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Horse Trailers to
NASCAR and Everything in Between!
I take great pride in picking sponsors for my
website. I figure it reflects on the quality and credibility of MrTruck.com.
I don't allow truck manufacture advertising and I do the picking. I was so
tickled to get Featherlite Trailers to come aboard. I've admired their
trailers for years. I remember back in the seventies when I first saw these
aluminum trailers, they were the first and almost 30 years later they
are still leading the way.
Factory
Review: Featherlite can
pump out thousands of trailers a year, from horse trailers,
cargo trailers, car haulers, NASCAR race trailers, specialty
semi trailers, helicopter pads and portable emergency rooms for
events like Katrina. Featherlite was the first aluminum
specialty trailer born in 1973 when I was sophomore in high
school.
Featherlite started the trend in1985 with torsion axles,
ahead of the crowd.
Better ride than leaf springs and safer.
See the models and features being built
Featherlite Trailers’ new array of “lite” priced
horse trailers plus luxury living quarters
on display at Quarter Horse Congress
CRESCO, Iowa/October 7, 2009 —At this month’s
All American Quarter Horse Congress, Featherlite’s show
display will include many new “lite-priced”
horse trailers, while still offering horse owners
Featherlite’s all-aluminum durability plus distinctive
luxury choices. “Featherlite’s newest generation of horse
trailers originates from a desire to offer more value to
horse owners who are faced with a challenging economy yet
are still focused on the safety and care of their horses and
don’t want to sacrifice reliability and quality,” Randy
Lewis, Featherlite national sales manager, said.
Leading
the line up of new Featherlite trailers on display at the
Quarter Horse Congress (Congress) is the
Model 8533 gooseneck horse trailer introduced this
spring that now has even more options including a 2-horse
configuration and a weekender living quarters. A Model 8533
combining both new options will be on display at Congress.
The 8533 measures an easy-to-tow width of 6’7” and has
Featherlite’s new standard feature – chrome glass windows.
The trailer sports a handy dressing room with 46” short wall
when not outfitted with a living quarters.
The weekender living quarters in the Model
8533 offers the options of a bed in the gooseneck,
shower/toilet combo, overhead cabinets, single stainless
steel sink, countertop, wardrobe closet, in cabinet
refrigerator, microwave and other amenities.
“Featherlite’s 8533 horse trailer is designed
for the recreational horse owner with its lower price point
and the option for a small living quarters, yet it still
affords a horse owner the durability and value of
Featherlite’s all-aluminum construction,” Lewis said. The
starting retail price for the Model 8533 is $18,404 with the
living quarters starting at $27,105.
Another solution for price-conscious horse
owners is Featherlite’s new Model 8417, a combo horse/stock
gooseneck trailer. The new combo trailer also measures 6’7”
wide and is available in lengths of 16’ and 20’ and with a
slant or straight wall dressing room. The trailer comes
standard with a wood floor, wraparound LED lights, an
aerodynamic tapered gooseneck and full swing rear gate.
Numerous additions are available on the Model 8417 including
tack options, LED strip lighting, plexiglass and more.
“Two
other new lite-priced horse trailer models, the 9405 and
9409, plus our livestock Model 8117 are also new for 2010,
plus pricing on most Featherlite models has never been more
attractive,” Lewis said. “While we’ve developed more
economical hauling options, we’ve still kept focus on the
quality, easy-tow and durability of a Featherlite trailer.
In addition, all horse trailers now come with Featherlite’s
new mirrored “chrome” glass windows.”
On the other end of the spectrum, horse
owners still have the option of customizing their trailer
with eye-catching and unique options with the Featherlite
PerfectFit™ System. Featherlite will have on display a
Featherlite living quarters configured with a Nintendo Wii®.
This 23-ft. double slideout has a rear bedroom that also
serves as an entertainment suite. It sports a leather
foldout electric couch, a wet bar and a Nintendo Wii. There
is also a Wii gaming console outside on the trailer. The
trailer features stylish LED strip lighting that provides
extra illumination in the horse area, a wrapped hay rack,
convenient sliding saddle rack and an exterior with dual
silver/black side sheets and polished aluminum panels on the
bottom.
Another living quarters on display will
feature heavy-duty 2” thick feed doors with chrome glass
windows, fans in the horse area and polished panels on the
exterior. The 16’ living quarters area features a VIP
interior with 2-toned walnut cabinet doors with a clear
maple inlay.
