flat bed trailer

i've been looking to buy a 6x12 flatbed utility trailer for awhile now, and found what name brand i wanted. it is a KARAVAN brand and the local BOMGAARS were selling them, but didn't have a 6x12 in stock at this store. they called around and found one for me at the store at Denison IA. that manager here sent one of his employees to Denison IA to pull my trailer here. they called me and said it was in, i went out to pick it up (old lady....oooops...i mean the loving wife drove me), got to the store and it was a 6x12 trailer...cept it was a CARRY ON trailer, and i don't want one of them cheap a$$ trailers! the manager was PO'd that i wouldn't accept that trailer, said a trailer is a trailer! NOPE! anyways, he said they had a KARAVAN 6x12 at Mankato MN. and would go after it, but would charge for the trip...thought somewhere around $700 shipping! (if i'da had a hammer close) ! i gots back on the web and searched more. and found one at FLEETFARM at Sioux Falls SD. called them, they double checked it was a KARAVAN 6x12 and it was. i couldn't make the trip, but a friend was going that way for something else and said he'd pull it home for me. i gave him cash to pay for it plus a few other expenses. he called me from FLEETFARM and told me they wanted my drivers license info along with my SS number before they'd sell it. i told him i don't give my SS number to anyone! he agree'd! FLEETFARM said they needed that info in order to give me a title for the trailer, i told them to shred the title, i don't need one. they wouldn't do that! i told FLEETFARM to keep their trailer and told my friend to come on home without it!  i called SD DOT and asked them about this and they said it is that way in SD, and some places even require a birth cert. before buying a vehicle! WTF? so...anyone out there that wants to buy something in SD, make sure you call first and don't assume it's gonna be like everywhere else! if the KARAVAN trailer wasn't such a nice trailer i'd prolly buy something else....but i want the KARAVAN!   

Looks like ya need to make a road trip to Des Moines, Dale.

picked up my new KARAVAN 6x12 trailer today at TRAILERS PLUS in Omaha. the sales people were awesum, the company gave me lots of discounts and accessories, when i went out to hook it up, the dude checked air in tires, (he also noticed a tire on my burb looked low, so he checked and aired up all the tires on the burb too!), he checked the torque on the lug nuts, checked all the lights, all the lights are LED's, we bumped fists and i was good to go. it trailed real nice on  the way home. wish i'd have found this one before trying for the one in SD. would have saved alot of time and frustration on both my friend and myself! 

I never before seen 1 the sides fold down. That would sure be handy at Menard's and then when I get home, simply stick the forks in and unload. I'm gonna look into them. It would make it so easy to haul loaded bee hives to other apiaries. Shameless, Thanks for the picture. Might have to forgive you for this dang cold stuff.

thanks! i think it's gonna work out good for me for lots of applications. Tom...go check them out at Trailers Plus in Omaha, they have a few left at the old prices, they told me their next order for them will be about 40% higher priced from the factory. they have some good deals on them right now. also they had bigger and smaller ones like what i got. thanks for posting the pic Steve!

no John, i woulda had to come home empty if they did! i have no idea where that piece of paper is!