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Pitts Trailers Adds Heavy-Haul Division
Alabama-based Pitts Trailers has a new dedicated lowboy division, Pitts Heavy Haul, headed up by Barry Freifeld as director of sales.

Alabama-based Pitts Trailers has a new dedicated lowboy division, Pitts Heavy Haul, headed up by Barry Freifeld as director of sales.
Freifeld, most recently director of sales for Trail King Industries, will oversee growth of the Pitts Heavy Haul product offering and dealer network. He comes to Pitts with more than 20 years of sales management experience in the industrial, automotive, electronics, military, and medical services markets.

Barry Freifeld is heading up Pitts' heavy haul division.
Photo: Pitts Trailers
Freifeld holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is based in Virginia Beach, Viriginia.
“Barry brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our company,” said Justin Bridges, president of Pitts Trailers. “I believe these assets, combined with his passion for customer service and development, will propel our new Pitts Heavy Haul division into a lowboy industry leader.”
Pitts Trailers, a division of Pitts Enterprises, is a top-10 trailer manufacturer in the U.S. and is a complete-line forestry trailer manufacturer. The new dedicated division, Pitts Heavy Haul, makes hydraulic removable neck lowboys, fixed neck lowboys, hydraulic folding tail lowboys, and construction grade tag-a-long lowboys.
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