Mac Tools distributor Wilson Gammill, co-owns T&K Tools, based out of Ackerman, Mississippi, with his uncle, Wesley Gammill.
Named after his two sons, Tres and Kindal, Gammill founded T&K Tools in September 2011. He now manages three routes in the northern Mississippi area. Wesley joined the business a year after T&K Tools started, followed by a third route in March 2016 managed by Michael Gordon, one of Gammill’s previous customers.
While Gammill runs a route four days a week, he has also taken on larger management role with having multiple routes.
“My uncle partnered with me,” Gammill says. “I do all the pay roll, paying all the bills. I do all of that. They run the routes, collect all the money and sell the tools. I handle more of the business side of it.”
Outfitted by Herr Display Vans, Gammill decided to purchase his 28’ 2017 Peterbilt truck while attending the 2016 Mac Tools Tool Fair.
“He offered me a really good deal to get one at the show,” Gammill says, of his talks with representatives at Herr Display Vans. “They’ll build it, show it to everybody (at the show).”
While he has no immediate plans to leave the tool selling business, he hopes one day his sons might consider running T&K Tools.
“I have two sons. I hope one day they – I’m not pressuring them, but if they want to one day – take over the routes.”
About the Author
Erica Schueller
Editorial Director | Commercial Vehicle Group
Erica Schueller is the Editorial Director of the Endeavor Commercial Vehicle Group. The commercial vehicle group includes the following brands: American Trucker, Bulk Transporter, Fleet Maintenance, FleetOwner, Refrigerated Transporter, and Trailer/Body Builders brands.
An award-winning journalist, Schueller has reported and written about the vehicle maintenance and repair industry her entire career. She has received accolades for her reporting and editing in the commercial and automotive vehicle fields by the Truck Writers of North America (TWNA), the International Automotive Media Competition (IAMC), the Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards and the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Azbee Awards.
Schueller has received recognition among her publishing industry peers as a recipient of the 2014 Folio Top Women in Media Rising Stars award, acknowledging her accomplishments of digital content management and assistance with improving the print and digital products in the Vehicle Repair Group. She was also named one Women in Trucking’s 2018 Top Women in Transportation to Watch.
She is an active member of a number of industry groups, including the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC), the Auto Care Association's Young Auto Care Networking Group, GenNext, and Women in Trucking.
In December 2018, Schueller graduated at the top of her class from the Waukesha County Technical College's 10-week professional truck driving program, earning her Class A commercial driver's license (CDL).
She has worked in the vehicle repair and maintenance industry since 2008.