A few months ago, I purchased a nice aluminum flatbed trailer to help with the construction and moving. Unfortunately, about a week after I bought it, I was on the freeway with it unloaded and it suddenly went into uncontrolled oscillation and decoupled from my car. Thank God that there were some County Police who were already on the scene - pulling over a suspected DUI. They directed traffic and got me on my way (they also issued a citation). No one was hurt, no damage was done to any vehicle.
This really soured me on trailers but the Highlander does not have a lot of cargo space and it was taking me three trips for every single trailer trip. I Googled around and a local dealership had a used Ford (I love Fords) Econoline E250 for sale - 2012 with 23K miles on it. Perfect condition. I picked it up today - bare bones tradesman's van - perfect for what I need.
Since it was used, I will use it for the six months or so and then sell it for what I paid for it. WIN/WIN
Oh yes, I got it for a steal - it had been on the lot for a while and they were very happy to move it. Even negotiated them down a couple $K. From my 20's to 40's, I had always had a van so this is a kind-of fun return to my mis-spent youth...
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