Posted 2007-06-30 11:26 PM (#63152 - in reply to #63146) Subject: RE: Featherlite Steel trailer views and opinions
Expert
Posts: 2828
Location: Southern New Mexico
I have a 98 steel featherlite, no frills. Just a dressing room on a 4horse slant with stock sides. The only complaint I have is the roof seams in the dressing room are leaking. I need to replace the calk along the seam and remove the fiberglass along the nose and clean the old calk out and replace with fresh calk.
It pulls great and the paint has held up fairly well. Its almost 10 yrs old and still has the original wood floor. Once I fix those seams and have it painted I won't need a new trailer for quite a while.
Posted 2007-07-02 1:16 PM (#63194 - in reply to #63146) Subject: RE: Featherlite Steel trailer views and opinions
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 489
Location: CA
I can't speak to the steel Featherlites, but as far as the welds and overall quality of the Featherlites in general, they're great. When I bought my new aluminum Featherlite in 1992, my husband (Ocean Engineer) checked it out thoroughly, comparing it to several other brands. He has high standards...Everything has to last in the ocean according to him! I still have that trailer and have no desire (within my budget!) to upgrade. It's SOLID. My guess is that the quality workmanship in the steel Featherlites is comparable, but always look thoroughly at the individual trailer you're considering for signs of misuse, accidents or poor quality.