Birmingham Freightliner & Western Star
Birmingham Freightliner and Western Star is a full service truck dealership that has maintenance and collision repair services, heavy truck parts as well as day cab, flatbed dump, cab & chassis, medium duty new and used trucks for sale in Alabama. Our Elite Support-certified shop has 21 bays and industry-trained technicians. The Birmingham Freightliner and Western Star parts department houses over $1.2 million in inventory and has a fleet of seven parts delivery vehicles. Please call us if you are having your truck, with a trailer, towed in for service so we can provide a trailer drop location if we are experiencing heavy volume.
Contact
Monday
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday
By Appointment Only
Sunday
Closed
Monday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Friday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
Monday
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Monday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Friday
7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
Services + Amenities
Services
Engines
Cummins, Detroit & Mercedes Benz Certified
Transmissions
Eaton (including Hybrid) & Meritor Certified
Collision Avoidance
Vorad (Meritor) Certified
Additional Services
- Chassis Dynamometer
- Parksmart Certified
- Espar Heater Certified
- ASE Certified Techs
- A/C Service
- DOT Inspections
Driver Amenities
- Cable TV
- Driver's Lounge
- Hotel Shuttle Service (provided by hotels)
- Wi-Fi and Work Space
- Pet Friendly
- Freightliner, Detroit, and Cummins techs
- NO Trailer Parking
Meet The Team
Get to know the talented team from Birmingham Freightliner & Western Star
General Manager/New Truck Sales Manager/CIC
Chris Bisanz is a graduate of University of Georgia, and has been in the business for over two decades. He started at Mack dealership in Atlanta for five years, then moved to Equipment Finance (Financial Federal/PUEF) for seven years. He joined Peach State in 2018. He currently serves as a board member of the Alabama Trucking Association and enjoys spending time with his wife and three children as well as outdoor sports (hunting, fishing, golf).
Parts Manager
Johnnie attended the Motorsports Vehicle Technology Program at Lanier Tech in Oakwood, GA after high school. He started in the trucking industry in 2012 as a service tech apprentice where he worked his way up to service manager. Johnnie moved from Atlanta with his wife and daughter in 2018 to join the Peach State Truck Centers at Birmingham Freightliner and Western Star in their parts department.
Service Manager
Dylan McCoy started in the heavy truck repair industry in 2005 at W.W.Williams as an entry level tech after graduating high school. He worked in the truck shop as well as on off-road equipment in the mines. and was with that company for 6 years. Dylan then came to work at Birmingham Freightliner which at the time was Liberty trucks. After a year he left and went to Ryder and worked as a night shift tech for several months. After almost a year he decided to back to what is now Birmingham Freightliner & Western Star as a night shift diagnostic tech. Fast forward a year and he made night shift foreman and eventually dayshift foreman. After a couple of years in the dayshift foreman role he was promoted to assistant manager. Dylan stayed in this position for three years and in 2021 was moved to service manager.
Dylan McCoy
Service Manager
Body Shop Manager
Doc Eddy, the new collision center manager at Birmingham Freightliner & Western Star, was destined to be in the truck business. He followed in his father’s footsteps and never looked back. In his career he’s learned the importance of hard work, continuous improvement, and, most of all, family. By 19, Doc had already put in some years at truck leasing companies like Ryder and Rollins. He washed trucks and worked the fuel island in the summer months between school semesters until he worked his way up to being in the shop. At 25, he got a job as a mechanic with Ryder, and in 60 days he was promoted to shop foreman. He joined Birmingham Freightliner & Western Star in 2022 as the store's Body Shop Manager.
Director of Service Operations
JD Humphries has been around trucks since he was 13, growing up in a family-owned dealership and worked there 20 years. He graduated from the ATD Dealer Academy in 2005, and in 2013 joined Birmingham Freightliner as the Service Manager. He is now Director of Service Operations for all of Peach State Truck Centers. JD has been married to his wife Angie for 25 years, and they have a daughter together.