Star Truck Equipment in Wharton, TX serves work truck buyers across the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain, including Mandeville, Louisiana. Mandeville is approximately 235 miles from Wharton — about a 3.5-hour drive via I-10 — and we carry the broadest selection of truck beds, flatbeds, service bodies, and crane bodies in the Gulf South.

Serving St. Tammany Parish’s Fast-Growing Work Truck Market

Mandeville and the St. Tammany Parish North Shore have experienced explosive residential and commercial growth over the past decade. The area is home to a large base of contractors, service companies, landscaping businesses, and specialty tradespeople who have relocated from Orleans and Jefferson parishes or are supporting the region’s rapid development. It’s one of the fastest-growing work truck markets in Louisiana.

Mandeville-area buyers come to Star Truck Equipment for:

  • Service bodies for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and specialty contractors serving the North Shore construction boom
  • Landscape and platform bodies for the region’s booming landscaping and grounds maintenance industry
  • Flatbeds for hauling building materials, equipment, and supplies across the Causeway corridor
  • SpaceKap service caps for tradespeople who need organized, weatherproof tool storage in a lighter package

Truck Body Brands We Carry for North Shore Buyers

  • CM Truck Beds — America’s most popular flatbed line. Proven in the field from residential construction to commercial fleet use.
  • Bedrock Truck Beds — Premium flatbeds with a clean, professional look — popular with contractors who run branded fleets.
  • RKI (Rawson-Koenig) — Houston-built service bodies with excellent organization features for trade contractors.
  • STI (Service Truck International) — Heavy-duty service bodies and mechanics trucks for commercial fleets and industrial maintenance companies based on the North Shore.
  • Norstar — Value-priced flatbeds and service bodies. Texas-built, dependable, and field-tested.
  • Aluma — Lightweight aluminum truck beds — great for contractors managing payload across Louisiana’s load-rated bridges and roads.
  • SpaceKap — Modular service caps and enclosures for pickup trucks needing utility-grade storage without a full body conversion.
  • Bradford Built — Heavy-gauge flatbeds and workbeds for demanding commercial applications.

Industries We Serve Near Mandeville

  • Residential and commercial general contractors active across the North Shore building boom
  • Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and specialty trade contractors serving new construction and service calls
  • Landscaping and grounds maintenance companies serving the North Shore’s suburban growth
  • Property management and facility maintenance companies
  • Healthcare and school district fleet vehicles for St. Tammany Parish institutions

Making the Drive or Shipping Your Bed

North Shore buyers regularly make the trip across the Causeway and down I-10 to our Wharton, TX shop for professional installation. Others prefer to coordinate shipping of the truck body to a local installer. We’re flexible — whatever gets your truck outfitted correctly and back on the job fastest.

Call (979) 532-1486 or visit us at 2507 County Rd 231, Wharton, TX 77488.

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