Born in the ’60s and Still Going Strong

Born in the ’60s and still going strong, Eagle Leasing has grown from a New England family operation into one of the largest trailer and container providers in the eastern United States.

Back in the 1960s, Irving Eagle and his three sons, Louis, Alvin, and Morty, worked for Strick Trailers, the country’s largest trailer manufacturer at the time. While working for Strick, the Eagle brothers sold new trailers to trucking companies throughout the Northeast. Instead of taking a sales commission, the Eagles were often offered older trade-in trailers to keep for themselves, as Strick didn’t want them back. They saw potential in leasing these trade-ins and built a small fleet of trailers rented for storage. The business took off, and in 1967 they left Strick and formed The Eagle Leasing Co. in Orange, CT.

In the late 1970s, the family knew that to keep growing they needed to expand into Massachusetts, where the high-tech boom was just starting. After careful planning, they opened their first office there in 1987. Following 20 years of growth, Eagle Leasing added a state-of-the-art facility in Oxford, MA in 2006.

Today, Eagle Leasing serves customers from residential to industrial with more than 20,000 units in its fleet and over 100 acres of land across its facilities. What started with storage and road trailers has expanded to include flatbeds, storage containers, office trailers, and office containers.

As portable storage demand continued to grow, we expanded again by joining the Rent-A-Container network — bringing Eagle’s experience, fleet strength, and service standards to a much larger footprint. Today, Eagle Leasing helps support and service every Rent-A-Container location, with coverage reaching across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, and into Michigan and Illinois.

With more than 200 employees, Eagle Leasing remains family-built, customer-focused, and committed to delivering dependable space solutions—wherever and whenever they’re needed.