Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
A new business is moving in to the former Tekoa city shop.
The activity began Wednesday night, Jan. 6, when proprietor Josh Sperber installed shelves for what will be Panhandle Truck and Equipment Repair.
The Plummer-based business, formed a year and a half ago, is now a mobile service with Sperber, who lives in Tekoa, going out to farmer’s and logger’s shops to work on hydraulics, brakes, transmission, differentials, welding and Department of Transportation annual inspections.
In the Tekoa shop, he expects to have room to work on engine overhauls, skid-steers and mini-excavators.
Sperber, a 2004 graduate of St. Maries High School, learned diesel mechanics in a two-year program at North Idaho College. He has since worked for Simpson Lumber in Plummer and N.A. Degerstrom, a construction company in Spokane.
His shop in Tekoa will use the whole space, which formerly housed Melton’s Fabrication, whose lease expired Jan. 1. Panhandle has one employee besides Sperber. He expects to be open by the end of January or early February.
Next steps include moving in an air compressor, tool boxes and tools, then setting up the office.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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