A lot has been happening lately. I discovered that I waiting too long to purchase a trailer for the SuperSTOL. The guy that was making them, no longer is. So, this sent me scrambling to find an alternative. I spoke with Keith Showalter about his experience towing his SuperSTOL on an open flatbed from South Carolina to Alaska. He was a wealth of information and very kindly shared it with me.
I immediately began a Craig's List search and found the exact trailer that Keith used for his trip and called on it only to find ti has sold the day before. Back to the search. I soon found a 24ft ALUMA aluminum deck over trailer with full width ramps and only 2 years old. It's 102" wide which is perfect as the width of the plane is 102" at the tires. I was off to check it and made the deal. It was in very nice condition and is light weighing only 1650lbs. No problem for the Jeep Grand Cherokee to pull, even with the 1000lbs of plane loaded. It will also come in handy on the ranch.
Next, I needed a tool box for the front to stow, tools, a battery, and the winch. It came today, now I have to figure out how to mount it. I also picked up a Super Winch Winch-2-Go, 4000lbs winch. This will allow me to load the plane by myself. I'll be mounting all that soon.
I had my friend Vernon repair a couple of cracked welds on the ramps now they're back on and ready to go.
It was really getting worrisome how I was going to get the plane to Colorado. I'm really glad to have this taken care of and it's a really nice trailer.
