Having opened and owned drain-cleaning service company Drain Master at the age of 28, Lloyd “Dale” Nicholssold the company to Roto Rooter 10 years later in 1998. In 2001, he started Plumbing and Pipe Technologies, also known as Pipetechs, in Raleigh, N.C. Nichols has since grown the plumbing and mechanical business to 36 employees and 30 service vehicles, which cover the Raleigh-Durham area.
So far 15 of those vehicles are wrapped (pictured is the 2014 Nissan NV2500) and each tech has his own favorite. For Nichols, it is the 2012 Nissan 250, because of its good gas mileage and durability. The trucks were designed with the help of Elaine Morgan at Right Marketing in Durham, and wrapped by Capital Wraps in Raleigh.