Featherlite Trailers

Featherlite Inc.
Private
Industry Trailers
Founded 1973
Headquarters Cresco, Iowa USA
Website www.fthr.com

Featherlite Trailers is an all-aluminum trailer manufacturer, located in Cresco, Iowa. It is the oldest all-aluminum trailer brand in the United States,[1][2] and today manufactures horse trailers and a range of speciality trailers.

History

The company was established in 1973 in Oklahoma, when it built the first all-aluminum gooseneck livestock trailer. In 1988 the company was acquired by Featherlite Manufacturing of Grand Meadow, Minnesota, relocating to Cresco, Iowa in 1993.[3]

The company created the first ever custom aluminum race car semi trailer for NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt and team owner Richard Childress.[4] Today Featherlite is the official trailer of NASCAR,[5] supplying 85% of the NASCAR Sprint Cup teams.

In 2006, Featherlite Trailers became a wholly owned subsidiary of Universal Trailer Corporation.

Products

Featherlite manufactures a range of all-aluminum trailers, mainly using aluminum alloys. Featherlite emphasizes the customizability of its trailers, maintaining a virtual horse trailer design system on its web site.[6]

Sponsorships

References

  1. ↑ "Trailers". Horsetrailerworld.com. 2002-01-04. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Featherlite Trailer Factory Review, they make all types of great trailers, aluminum horse trailers, car haulers, NASCAR, cargo trailers and flatbeds.". Mrtrailer.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Featherlite, Inc.: Information from". Answers.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  4. ↑ Aumann, Mark (2012-09-25). "Haulers become teams' home away from home". NASCAR. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  5. 1 2 "Nascar.Com". Nascar.Com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  6. ↑ "PerfectFit for Horse Trailers | Featherlite". Fthr.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  7. ↑ "Partners". AQHA. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  8. ↑ "ApHC Sponsors and Sponsorship Information". Appaloosa.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  9. ↑ "Sponsors - National Western Stock Show". Nationalwestern.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  10. ↑ "Sponsors". ARCAracing.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.

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