Trailers
Trailer Repair And Structural Work
A trailer is the most structural vehicle in the shop, which sounds obvious until you see how many of them are running with a frame that has already moved. There is no engine, no drivetrain and very little to distract from the fact that the frame, the axles and the coupler are doing all of the work. When one of those three is out of specification, the symptom usually presents somewhere else entirely.
The common tell is a door. On an enclosed cargo trailer or a toy hauler, a ramp door that has started to bind, or a man door that needs lifting to latch, is telling you the box is no longer square. Adjusting the striker until it catches is the repair everybody tries first, and it locks the twist in permanently. Measuring the frame and shimming the body back to it fixes the cause.
Build outs are the other half of this work. A cargo trailer converted for racing, for a mobile business or for a workshop is a fabrication job rather than a repair, and it involves floor, walls, insulation, electrical, HVAC and tie down points that all have to carry load without compromising the structure they are attached to. That is welding and layout work, not assembly.
Types we take in
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Toy Hauler Trailers
Bumper-pull haulers with a rear garage, where ramp door structure, garage floor loading and rear frame integrity dominate repairs.
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Enclosed Cargo Trailers
Skinned box trailers where wall post integrity, roof seam sealing and ramp hardware determine whether the payload stays dry and secure.
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Utility and Equipment Trailers
Open deck haulers where frame welds, deck boards, ramp hardware and axle condition are the entire maintenance and repair story.
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Off-Road Trailers
Purpose-built unpaved-use trailers where articulating couplers, suspension mounting and underbody protection take the real punishment.
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Tiny Home Trailers
Residential structures on a towable chassis, where the connection between house framing and trailer frame is the critical repair area.
The work involved
Measured correction of bent or twisted chassis rails, crossmembers, A-frames and pin boxes using anchored pulls against factory datum.
Repair and replacement of exterior panels, compartment doors, skirts, moldings and trim on RVs, trailers and commercial bodies.
New floor coverings plus structural deck repair, including soft spot mapping, rot removal and slide room clearance work.
Entry, screen and compartment door alignment and repair, electric step service, latch, hinge, lock and keyless entry work.
Air bag and spring suspension, ride height setting, shocks, bearings, hubs, electric and hydraulic brakes, and leveling system service.
One-off brackets, mounts, racks, reinforcements and replacements for discontinued parts, fabricated to measured dimensions in steel or aluminum.
Full and partial vinyl wraps, fleet graphics, redrawn replacement decals, and removal of sun baked film over a verified sound surface.
Membrane, fiberglass and aluminum roof repair, resealing, recoating and full replacement, including decking repair and every rooftop penetration.
Fault isolation and repair across 12-volt and 120-volt circuits, load centers, transfer switches, converters, grounds and branch wiring.
What this work usually runs
| Work | Range | Labor |
|---|---|---|
| Frame and structural welding | $750 to $20,000 and up | 5 to 80 hours |
| Floor repair and replacement | $500 to $9,500 | 4 to 40 hours |
| Wall and roof skin replacement | $1,000 to $15,000 | 8 to 60 hours |
| Cargo, ramp and roll up door service | $400 to $5,500 | 2 to 22 hours |
| Axle service and replacement | $500 to $5,500 | 3 to 22 hours |
| Interior build out and conversion | $2,500 to $50,000 and up | 20 to 250 hours |
Planning ranges. All posted rates.
Questions owners ask
Can you weld a cracked trailer frame?
Do you replace trailer floors?
Do you do interior build outs and conversions?
What about brakes and axles?
Bring it to the shop from Lake Forest
Collision, paint, fiberglass, roof, slide and systems work, all performed at the Yorba Linda facility. Tell us the vehicle and what happened and we will schedule intake.