2008 Trade Show Has Only Two Manufacturers Spaces Left Until It's SOLD OUT!
5/5/2008 7:14:06 AM
Last week added: Montana Tractors, Cimarron Trailers, Lakota, Premier, Travalong, M.H. Eby Trailers, and a slew of great product vendors as well. The first issue of the NATDA magazine went to print, and will start arriving at your dealerships this week. The association has topped 700 members, and continues to grow at a very rapid pace. Start making your travel plans to attend the 2008 NATDA Trade Show & Convention now!


NATDA Membership by State .. 675 Members as of March 31,2008
4/24/2008 3:14:55 PM
The following demographics represent the NATDA membership (675 members) as of Mar 31, 2008. Looks like Fort Worth was a good choice for the trade show as Texas leads the pack with NATDA members, followed by Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Indiana, Florida, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.


3M Awarded Associate Member Of The Year Award By NATM
4/24/2008 10:18:53 AM
(April 16, 2008 - Topeka, KS) The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) presented 3M, Saint Paul, MN, with the Associate Member of the Year Award. This award is given to an Associate Member who has made outstanding contributions to NATM.


Trailer Rental... An Untapped Revenue Source
4/22/2008 9:37:27 AM
How would you like to make an extra $300,000 a year? What if you could do that with minimal risk and without major additional investment? This is not the “buy real estate with no money down” or “work at home in the evenings”, or any get rich quick scam. It is basically doing just what you have been doing with just the same profile of customers that you have been doing it with, using the same products that you are currently selling. This opportunity is the Trailer Rental business!


The Five Profit Centers Of The Dealership.. Part One
4/14/2008 6:21:08 AM
The Five Profit Centers of The Dealership all deal with servicing your customer. Make a customer happy, and you will see them spending money with you in each one of your profit centers, and you retain a customer for life. Here is a true statement. The customer that you made the most profit on ends up being your happiest customer. Customers want value for their dollar, and servicing your customers needs are the best value that you can give.




The North American Trailer Dealers Association
is the only professional business association that serves the light and medium duty trailer dealers and brings them together as a unified team. For years, the trailer industry has struggled hard and waited patiently to gain financial strength, professional credibility and industry recognition. Today, the wait is finally over!

 

By uniting the trailer dealers within a professional business association, NATDA is able provide dealers with only the very best benefits, programs and education available. We work hard for you so we can continue to provide the very best products and services to our members. .

NATDA is bringing you the 2008 Trade Show & Convention for the Trailer Industry packed full of products and services for horse, cargo, race car, dump, flatbed, and toy haulers, and many more. We have Manufacturers, Dealers, Product and Service Vendors, Financial Institutions and Insurance Companies together at the same time for one huge Trade Show. The focus of the trade show will be the education that we are providing on Running The Five Profit Centers of Your Dealership.

 

The Trailer Appraisal Guide (TAG) is a book we are working hard to develop in order to bring standardization to the used trailer market. By providing a consistently accurate book of values, financial institutions and insurance companies will be eager to develop our industry. This book will go a long way in facilitating the changes needed to provide our industry with more competitive finance options, better floor planning programs and stronger insurance packages.

 

The NATDA Magazine is published six times per year and each issue is circulated to over 4000 industry professionals. The magazine is a comfortable place to go when you want to read about things like new products and services, sales and marketing ideas, tips for parts and service departments, industry related news and press releases that relate to our industry.

 

Membership Benefits provided through NATDA are a cut above the rest. We take pride in offering you programs and services that are designed to either save you money or make you money. These are the same benefits you have been asking for and we are proud to be able to provide them to you. Your participation is needed to help make and keep our industry rock solid. The things we can accomplish together are so much greater than what we can do alone. The NATDA needs your support now!

 

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featured member

Branson Tractor is proud to be one of NATDA newest members, and trade show exhibitors.  Look for us in August at the NATDA Trade Show.  Branson Tractor was founded in 1998 as a tractor distribution company and started with 2 models.  In November 2003; Branson merged with Kukje Manufacturing of Korea.  Since this merger; Branson has experienced tremendous growth.  Branson now boasts over 10 lines of tractors and 2 assembly plants, one in Rome, Georgia and the other in Stockton, California 

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manufacturers & vendors
new members
Dinbokowitz Marine
Turner Road Trailer Sales
Five Star Trailers, Inc.
101 Trailer Sales
B & B Trailers & Accessories
Smith Trailer Sales
High Plains Trailer Sales
Big Tex West
Trailers of New England, Inc.
Here's Fred Trailers & Toppers
MGS Trailers
Accutrak Mfg. Corp.
Fosters Farm & Equipment Supply
Texas Trailers Sales & Service
Sasak Trailers
Creighton's Trailer Sales, Inc.
Cuddeback Trailer & Equipment
Temperature Control Solutions
Midway Rentals & Sales
B.A.T. Custom Trailers, Inc.
Carriage Industries, LLC
The Car Shop Trailer Sales
Bennett Ind.
Midway Trailers, Inc. d/b/a Missouri Great Dane
A-1 Express Rental Center
R. A. Adams Enterprises, Inc.
Lewis Trailer Sales, Inc.
Four Acres Trailer Sales Inc.
Rocky Mountain Sales & Service, Inc.
West-Way Trailers
Kennewick Ranch Home, LLP