How a father & son towing company grew from a single truck to a big-time fleet

Truck Financing Perks

No matter how fast things change as a business, it’s always important to

remember your roots. Lebleu’s Towing was originally started as a father and son

towing business in 2006 by Gerald and Jeremy Lebleu in Kannapolis, North

Carolina. These two were hard workers who, due to lack of equipment, had to

work around-the-clock to keep up with the competition. As Jeremy Lebleu,

manager (and son), can attest, expanding Lebleu’s fleet was the best decision

he’s made for the business.

More trucks means more businessBack in 2006, Gerald and Jeremy started Lebleu’s with one truck and two

employees. They couldn’t keep up with the demand for tows, so expansion

was key. After they chose financing to expand, it’s grown to a full-fledged fleet,

including nine tow trucks and nine employees where the phone continues to

ringoff the hook.

“Now we have better equipment. We don’t have to worry about breaking

down as much or maintenance. We’re able to keep [the trucks] on the road,”

Jeremy says.

Even with all these shiny new trucks, Lebleu’s has to consider the 10 other

towers in the area. The business is able to keep a competitive edge through

“ I worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week for four years. I

was never able to take a day off or spend time with the family,

and now I’m able to take vacations. The business runs itself

now.”— JEREMY LEBLEU

Lebleu’s Towing Snapshot

• Established in 2006 in Kannapolis, North Carolina

• Started as a father-and-son towing business with 1 truck and 2 employees doing 300 tows a month on average

• Expanded to 9 trucks and 9 employees doing 1,000 tows a month on average

• Acquired 7 well-maintained trucks through Agero Truck Financing Perks program offered by Beacon Funding

• Expanded business 20 miles away in Charlotte while overseeing from a management role

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offering cheaper prices and

emphasizing customer service.

“We call the customers before we go

[to tow them]. We make sure they’re

in a safe place, not blocking traffic.

Keep them calm. We try to get there

as quick as possible. Keep in contact

with them the whole time [before we

arrive].”

Lebleu’s has customer service down, but how were they able to expand to such a large fleet with financing, you ask? Beacon Funding had the answer.

A little help fromtheir friendsIn the beginning, the Lebleu family

was using a roadside assistance

motor club to get more towing

jobs, but wanted more. They

decided to become Roadside

Assistance Service Providers in the

Agero Network and never looked

back. Not only did they find a

better way to get more calls, but

they also found out about Beacon

because of their ongoing

partnership with Agero.

Jeremy financed his first truck with

Beacon Funding in March 2012,

and the rest is history. After nine

trucks, he has a thriving towing

business. Six of them, including

one refinance, were from the help

of Beacon and Agero Truck

Financing Perks.

Agero Truck Financing Perks is a program provided by Beacon

Funding and Agero that helps

Agero providers like Jeremy use his

Agero payments to pay off his

trucks (via DirectPay) and get

perks like Visa gift cards when they

finance new trucks.

In August 2015, Agero set up

Lebleu’s in new areas spreading

them out to Charlotte —20 miles

away from the business. To cater to

the bigger reach, Jeremy enlarged

his fleet to give him a distinct

advantage over the competition.

“Others were losing trucks while we were gaining. [They were] slow

to respond to calls, had higher

prices, a little bit of everything.”

Lebleu’s gets 600 more tows a month through Agero with the help

of Beacon Funding. “We used to

do 5-10 tows a day. After we got

all the equipment, we have 60

tows per day,” Jeremy says.

Growing the fleet continues Even with this large fleet, Jeremy is

passionate about maintaining

wherewithal to get more trucks. The

latest financed truck he picked up

one day, drove it five hours home,

then had it painted his company’s

colors the next morning.

Jeremy has a commitment to his

business and wants to keep

growing his operations in order to

serve as many people as possible.

Beacon and Agero will continue to

support that mission by acting as a

branch to help Lebleu’s flourish

further than its roots.

“ Now we have better equipment. We don’t have to worry about breaking down as much or maintenance. We’re able to keep [the trucks] on the road.” — LEBLEU