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Rush builds
In a bind on a date? We have built finished units in about 80 days.
Most HLE units deliver 3 to 6 months after the signed order. When a program can't wait (a grant deadline, a contract start date, a unit that went out of service), HLE has taken fully finished specialty vehicles from purchase order to completion in about 80 days. Twice.
Tabatha or one of the team will reach out shortly and tell you on that first call whether your date can be met.
Purchase order to finished unit: two mobile probation and parole offices for the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Purchase orders to sale: three 53-ft mobile lab trailers for a state technical college system, quoted at 90 to 120 days.
Fully finished, with the interior, generator and equipment installed. Not bare shells.
Virginia Department of Corrections
Two mobile offices, order to completion in about 80 days
Ford F-550 mobile probation and parole offices with a full interior: Altro flooring, FRP walls, oak cabinetry, granite tops, a 7 kW gas generator and a six-camera system. The order was signed August 13, 2025, and both units were complete on October 31, 2025, inside the contract's 100-day window.
A state technical college system
Three 53-ft lab trailers in about 80 days, against a 90 to 120 day quote
Triple-axle gooseneck mobile lab trailers with 38 kW diesel generators, wheelchair-lift doors and Bard HVAC, built for a state's technical colleges. The purchase orders were dated April 2, 2024; all three were sold June 20 and 21, 2024 and accepted by the colleges on June 24.
Why it can be done
One plant builds the whole body.
The laser and press brake, steel cage, harness shop and rain booth are all under one roof in Wakarusa, Indiana (powder coat goes to a dedicated powder-coating shop), and HLE engineering draws the floor plan in house. A rush order is not waiting in line at an outside shop.
What decides your date
- The chassis: in stock, or on order
- Long-lead equipment: medical, imaging, generators, lifts
- How fast the floor plan and options are approved
The dated schedule for your unit is in the proposal. Standard timelines are on the delivery timeline.
Request a proposal
Tell us the date it has to be in service.
Describe the program and the deadline. Tabatha or one of the team will reach out shortly and tell you plainly whether the date can be met.
Or call 574-343-2150, 7:30 to 4:30 Eastern, and ask for Tabatha.