While the latest revolution to roll through the peanut industry - the replacement of conventional technology by semi trailers for drying peanuts – may have begun in the heart of West Texas' peanut fields, today it has its epicenter in South Georgia. In Dooly County, to be exact.

That's where Advanced Trailers chose to locate its 80,000-square-foot fabrication shop, which converts heavy-duty railroad trailers into state-of-the-art drying units capable of handling more peanuts more quickly, more safely and less expensively than traditional drying wagons.

“We started building trailsers there at the end of April. Now we've already outgrown the facility,” said Advanced Trailer President Randy Hill, who still makes his home in West Texas. “We're looking at expanding our current building, or building a separate facility near it.”

Thirty employees work full-time at Advanced Trailer's Vienna site. Hill said. “And we're probably going to be adding more employees.”  Read the full story