Trailer Repair & Refinishing
Trailers earn their keep by being loaded. We repair collision and impact damage, structural cracks and skin damage, and get the unit back into rotation.
At a glance
- Division
- Heavy Truck & Fleet
- Unit types
- Van, reefer, flat deck, tank
- Programs
- Scheduled cycling available
- Refinish
- Fleet colours and numbering
Overview
Trailer Repair & Refinishing
Trailer damage is rarely dramatic and almost always expensive. Dock strikes, side swipes, corner impacts, torn skins, cracked cross members and damaged rear frames accumulate quietly and eventually take a unit out of service or out of compliance.
We repair across trailer types and are equally comfortable with a single unit or a scheduled program that cycles your fleet through over a season.
What this service covers
- Collision, dock strike and corner impact repair
- Side skin, roof sheet and panel replacement
- Cross member, rail and structural crack repair
- Rear frame, bumper and door assembly repair
- Landing gear, suspension and hardware replacement
- Reefer body panel and insulation repair
- Flat deck, drop deck and trailer decking repair
- Full refinish, fleet numbering and decal replacement
Damage that is easy to defer and expensive to ignore
A torn side skin lets water into the wall structure. A cracked cross member transfers load to its neighbours until they crack too. A dented rear frame stops the doors sealing, which puts a reefer out of temperature spec and a dry van out of dry.
Each of these is cheap to fix early and costly to fix late. If you are cycling trailers past us for other work anyway, it is worth having them looked over while they are here.
Refinishing a trailer properly
Trailer refinishing is about surface preparation more than paint. A skin that is refinished over contamination or old failing coating will start lifting within a season regardless of what goes on top. We prepare properly — including blasting where the condition calls for it — before any coating is applied.
We reproduce fleet colours, numbering, DOT markings and livery so a repaired unit is indistinguishable from the rest of the fleet.
How a trailer repair & refinishing job runs
Same four stages every time, so you always know which one your vehicle is in and what happens next.
Assess
We document the damage and look past what is visible, so the scope is right before anything is ordered.
Quote
An itemised written estimate — parts, labour and timeline separated — in the format your insurer works in.
Repair
Parts ordered on authorisation, work carried out to the manufacturer's published procedure for your vehicle.
Return
Quality inspection, clean-up and hand-back with your repair file and warranty documentation.
- Van, reefer, flat deck, tankUnit types
- Scheduled cycling availablePrograms
- Fleet colours and numberingRefinish
By area
Trailer Repair & Refinishing where you are
Same work, written for the conditions and the run into our shop from each area.
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Trailer Repair & Refinishing in Calgary
Dock strikes, corner impacts, torn skins and cracked structure — trailer repair for Calgary carriers and distribution operations.
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Trailer Repair & Refinishing in Strathmore
Grain, equipment and highway trailers from the Highway 1 corridor east — collision, structural, deck and refinish work.
Heavy Truck & Fleet FAQ
Questions about trailer repair & refinishing
If yours is not here, call the shop — somebody who works on the vehicles will answer it.
Can you handle multiple trailers at once?
Yes. Talk to us about a scheduled program — we can stage units so you are never short of working trailers, and handle the paperwork as one file rather than a stack of separate jobs.
Do you repair reefer bodies?
Yes, including panel and insulation repair. Restoring the thermal envelope correctly is the part that matters — a cosmetically repaired panel with compromised insulation will cost you in fuel and in load compliance.
Can you do the work at our yard?
For some jobs, yes. Talk to us about what needs doing and we will tell you honestly whether it is better done on site or in our shop.
Related services
Often needed alongside this
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Heavy Truck Collision Repair
Highway tractors, vocational trucks and buses — cab, hood, frame and body repair after collision, rollover or wreck.
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Heavy Frame Straightening
Measured, documented frame and chassis straightening for tractors, trailers and vocational equipment.
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Fleet Painting & Graphics
Full unit resprays, fleet colour standardisation, lettering, decals and DOT markings.
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Collision Repair
Full structural and cosmetic collision repair for cars, SUVs and light trucks — from a parking-lot scrape to a major impact.
Need trailer repair & refinishing?
Free written estimate, no obligation. Send photos or bring it in.