214 little trailers have left our Quenby feed store ready to tow.
We rebuild canned hams, teardrops and eggs under 22 feet, in a 1948 feed store on Grange Hall Road. Buy one of ours, or bring us the one in your grandparents’ barn.
4.9 from 186 owners (sample)
214
trailers rebuilt since 2009, none longer than 22 feet
2 years
warranty on frame, axle, brakes and wiring
600 mi
delivery radius from Quenby, $2.10 a mile
6 ahead
in the build queue, next bay opens January 2027
On the lot this month, every one rebuilt in our three bays
Prices include the title, a weigh ticket, a full propane tank and an hour in the yard learning to hitch, back up and level it. Filter by what your car can pull and how many need a bed.
All 9 trailers on the lot
Pistachio
$18,500
1971 fiberglass egg
- 13 ft
- Sleeps 2
- 1,250 lb
Two-piece shell resealed, new bearings and tires, dinette folds into a 46 inch bed.
Minnow
$19,400
1959 teardrop
- 10 ft
- Sleeps 2
- 980 lb
Rear galley with a two-burner stove and ice box, full-size mattress, new birch ply walls.
- Sale pending
Birdie
$20,800
1966 canned ham
- 12 ft
- Sleeps 2
- 1,400 lb
Front gaucho sofa, new 30-amp shore power, original stove rebuilt and pressure tested.
Bluebell
$21,900
1968 canned ham
- 14 ft
- Sleeps 3
- 1,650 lb
New floor and framing on the curb side, three-way fridge, sleeps two on the dinette and one up front.
Sagebrush
$23,600
1963 canned ham
- 15 ft
- Sleeps 3
- 1,800 lb
Frame-off in 2026. Solar on the roof, lithium battery, bunk above the dinette for a kid.
Cricket
$24,900
1970 fiberglass egg
- 16 ft
- Sleeps 3
- 1,900 lb
Side dinette and a front bed, new marine vinyl cushions, fresh tank and hand pump.
Clementine
$26,400
1961 canned ham
- 16 ft
- Sleeps 4
- 2,100 lb
Bunks for two kids at the back, rebuilt electric brakes, new mahogany ply ceiling.
Dolly
$31,200
1957 canned ham
- 18 ft
- Sleeps 4
- 2,500 lb
Our longest ham this year. Rear bedroom, a real bathroom with a cassette toilet and shower.
Tilly
$34,500
1972 riveted aluminum
- 17 ft
- Sleeps 4
- 2,700 lb
Shell polished by hand over 90 hours, new subfloor, rear twin beds that become a king.
Hold a trailer or book a viewing
A $500 refundable deposit holds any trailer for ten days while you arrange a tow vehicle. We deliver up to 600 miles from Quenby at $2.10 a mile, and every sale leaves with a hitch-up lesson and a full propane tank.
Price your restoration before you hitch it up
These are the rates Opal quotes from, set from the last 60 trailers through the shop. Four answers get you a range and a start date. Photos get you a real quote within two working days.
Your estimate
$19,000 to $23,500
- 10 to 13 weeks in the bay once we start
- Next open bay: January 2027, 6 builds ahead of yours
Final price is fixed after Opal inspects the trailer, and 80% of our quotes land inside this range.
Three ways back, from new seals to a bare steel frame
Refresh
6 to 8 weeks
From $12,000
For a trailer with a sound floor and frame that looks tired and leaks a little.
- Full paint in two colours of your choice
- Every seam and window resealed with butyl tape
- New flooring, curtains and cushion covers
- LED lights inside and out, new tail lights
- Bearings repacked and new tires
Road-ready
9 to 12 weeks
From $17,500
Everything in Refresh, plus the parts that keep you safe at 60 miles an hour.
- New axle, electric brakes and breakaway switch
- Rewired from the plug: 12 volt and 30 amp shore power
- Propane lines replaced and leak tested
- Fresh water tank, pump and faucet
- Soft floor spots cut out and replaced
Frame-off
14 to 20 weeks
From $26,000
The shell comes off, and every stick of wood and inch of steel is checked or replaced.
- Skin off, frame blasted, welded and painted
- New wood framing and a new floor sealed underneath
- Insulation and new interior walls
- Everything in Road-ready, all new
- Cabinets rebuilt to the original layout or yours
Arrived on a flatbed in March, towed home in July
A 17 week frame-off, stage by stage. Owners get a photo set every Friday, so nothing in the invoice is a surprise.
1Strip and photograph
Weeks 1 to 2
Skin panels numbered and pulled, every original part bagged and labelled, 300 photos sent to you.