Other horse trailers on display include:
• The new
Model 9405 will be on showcase with one of Featherlite’s
newest exterior colors – brandywine. The Model 9405 is a one
or two horse trailer with a flip up rear door and a ramp.
• Featherlite’s popular
Model 8541 gooseneck horse trailer features exterior
styling of dual white and stainless steel with painted
‘wave’ side panels on the bottom, a white painted roof rail,
graphics and Featherlite’s new optional aluminum wheels. The
horse area is equipped with Featherlite’s new WERM flooring
option, which seals the trailer floor and provides a padded,
slip resistant surface that is impervious to liquids and
eliminates the need for rubber mats.
Featherlite has been building all-aluminum
horse trailers since 1973. Each Featherlite horse trailer
comes with an 8-year limited structural warranty, and new
for 2010 models, Featherlite’s warranty is transferable when
traded in for a new Featherlite trailer and resold at an
authorized Featherlite dealer. “Horse owners can feel
confident they’re receiving reliability, a superior tow and
peace of mind when they choose a Featherlite horse trailer,”
Lewis said.
The All American Quarter Horse Congress is
held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio, from Oct.
2-25, 2009 with the trade show opening October 8.
Featherlite’s display spaces at Congress are inside in
Congress Hall and outside across the street from the
Congress Annex. For more information, call 800-800-1230 or
visit the web at
www.fthr.com/tnews.
New Featherlite stock trailer options provide
style and safety
CRESCO, Iowa/October 12, 2009 — When Featherlite Trailers
planned its 2010
stock trailer options, its main goal was to stack great
looks on top of superior durability. “We wanted to outdo
ourselves,” Randy Lewis, Featherlite’s national sales
manager, said.
To
that end, Featherlite has released options that really make
its stock trailers exceptional. Customers now have four new
colors from which to select: green, yellow, orange and
brandywine. Corrosion-resistant aluminum wheels are another
option that add an extra dash of style.
Featherlite’s options aren’t just about flash and style. The
new “Step Safe” rear gate option is designed to be safer for
your livestock, and their owners too. “Step Safe” center
gates, previously introduced in Featherlite’s 2009 models,
are already effective in preventing livestock slippage, and
the new rear gate option makes loading and unloading
livestock even safer.
For more information about the new stock trailer options,
visit Featherlite online at
www.fthr.com/tnews or call 800-800-1230.
Featherlite
Announces Aggressive Product Launch Despite Tough Market
– Featherlite® Trailers’ 2010 offerings suggest this is a
company as tough as its products. Instead of adopting a “stay
the course” attitude for 2009, Featherlite has unveiled new
trailers, new options and bold new customer benefits.
“At
Featherlite, we think the proper response to an underperforming
economy is to over-perform,” Randy Lewis, Featherlite’s national
sales manager, said. “We wanted to outdo ourselves with both
product innovation and customer benefit.”
More good news...
Featherlite launches new websites created for today’s trailer customers; CRESCO, Iowa/November 10, 2008—Featherlite Trailers has launched two new interactive websites that are more kinetic and “customer-centric” than ever before. Enhancements include the Featherlite Online Trailer Builder, Request a Quote and Model Comparison features, among many others, as well as a complete aesthetic redesign.
One of the new sites,
http://www.fthr.com/ focuses on Featherlite’s consumer trailer models – car, recreation, livestock, horse and commercial/utility. The second site,
http://www.featherlitespecialty.com/ spotlights the dynamic Featherlite business-to-business segments. This includes the famed Featherlite racecar transporters used by NASCAR, IRL and other racing sanction teams. The major portion of the site illuminates the extensive capabilities that Featherlite has designing and manufacturing dynamic mobile facilities for business, corporate, government and professional sports organizations.
More....
An interview with Universal Trailer Investor and
Board Member Paul Zepf
Universal Trailer Corporation
President and CEO Tom Frey announced that Corporate Partners II
[CP] had invested $45 million in newly issued equity of
Universal Trailer Corporation [UTC], thereby becoming UTC’s
largest shareholder.
UTC is the largest specialty
trailer manufacturer in North America. The Company manufactures
a wide selection of trailer and motorcoach products. Its brands
are Haulmark, Haulmark Motorcoach, Featherlite, Exiss, Sooner
and Miley. Interview with Paul Zepf, a Managing Principal of CP,
click for interview....
