitated products in the marketplace.

Westates Truck Equipment Corporation
285 Industrial Way
Woodland, Ca 95776

Voice (530) 661-0101
Fax:(530) 661-0873

President's Message:

Thank you for considering Westates Truck Equipment Corp. for your apparatus, truck or fabrication needs.

We at Westates pride ourselves on providing the most technologically advanced product on the market. We use parametric modeling tools to drive our laser cutting machine to provide the lowest cost, most accurate parts in the industry.

These precision components are handled and assembled by conscientious, professional craftsmen that pride themselves in completing our products with the same quality and precision as our designs.

We understand that making quality product is only a portion of our responsibility, creating happy customers is key to our success. We believe a collaborative environment is the best method of achieving this goal, so we keep the customer intimately involved with the design and production process using value engineering principals to deliver a high quality product the first time.

Thank You,

Steven J. McCormick, President
Westates Truck Equipment Corp.