From 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.

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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.

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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.  
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Read MrTruck's Featherlite SURV review visiting campsites and trying accessories.

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....

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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...

Here is a review of the Featherlite Model 8541 four-horse gooseneck by Dave Mattern of HorseTrailerWorld.com