Category: News

CRESCO, Iowa (August 7, 2017) — Featherlite Trailers designed and built three custom truck bodies to help Charlotte, NC-based Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) meet several needs, wherever a crisis may take them. Whether a natural disaster (tornado, hurricane, flood, etc.) or manmade crisis (mass shooting, terrorist attack, civil unrest, etc.) is involved, the… Read more »

CRESCO, Iowa (March 8, 2018) – Featherlite Trailers builds transporters for all types of vehicles and race series. And in one of its recent projects, the team at Featherlite added another type of vehicle to that list – a monster truck. The trailer was built for Samson Monster Truck Racing and Patrick Enterprises, Inc. (PEI)…. Read more »

CRESCO, Iowa (March 7, 2019) – Featherlite Trailers® has extended its partnership with National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR®) through 2024. As a part of the extended sponsorship agreement, Featherlite Trailers will continue its designation as “Official Trailer of NASCAR”. Featherlite provides at-track support at NASCAR-sanctioned races each season. Featherlite and NASCAR’s… Read more »

CRESCO, Iowa (May 17, 2019) – IBM’s X-Force Cyber Tactical Operations Center (C-TOC), built by Featherlite Trailers, was recently honored as a recipient of a Silver Edison Award. Since 1987, the Edison Awards™ have recognized and honored some of the most innovative new products, services and business leaders in the world. The Edison Awards, named… Read more »

Cresco, Iowa (January 8, 2020) – The Exiss, Featherlite and Sooner brands have been acquired from Universal Trailer Corporation (UTC) by a newly formed corporation, owned by Tim Masud and Howard Palmer. Mr. Masud will serve as CEO and has more than three decades of experience and success as an advisor, dealership owner and investor… Read more »

CRESCO, Iowa (March 2, 2020) – Featherlite Trailers of Cresco, Iowa, recently completed production on a unique mobile communications center for Evolution Well Services.  Often known for its space-expanding slideouts that extend from the sides of its trailers, this Featherlite specialty trailer is unique with its full lift-up upper deck area that features three workstations… Read more »