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Here Are
Our Hours of Operation and
a Brief History of Our Company
Hours
of Operation
Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM
Closed Saturday & Sunday
Outside these hours gladly by appointment
PLEASE!,
Give us a call so we can accommodate you if
you would like to come in and cannot make it during our normal hours
Our History
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The original Iowa Farm Boys was started by the Channon Family.
Two brothers,
Bob and Bill, along with their father Ray and the rest of their family
came to California from their farm in Grimes, Iowa in the early 40's.
By
the late 40's Bob was working for a trailer dealer on Ventura Blvd. in
Studio City outside what was then Republic Studios.
Bill and Ray
operated Rand Trailer Sales and All Brands Trailer Sales in Glendale and
El Monte, California.
Bob went on to work for Stout Motors in Glendale,
California where he became sales manager.
By the late 50's Bob was ready to open his own operation in Glendale, California
which he called Iowa Farm Boys Trailer Sales.
Bill opened his own lot in
El Monte. While Bob and Bill shared a similar business name they
maintained
separate businesses with a very friendly rivalry as brothers are prone
to do.
Bob moved from his first location to a larger one on San Fernando Road
still in Glendale.
Bill after a few years decided to move his operation
to Arizona in the Verde Valley where he developed
a mobile home park and
continued to sell mobile homes and trailers. Today in 2001 Bill is semi
retired and still living in Arizona.
Bob had also expanded his operation to selling new and used trailers, mobile
homes and motor homes.
Expanding development pushed him to move his business from Glendale
to Burbank, California
and then on to North Hollywood, California in the
mid 80's. From there, because of his
declining health,
he operated on a much smaller scale until his passing in September 1996.
After Bob's passing his daughter Sue with help from her husband Mel formed
IOWA BOYS, LLC which has been operating
since October 1996.
Currently we are concentrating on vintage & used trailers and with
an emphasis on sales,
repairs, refurbishing and studio rentals for on
camera use.
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