History
1970s Jim Keizer was the eldest child of Hudson, SD, farmers Sam and Nellie Keizer. After moving to Sioux City, in 1976 he started his own business, Jim Keizer Refrigeration Service, serving customers in Sioux City with only a toolbox in the back of his pickup truck. He ran a one-man company with no other employees. In his first year Jim worked at truck stops and eventually began working at IBP in Dakota City on refrigeration units. In the next two years he purchased his first service truck and started working on equipment at large packing houses in town, including John Morell. Jim worked days and nights, often away all night during cold winter nights and then heading back to work first thing in the morning. During the winter, refrigeration units gel up easily and Jim was on call to help businesses when their equipment stopped working.
Specialties
Mid-States Utility offers a wide range of semi-trailers from Utility Manufacturing, East Manufacturing, Landoll, Demco Circle R, Demco Maurer, and Featherlite. Our company is one of the largest family-owned semi-trailer dealerships in the midwest. Our four branches in Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Omaha, and Des Moines offer new and used trailer sales but also full service including 24-hr roadside mobile service and an extensive line of aftermarket parts, at very competitive prices (Omaha, Sioux City and Sioux Falls only). Our skilled team of over 160 employees brings you over 800 years of combined experience, to help you stay on the road delivering loads!