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| Pictured: Riley and Kirk Greenhalgh at the Tire Trax storefront |
All major brands of tires, major engine overhauls, both conventional gas engines and diesel engines, and everything between is offered at Santaquin’s Tire Trax, conveniently located at 55 South Highland Drive, just south of Maverik on the east side of I-15. Valvoline oil is featured; alignments, brake work, emissions testing: everything needed to keep a vehicle moving.
Tire Trax in Santaquin may be a relatively new business (two years old in March) but owner Kirk Greenhalgh and manager Riley Greenhalgh are part of a family that has served Santaquin since 1930, when Kirk’s great-uncle Henry Greenhalgh built Santaquin Reservoir. Even before that, Greenhalgh ancestors helped settle the town.
In 1952, Kirk’s father, Richard (Dick) Greenhalgh started what would become Greenhalgh Construction, and it’s difficult to imagine anyone in Santaquin not having some connection with the company. Dick was proud of having purchased one of the first backhoes in Utah County and kept busy with construction along with working at Geneva Steel.
Some of the projects Greenhalgh Construction has been part of include cleaning out Highline Canal from Spring Lake to Genola before the irrigation seasons begin in spring. In 2002, when the mudslide on Dry Mountain filled in part of High Line Canal, Greenhalgh Construction helped clear it and built diversion structures. During the fire that burned most of Dry Mountain in 2001 and led to the later mudslide, local legendary bulldozer operator Eldon “Chick” Greenhalgh, while working for Greenhalgh Construction, was instrumental in saving houses on the east bench.
The company had earlier helped control the flooding in 1983 and 1984.
When Santaquin installed its first sewer system in 1993, Greenhalgh Construction installed the laterals to houses. And when Santaquin put in the new sewer plant on north Center Street a couple of years ago, Greenhalgh Construction installed the main trunk line.
The company built a secondary reservoir north of Santaquin Reservoir and just finished building a road at Summit Ridge, along with working on many of the subdivisions and other projects in town.
For eleven years, Kirk Greenhalgh built and managed Fast Trax on Santaquin Main Street, with its Sinclair fuel, automated car wash, and attached Taco Time. The operation was recently sold to Stan Merrill and continues to thrive.
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| Mechanic Lawrence Lavery of Genola |
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| Cousins (left-right) Tyler and Taylor Yates of Payson breaking down a tire at Tire Trax in Santaquin. |
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