
Brinkman Plumbing Contractors owner Jim Brinkman stands near one of his company’s trucks outfitted with a Knapheide Mfg. utility body at their shop in Quincy, Illinois. The company has 28 vehicles fitted with the utility body. (Photo courtesy of Brinkman Plumbing Contractors)
How important are Knapheide Mfg. utility truck bodies to the success of family-owned Brinkman Plumbing Contractors, a 32-year-old business based in Quincy, Illinois?
Critical enough that owner Jim Brinkman still vividly remembers the day he took delivery of his first new one in...