Wooly Wagons are fantastic

Bud gushes over Steve Auth's unique trailer creations

By Bud Fields

Outdoors with Bud

I met Steve Auth back in the early 1970s. He was my barber/hair stylist, and we became great friends. Through the years he listened to several thousand of my jokes, and as I got to know him better, I was amazed at the many things he could do.

Not only was he very successful at cutting and styling hair, he was an excellent woodworker and extremely skilled as a welder and metal fabricator. It seemed like every time I visited him, he had another new project going on.

Steve knew I was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, trapping, etc. And he showed me around the shop he had in a pole barn behind his house. Golly, he had welders, cutting saws, metal benders and shapers, and anything and everything the average man wished they had.

He was telling me about the Wooly Wagons, and I marveled as he gave me a tour. I saw several of his Wooly Wagon projects, progressing from being a normal aluminum trailer. They started building the interior frame of aluminum and precisely measuring and cutting and welding the support braces for the frame of the unit.

The next time I visited, they had the entire unit boxed in, and they had installed some custom-made windows the customer ordered. They had just about finished the inside wiring for the lights, and the custom-made ceiling had been installed. It looked nothing like it looked the first time I saw it. The next visit, the unit was about 80-percent completed, and I was astonished with what I was seeing.

Steve told me every unit he had ever designed and built, he had the blueprint recorded. The thing about Wooly Wagons is they are custom-built to the customer's wishes. If you went to a regular camper sales lot, you might find something like you wanted, but maybe there was just something you settled for but wished it was different.

Steve could show you the different models he has made, and you could select the model and then select how you want the inside and outside of your Wooly Wagon. It will be professionally built to your specifications.

Wooly Wagons, 10799 CR West, 100 South, in Russiaville, their goal is to provide quality, safe products that are enjoyable and functional for your personal or business purposes. They use only the best materials when building their wagons, ensuring you can take your wagon wherever your path leads.

When you search for an aluminum wagon, take into account the size and thickness of the aluminum used. Inspect the quality of the welds. With Steve and his skilled, professional craftsmen, you can rest assured that their research and design results in a wagon you will be proud to own.

With Wooly Wagons, you never have to deal with rot. Aluminum will not rust like steel, and with no rust, your Wooly Wagon will not stain. It will look great and require less maintenance for many years. If, 25 years from now, you want to replace the siding finishes, the durable aluminum framing will still be there and standing strong.

The lightweight design will be a great advantage with today's higher gas prices. Many people like hauling with smaller vehicles that have a lower towing capacity. The weight of the trailer is important to keep the total weight in a safe range for many vehicles.

You can opt for several different trailer lengths and single or tandem axles and brake systems. I can tell you from personal experience, these trailers pull so easy. I have seen several being towed with smaller vehicles and smaller horsepower trucks. I towed one with my Dodge Ram quad cab and never felt any resistance at all.

Over the years since Steve Auth introduced the Wooly Wagon, I have seen many of them get started and watched their progress to completion. They are truly a work of art, and I know also that Steve Auth is an honest man and will not take any shortcuts in manufacturing wooly wagons or in the materials he uses.

I would encourage you to contact Steve Auth at 765-513-9104 and visit the Wooly Wagon website, http://www.woolywagons.com. You can email him at: woolywagons428.@gmail.com.