Glen Reid's guest appearances

Glen Reid

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podcast – Sean McGaughey- For the Sake of the Song

Lance Stander

Ben Strader

Paul Yaw

Tony Palo

Chris Delgado

Shane Tecklenburg

Jim McIlvaine

Mike Lewin

Jay Payson

Chris Jewell

John Veloso

Steven Aghakhani

Dave Donnals

Reid Lunde

Jud Massingill

OwlTail

Glen is from New Zealand and his dad actually used to own a trailer company. His dad sold the company in the mid-eighties and it was a couple decades before Glen got back into trailers. After high school, Glen got into construction and went off to create his own construction company. Glen then moved to Dubai and did construction there as well. Over the next decade, he built a very large business with around 700 employees. His next adventure went down a completely different path. He took his wife and two small children to the United States. They bought an RV and toured the US for 6 months to take a break from it all. After the adventure, they moved back to New Zealand and Glen decided to get back into building trailers. He had bought a race car and struggled with loading and unloading it. So, he decided to fix the problem himself! He started with a motorcycle trailer that lowered to the ground to make it easier to load. The next phase was building a single-axle trailer that was capable of carrying a small car. Eventually, he created a tandem-axle trailer that could carry a full-size vehicle. At one point, they were making 50 different trailers and things were getting more and more complicated. After a trip to SEMA, he realized that they needed to streamline operations and focus on their core products. They shed 48 of their 50 different trailers to do this. Now, they only focus on the products that provide the most value.

Glen is from New Zealand and his dad actually used to own a trailer company. His dad sold the company in the mid-eighties and it was a couple decades before Glen got back into trailers. After high school, Glen got into construction and went off to create his own construction company. Glen then moved to Dubai and did construction there as well. Over the next decade, he built a very large business with around 700 employees. His next adventure went down a completely different path. He took his wife and two small children to the United States. They bought an RV and toured the US for 6 months to take a break from it all. After the adventure, they moved back to New Zealand and Glen decided to get back into building trailers. He had bought a race car and struggled with loading and unloading it. So, he decided to fix the problem himself! He started with a motorcycle trailer that lowered to the ground to make it easier to load. The next phase was building a single-axle trailer that was capable of carrying a small car. Eventually, he created a tandem-axle trailer that could carry a full-size vehicle. At one point, they were making 50 different trailers and things were getting more and more complicated. After a trip to SEMA, he realized that they needed to streamline operations and focus on their core products. They shed 48 of their 50 different trailers to do this. Now, they only focus on the products that provide the most value.

123: Glen Reid of Futura Trailers brought his innovative idea of a lowering trailer to reality

Glen Reid is a veteran of the Canadian Music scene. Â He began to make a name for himself in the late 1960s, in the folk community in the Yorkville district in Toronto. Throughout tht 70’s he was a session musician and band member on several popular Canadian television shows includingÂ Singalong Jubilee, Â John Allan Cameronâ€s Letâ€s Have A Caleigh, The Ryanâ€s Fancy/Tommy Makem Show, The Harry Hibbs Show, and the George Hamilton IV Show. In the 80s he moved to Burks Falls Ontario, where he worked as a cabinet maker, raises horses and became a well known luthier. You can read more of his stories and purchase his albums at glenreid.com.   Music: For the Sake of the Song (Â©2003 S. McGaughey) My Green Valleys Â©Â Glen Reid Dusty Ol’ Denim Â©Â Glen Reid You can leave comments on the blog, send me an email to ductapeguy at hotmail dot com or join theÂ For The Sake of the Song Podcast group on Facebook. Add this podcast to your favorite podcatcher atÂ http://feeds.feedburner.com/For_The_Sake_Of_The_Song 

<a href="http://www.glenreid.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://ductapeguy.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/GlenReid.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Glen Reid is a veteran of the Canadian Music scene. Â He began to make a name for himself in the late 1960s, in the folk community in the Yorkville district in Toronto. Throughout tht 70’s he was a session musician and band member on several popular Canadian television shows includingÂ Singalong Jubilee, Â John Allan Cameronâ€s Letâ€s Have A Caleigh, The Ryanâ€s Fancy/Tommy Makem Show, The Harry Hibbs Show, and the George Hamilton IV Show. In the 80s he moved to Burks Falls Ontario, where he worked as a cabinet maker, raises horses and became a well known luthier. You can read more of his stories and purchase his albums at <a href="http://www.glenreid.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">glenreid.com</a>. Music: For the Sake of the Song (Â©2003 S. McGaughey) My Green Valleys Â©Â Glen Reid Dusty Ol’ Denim Â©Â Glen Reid You can leave comments on the blog, send me an email to ductapeguy at hotmail dot com or join theÂ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2399188855" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">For The Sake of the Song Podcast</a> group on Facebook. Add this podcast to your favorite podcatcher atÂ <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/For_The_Sake_Of_The_Song" rel="alternate nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/For_The_Sake_Of_The_Song" rel="alternate nofollow" target="_blank">http://feeds.feedburner.com/For_The_Sake_Of_The_Song</a> <a href="http://castroller.com/podcasts/ForTheSakeOfTheSong/add" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>

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