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{{Infobox company|

| name = Featherlite Inc.

| type = [[Private company|Private]]

| foundation = 1973

| ___location = [[Cresco, Iowa|Cresco]], [[Iowa]] USA

| industry = [[trailer (vehicle)|Trailers]]

| homepage = [http://www.fthr.com/ www.fthr.com]

}}

'''Featherlite Trailers''' is an all-aluminum [[trailer (vehicle)|trailer]] manufacturer, located in [[Cresco, Iowa|Cresco]], [[Iowa]]. It is the oldest all-aluminum trailer brand in the United States,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/Home/TRfeatherlite02.asp |title=Trailers |publisher=Horsetrailerworld.com |date=2002-01-04 |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrtrailer.com/featherlite_factory.htm |title=Featherlite Trailer Factory Review, they make all types of great trailers, aluminum horse trailers, car haulers, NASCAR, cargo trailers and flatbeds. |publisher=Mrtrailer.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref> and today manufactures [[horse trailer]]s and a range of specialityspecialty trailers.

== History ==

The company was established in 1973 in [[Oklahoma]], when it built the first all-aluminum [[Trailer (vehicle)#Fifth Wheelwheel and Gooseneckgooseneck|gooseneck]] livestock trailer. In 1988 the company was acquired by Conrad Climent, Featherlite Manufacturing of [[Grand Meadow, Minnesota]], relocating to Cresco, Iowa in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/featherlite-inc |title=Featherlite, Inc.: Information from |publisher=Answers.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref>

The company created the first ever custom aluminum race car semi trailer for [[NASCAR]] racer [[Dale Earnhardt]] and team owner [[Richard Childress]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Aumann |first=Mark |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/120925/ups-game-changer-haulers/index.html|title=Haulers become teams' home away from home|work=[[NASCAR]]|date=2012-09-25|accessdate=2012-10-25}}</ref> Today Featherlite is the official trailer of NASCAR,<ref name="nascar1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/guides/sponsors/ |title=Nascar.Com |publisher=Nascar.Com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref> supplying 85% of the [[NASCAR Sprint Cup]] teams.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

The Featherlite brand was acquired on December 31, 2019 by a newly formed corporation, Featherlite Trailer Manufacturing, LLC, owned by Tim Masud and Howard Palmer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fthr.com/news/exiss-featherlite-and-sooner-brands-acquired-from-universal-trailer-corporation/ | title=Exiss, Featherlite and Sooner brands acquired from UTC | date=8 January 2020 }}</ref>

In 2006, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Universal Trailer Corporation]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

== Products ==

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== Sponsorships ==

*[[American Quarter Horse Association]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://siteexec.aqha.com/partners/index.html |title=Partners |publisher=AQHA |accessdate=2011-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122010450/http://siteexec.aqha.com/partners/index.html |archive-date=2011-01-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[Appaloosa Horse Club]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appaloosa.com/association/sponsors.htm |title=ApHC Sponsors and Sponsorship Information |publisher=Appaloosa.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref>

*[[National Western Stock Show]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalwestern.com/nwss/sponsors/sponsors.php |title=Sponsors - National Western Stock Show |publisher=Nationalwestern.com |accessdate=2010-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411081609/http://www.nationalwestern.com/nwss/sponsors/sponsors.php |archive-date=2010-04-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*NASCAR<ref name="nascar1"/>

*ARCA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcaracing.com/sponsors.php |title=Sponsors |publisher=ARCAracing.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

* {{official website|http://www.fthr.com/|Featherlite Trailers}}

*[https://cargotrailersphoenix.com/ Enclosed Cargo Trailers]

*[https://www.bonandertrailer.com Featherlite Trailers Northern California]

[[Category:Trailer manufacturing companies]]