You know the people you've admired and thought of as being
on top of their game. They can spot value over marketing and they are the ones who have brick homes, so they don't
have to paint and have better resale. These are the same people who buy
Featherlite trailers for the same reasons. I spend much of my time looking
for truck stories and news. I travel to horse sales, RV parks, car races,
etc. I
want to see what's popular, who's happy with their truck and trailers and
why. Everywhere I go the biggest common denominator is Featherlite trailers.
To see Featherlite's home page
click.
The trailer business is very competitive. You
basically see 5 truck brands, but you can see 160+ brands of trailers or more.
When I was selling trucks every day, I would tell people to look at the
trucks that are 5 years old and see how they hold up. Check out the fit of
the doors, tailgates and of course the drive trains. It's the same thing
with trailers, find and older ones and see how they hold up. Look at the
floors, doors, axles and hitches. Now you know which one you want new or
used. And Featherlite as an advantage here, you can get a really used one of
a few decades old if you want! You know I would worry if I had to buy a 10
year old truck to use hard everyday and depended on it for a living. But I
would buy a 20 year old Featherlite with confidence!
To Find your next trailer, Click.
Featherlite
introduces 2009 ‘PerfectFit’ Living Quarters with striking new
décor selections plus other enhancements. Featherlite® Trailers continues to
transform the traveling and buying experience of horse owners
with the introduction of striking new 2009 décor options now
available through the popular PerfectFit™ System. Plus,
Featherlite has expanded its options with recent enhancements to
its entire horse trailer line.
PerfectFit Living Quarters: The PerfectFit System is a new process that allows the horse
trailer to be designed around the horse owner and their horses,
without the custom price. Previously featured only on select
living quarters models, it is now available on Featherlite’s
entire line of horse and livestock trailers.
Among its new options is an
expanded selection of cabinet woods including Aged Paulownia
(dark oak), Farmyard Hickory, Moving Walnut and Trinity Oak, in
addition to the traditional choices. There is something for
everyone in the 2009 assortment of fabric selections for seating
or valances including extra this year, a medley of upgraded
exotic leather seating options, featuring a number of animal
patterns. More...
CRESCO,
Iowa/April 10, 2008 — Featherlite® Trailers continues to
transform the traveling and buying experience of horse
owners with the introduction of striking new décor
options now available through the popular PerfectFit™
System.
The PerfectFit System is a new process that allows the
horse trailer to be designed around the horse owner and
their horses, without the custom price. Previously
featured only on select living quarters models, it is
now available on Featherlite’s entire line of horse and
livestock trailers.
More....
Featherlite
introduces versatile new combination trailer
CRESCO,
Iowa (October 31, 2007) – With its versatility,
Featherlite’s new Model 8409 combination trailer is a
great option for horse owners, livestock owners and
hobby farmers. A bumper pull, Model 8409 is available in
16-foot and 20-foot lengths and is designed for hauling
both cattle and horses.
It features a full swing rear door with lockable slider,
4-foot dressing room and a skid resistant aluminum
floor. It’s available with an optional slant wall, air
spacing and tack package, among many other options. Like
all Featherlite livestock and horse trailers, the Model
8409 comes with Featherlite’s sleek new “Wave’ side
panels.
For more information on Featherlite Model 8409, call
Featherlite at 800-800-1230, visit your local dealer or
go to the web at www.fthr.com/tnews .
Featherlite unveils striking
enhancements to its horse trailers and living quarters
Introduction includes new Featherlite/Sierra
Interiors Collection & ‘wave’ side panels
CRESCO,
Iowa - Transforming its entire
horse trailer product line, Featherlite is excited to
announce the beginning of a new partnership with Sierra
Custom Interiors and to introduce its new ‘wave’ side
panels on horse trailers. With the new partnership,
Sierra will produce Featherlite’s entire line of
standard and standard with options living quarters,
while the new side panels notably alter the exterior
look of the Featherlite horse trailer.
“This is the largest product development announcement
ever at Featherlite,” Randy Lewis, Featherlite national
sales manager, said. “The new exterior of the
Featherlite gives a fresh, sleek appearance to the
already distinctive, premium look of Featherlite. Mix
the new side panels and other innovations with the new
Featherlite/Sierra Interiors Collection, and we feel
we’ve given horse owners every reason to choose
Featherlite.”
