Dale Pack Station started in 1966 as a saddle and leather repair shop in the basement of our ranch home just north of Yakima, Washington. This shoe string business slowly migrated to horse and mule pack equipment with our Deckers as the anchor. The leather work was done in the basement while our living room held large rolls of canvas because our living room floor was the only space large enough to roll out the heavy canvas duck. Around 1975 we had our first mail order catalog of pack equipment printed and started selling nationwide. Business picked up quickly to the point that we had no room to function. About 1977 we had a 3,000 sq. ft. shop built on the ranch for building the pack equipment. We were tickled with all the room which quickly evaporated as we purchased more machinery and built up a large inventory of raw materials. All the while the business was growing.
Now, you’re saying to yourself, holy smokes... Continued