--- title: "Featherlite Trailers Repair in West Covina" description: "Featherlite builds all aluminum livestock, car hauler, and specialty trailers built to last decades rather than seasons. OCRV Center repairs Featherlite trailers for West Covina owners at the Yorba Linda facility, with aluminum welding, panel replacement, frame work and refinishing." canonical: https://ocrv.xyz/brands/featherlite/ business: "OCRV Center" phone: "(949) 799-3387" address: "23281 La Palma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA 92887" market_served: "West Covina, California" --- # Featherlite Trailers Repair in West Covina Featherlite builds all aluminum livestock, car hauler, and specialty trailers built to last decades rather than seasons. OCRV Center repairs Featherlite trailers for West Covina owners at the Yorba Linda facility, with aluminum welding, panel replacement, frame work and refinishing. ## Known weak points - Aluminum weld cracking at high stress joints after many years of road vibration - Galvanic corrosion where aluminum contacts dissimilar metals at fasteners and hardware - Floor and ramp wear on livestock trailers from constant loading - Living quarters roof and sidewall sealing failing the way any RV structure does - Skin panel oil canning from impact or from frame movement - Torsion axle wear affecting how the trailer sits and tows - Interior divider and gate hardware wear on livestock configurations ## Aluminum is a different repair discipline than steel All aluminum construction is why a Featherlite lasts, and it is also why not every shop should be welding on one. Aluminum conducts heat far faster than steel, distorts more readily, and requires different filler selection and joint preparation. A weld that would be fine on a steel trailer can leave an aluminum member weaker than before it was repaired, because the heat affected zone around a poorly executed weld loses strength that the parent metal had. We treat aluminum structural work as its own discipline with its own procedures. On a trailer built to last thirty years, that distinction matters. ## Galvanic corrosion at the places metals meet Aluminum in contact with steel fasteners, hardware or hitch components will corrode at the contact point, and coastal Southern California air accelerates it. The symptom is usually a fastener that starts to weep a white powder or a mounting point that loosens repeatedly no matter how many times it is tightened. That second one is the more common complaint and it is frequently misread as a fastener problem. Correcting it means isolating the dissimilar metals rather than just replacing the hardware. Otherwise the same joint loosens again on the same schedule. ## Living quarters trailers wear like RVs, not like trailers A living quarters horse trailer has an RV structure attached to a working trailer. The trailer side wears like a trailer and the living side wears exactly like an RV, with the same roof seams, the same sealant fatigue and the same slide seal behavior. Owners tend to maintain the trailer side and forget the living side, because the trailer is what they think about. Roof seam inspection on the living quarters is the same seasonal habit that keeps any RV out of trouble. We inspect both when a living quarters unit comes in, since the two halves of the vehicle have genuinely different maintenance needs. ## Frequently asked questions ### Can any shop weld my aluminum trailer They should not. Aluminum conducts heat far faster than steel, distorts more readily and needs different filler and joint preparation. A poorly executed weld leaves a heat affected zone weaker than the parent metal, so the repair can end up worse than the damage. It is its own discipline with its own procedures. ### A mounting point on my trailer keeps loosening Usually galvanic corrosion rather than a fastener problem. Aluminum in contact with steel hardware corrodes at the contact point, and coastal Southern California air accelerates it. Replacing the hardware without isolating the dissimilar metals means the same joint loosens again on the same schedule. ### What maintenance do living quarters trailers actually need The living side needs exactly what an RV needs: seasonal roof seam inspection, sealant attention and slide seal checks. Owners tend to maintain the trailer half and forget the living half because the trailer is what they think about. We inspect both when one comes in. --- OCRV Center, 23281 La Palma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA 92887. Phone (949) 799-3387. All work is performed in shop at the Yorba Linda facility. We do not run mobile, roadside or fleet route service. Ranges are planning figures, not a quote. Final numbers come from a written estimate on your vehicle.