‘Wave’ Featherlites The new models are being called the ‘wave’
Featherlites because of the sleek undulating design of
the new side panels now standard on all Featherlite
horse trailers with aluminum side panels. The new sides
are modeled after the panels on the Featherlite Medalist
Series introduced last year. “The new sides create a
striking and even more eye-catching Featherlite horse
trailer,” Lewis said. “No matter where it goes this new
Featherlite will turn heads.”
Featherlite/Sierra Interiors Collection The new Featherlite/Sierra Interiors Collection is
the result of a new partnership between Featherlite and
Sierra Custom Interiors. Sierra, of Elkhart, Indiana,
will produce Featherlite’s entire line of standard and
standard with options living quarters trailers.
“The Featherlite/Sierra Interiors offer our customers
unbelievable décor selections, including thousands of
options and many new standard features,” Lewis said.
“Plus, they’ll benefit from the remarkable craftsmanship
that comes with each Sierra interior.” The
Featherlite/Sierra Interiors Collection will feature an
array of eight décor packages or customers can choose
from options for a more customized interior.
More great features In other product news, all Featherlite trailers are
now equipped with sharper looking L.E.D. lights that
enhance visibility when traveling down the road. Plus,
two additional stop/turn L.E.D. lights are now standard
on horse trailers.
Featherlite
unveils Medalist Series with advanced styling and inventive
features. Featherlite Medalist available on over 85 horse
trailer models Inspired
by horse owners who yearn for a horse trailer built
‘their way’, Featherlite, Inc., the nation’s oldest
specialty aluminum trailer brand, has unveiled its
Featherlite Medalist Series.
Featherlite’s
new generation of aluminum horse trailers offer
a unique blend of advanced styling and inventive
features customized to the specific needs of
horse owners and their horses.More..
I took some
pictures of the new Medalist at the All American
Quarter Horse Congress in Ohio. The corner tail
lights, inside LED strip lighting, safety guard
stall lining, aluminum wheels, polished cast
corner caps and so much more to enjoy on this
new model.
New Featherlite living quarters model expands trailer choices
for horse owners in more ways than one
CRESCO,
IA – Whether horse owners need a place to
relax during a day-long horse show or are traveling for weeks at
a time with their horses, Featherlite offers them many horse
trailer choices, including the exciting new Model 8562.
Featherlite horse trailer Model 8562 includes a
well-appointed 12’ living quarters with a slideout that creates
a lot more living space. In the slideout is a dinette, but
customers have the option of a goucho sofa instead. The smooth
flowing design of the living quarters includes a kitchenette
with a cooktop stove, microwave, sink and refrigerator. The
trailer also includes a restroom with a neo-angled shower and a
bed in the gooseneck.
Model 8562 is available in a 3 and 4-horse
version. It also includes Light Flo drop down feed doors, 3/4”
deep cushion floor mats, a low maintenance enclosed wiring
harness and noise-reducing rubber coated tie rings. The 8562
comes with aluminum corrugations and is also available with
smooth skin (Model 9662) or stainless steel corrugations (Model
9962).
Featherlite
unveils new ‘super durable’ 2007 SURVs designed for avid outdoor enthusiasts
CRESCO, Iowa / July 17, 2006 – Outdoor activities – from riding ATVs,
motorcycles and dirt bikes to maneuvering dune buggies to hunting and
fishing – continue to grow in popularity. With that growing popularity are
people’s desires to travel to their recreational activities for days at a
time and still feel at home. Featherlite’s Sport Utility Recreational
Vehicles (SURV), including its new 2007 models, features and options,
continue to offer that luxury to outdoor enthusiasts. More...
Featherlite,
Inc. (Nasdaq:FTHR), the nation’s oldest specialty aluminum
trailer brand, has unveiled its most affordable living quarters
horse trailer. New Model 8946 has an external design like no
other Featherlite horse trailer and is uniquely priced for
entry-level living quarters buyers. More....
Clinton
Anderson unveils limited edition Featherlite trailer New
features and enhancements offer customers convenience and style
Renowned equestrian clinician and
trainer Clinton Anderson was in attendance at the Featherlite
International Dealer Meeting this spring to unveil the Clinton
Anderson Downunder Edition of Featherlite Model 9406. The new
special features were personally selected by Anderson and
include an array of attractive amenities. More...
