St. Louis’s most trusted trailer leasing company, since 1965.
Palmer Leasing provides commercial trailer rental, mobile storage, and secured yard parking to businesses throughout St. Louis and the Midwest. With a large and diversified fleet of trailers, same-day availability, and a local team that has been doing this for six decades, Palmer delivers equipment you can count on and service that is easy.
Palmer’s mobile storage trailers serve as stationary warehouses for commercial operations that need secure, on-site storage without the cost of permanent construction. From retail overflow to construction staging to inventory management, our storage fleet is maintained to the same standard as every unit we put on the road. Available in multiple lengths with flexible monthly terms.
For businesses moving freight within the St. Louis metro area, Palmer’s closed van and cartage trailers are built for the job. Our local fleet serves construction firms, manufacturers, distributors, and logistics operators who need equipment that stays close to home. Trailers do not travel outside the metropolitan area and are configured for the specific demands of short-haul, high-frequency use.
Our flatbed fleet covers standard, extendable, single drop, double drop, and lowboy configurations, serving contractors, industrial shippers, and over-the-road operators who need open-deck capacity across the continental United States and Canada. Every flatbed is inspected, maintained, and ready when you need it.
THE PALMER DIFFERENCE
Your Quality Equipment Partner
You run your business. We provide the equipment. That partnership has worked since 1965.
Additional transportation capacity is a real strategic asset, but only when the equipment shows up on time, in condition, and backed by people who pick up the phone. Palmer delivers all three. Our trailers are maintained by an experienced in-house team to an 80-point inspection standard. When you need a trailer, it is ready. When you need it delivered, we handle it. When something goes wrong on the road, you have a direct line to people who know your account.
We have been family owned for 60 years. That experience shows up in the condition of the equipment, the speed of our credit decisions, and the quality of the service you receive every time you call.
Your Qualified Team
What sets Palmer apart is not just the fleet, it is the team behind it. Palmer employs its own mechanics, manages its own maintenance schedule, and coordinates its own logistics. You deal with the same people every time. They know your account, they know your equipment preferences, and they are accountable when something needs attention. That is a different experience than getting a regional service center.
PALMER IS
Flexible:
Palmer Leasing is privately owned and operated. There is no corporate approval chain, no regional hierarchy, and no bureaucracy between you and a decision. That means faster answers, more accommodating terms, and a relationship that actually works like a relationship.
Responsive:
Credit decisions within one business day. Equipment availability confirmed the same day you call. If you need a trailer, we do not make you wait a week to find out if you qualify.
Personal:
Our team has worked in this industry for decades. When you describe what you need, you are talking to someone who understands trailer specifications, lease structures, and the operational demands of your business, not a call center reading from a script.
A Good Partner:
Palmer functions as a genuine partner in your operation. Flexible terms let you scale up during peak seasons and scale back when volume drops. We are not trying to lock you into a structure that only benefits us.
Knowledgeable:
Our sales, service, and support team brings decades of direct experience in trailer leasing, mobile storage, and commercial logistics.
Ready
The Palmer fleet is one of the largest and most varied held by an independent operator in the St. Louis region. From 28-foot pup trailers to 53-foot closed vans to lowboy flatbeds, we maintain the range to meet your requirements. And every unit in that fleet goes through the same rigorous inspection before it leaves our yard.
Lienced leasing consultants will help you obtain the right equipment for your needs.
A Good Partner
Palmer functions as a partner and investor in your business, providing you with the flexibility of allowing you to optimize cash flow, better serve your customers, and focus on the growth of your business.
Knowledgeable
Sales, service, and support personnel have many years of experience and training.
Ready
The Palmer fleet is one of the strongest and most varied in the industry; it is composed of equipment from the industry’s leading manufacturers and is large enough to support your unique needs.
We strive to be “easy to do business with” in all aspects of our operation – including extending credit. All you need to do is fill out our credit application and fulfill the credit and insurance requirements.
ABOUT US
Palmer Leasing has been St. Louis’s leading independent trailer leasing and mobile storage provider since 1965. Founded by Bob Palmer with eleven trailers and a commitment to service, the company has grown into one of the largest privately held operations of its kind in the region, built almost entirely on customer referrals and repeat business.
Today, Palmer operates a diverse fleet serving commercial enterprises across the Midwest, maintained to the same standards Bob established on day one.