Purchased semi flatbed trailer, can we drive it home without plates?

I bought this trailer at auction for $1,200:

http://www.bidspotter.com/en-us/auc...0049/lot-4ee0f17e-57e8-4eea-8ce7-a4ed00fafcd6

It is in Iowa and I am based in Illinois.

The problem is that they will give me the title during pick-up. So, at the time of pick-up it will not yet be registered or insured in my name.

Can I send my driver to pick it up and drive it from IA to IL, and use the title and purchase documents to explain why there is no license plate? Would that be legal as a "fresh purchase"? I know that it is legal for cars.

It would be driven/towed without any cargo.

Thanks

 

Hi, do you think that it is a bad trailer? Maybe I overpaid for it?

 

What I was going to do with this trailer is, rip out the wood, and pay a particular company to add a "gondola" or "open top" box on top of the flatbed frame, to make it into a scrap gondola trailer.

So, as you can imagine, I am very anxious myself about the condition of this trailer and mostly, whether the frame is solid enough to convert it into a gondola.

Pictures of wood are not that good looking. Pictured of metal look not bad, surprisingly for the age of this trailer. The tires look bad.

I will report on its actual condition once I get it.