History
1962 - GATR Truck Center opens for the first time as Grile Auto & Truck Repair in Sauk Rapids, MN 1970 - GATR Truck Center is approved as an incorporated business. 1993 - Body shop addition was built. 1994 - GATR Truck Center became a Volvo dealer. March 1999 - Bob Neitzke and his wife Lysa move back to his home state of MN where he joins Grile Auto and Truck Repair (GATR Truck Center) as operations manager with the agreement to purchase the business. December 2000 - Neitzke purchases GATR Truck Center. When he bought the company, out of respect for Grile's years of ownership he changed the company's legal name of Grile Auto and Truck Repair, to GATR Truck Center, keeping the acronym that had become associated with the business.
Specialties
GATR Truck Center is your one-stop-shop for everything you need for your new and used medium-duty and heavy-duty truck and trailers! Our friendly and knowledgeable sales, financing, service, and parts departments are prepared to make sure your experience is outstanding, from assisting while you're making your choice to ongoing maintenance and customization. We value the opportunity to create a long-term relationship with our customers, and we do that by giving you the best customer service available. We are hiring for many positions too! We have five locations: Sauk Rapids, MN Elk River, MN Cedar Rapids, IA Waukee, IA Waterloo, IA