2Frame
Weeks 3 to 5
Steel blasted to bare metal, cracks welded, tongue straightened, painted with two coats of epoxy.
3Floor and framing
Weeks 6 to 7
New marine ply floor sealed underneath, rotten studs copied in fir from the old ones.
4Shell
Weeks 8 to 10
Skins back on with new butyl and stainless screws, dents worked out, paint in your two colours.
5Systems
Weeks 11 to 13
New axle and electric brakes, fresh wiring, propane tested, water tank and pump.
6Interior
Weeks 14 to 17
Cabinets rebuilt, cushions sewn in-house, curtains hung, and a first night in our yard to check it.
Birch walls, gingham cushions, and a fridge that runs three ways
Old outside, modern where it counts. We keep the layout that made the trailer charming and replace everything that would let you down on a Friday night at the campground.
Birch or mahogany ply
Walls and ceiling in real wood veneer, finished in water-based varnish that will not yellow.
Forty prints to pick from
Rosario sews every cushion and curtain here, from gingham to 1950s atomic prints.
A fridge that runs three ways
Propane, 12 volt or shore power, so the milk is cold whether you are in a campground or on a forest road.
Solar and a lithium battery
A 200 watt panel and a 100 amp-hour battery add $2,400 and three days off-grid.
Owners send campsite photos. These came with notes.
4.9 out of 5 from 186 owners and buyers (sample). The photo wall in the shop office has 140 of them on it.
“We towed Pistachio home behind a Subaru with room to spare. First night at the lake the dinette turned into a bed in under a minute, just like Opal showed us in the yard.”
Yusra and Thaddeus R. (sample review)
Bought a 13 ft egg
“My grandfather bought our 1962 ham new. It sat in a barn for thirty years. TinTop sent photos every Friday for four months, and it came back with his original stove working.”
Hal W. (sample review)
Frame-off, 15 ft canned ham
“The estimator said $19,000 to $23,000. The final quote after inspection was $21,300 and that is exactly what we paid.”
Maricel T. (sample review)
Road-ready, 14 ft canned ham
Opal paid $400 for a trailer behind this feed store in 2009
It was a 1961 canned ham with a tree growing through the floor. She rebuilt it over one winter with her dad, Vaughn, who had spent thirty years welding stock trailers, and sold it in the spring to a couple from Idaho. Two more people asked if she had another.
In 2014 she bought the feed store itself. Today four of us work three bays, and we still only take trailers short enough to fit through the old grain door.
Opal Rennick
Owner. Shells, paint and every quote
Vaughn Rennick
Frames, axles and welding. Opal’s dad
Rosario Beltran
Cushions, curtains and upholstery
Augie Odell
Wiring, propane and plumbing
In the bays this week
Bay 1: 1962 canned ham, 15 ft
Frame-off, week 11 of 17
Bay 2: 1974 fiberglass egg, 13 ft
Road-ready, week 4 of 10
Bay 3: 1958 teardrop, 10 ft
Refresh, week 6 of 7
6 trailers are booked after these. The next bay opens in January 2027.
What people ask Opal on the shop phone
Anything else, call (555) 014-8686. She picks up between welding jobs, Tuesday to Saturday.
Do you only work on small trailers?
Yes. Our bays and our frame jig top out at 22 feet, and small trailers are what we know. Anything longer, we will happily point you to a shop that does them well.
How do payments work on a restoration?
A $1,000 deposit holds your place in the queue and comes off the final bill. Then 30% when the trailer goes into a bay, 40% when the frame and floor are done, and the rest at pickup. You never pay for work you have not seen photos of.
What if the trailer is worse than I thought?
Opal inspects it in the first week and gives you a fixed quote before any real work starts. If we find something after that, like rot hiding behind a cabinet, you get photos and a price before we touch it.
Can my car tow one of your trailers?
Every listing shows the dry weight. Most of our trailers under 14 feet weigh less than 1,700 pounds and tow behind a midsize SUV. Tell us your vehicle and we will check the rating and the hitch before you drive over.
Do you buy old trailers?
We do, if they are under 20 feet. Project trailers usually go for $500 to $4,000 depending on the frame and what is original. Send photos through the estimator and mention you want to sell.
Are the trailers titled and ready to register?
Every trailer we sell leaves with a clear title in your name, a weigh ticket, and a bill of sale. Out-of-state buyers get the paperwork their state asks for, and we have done it for eleven states so far.
Tow one home, or tow one in. Opal answers either way.
Visits to the lot are Tuesday to Saturday, 9 to 5. Call ahead and we will pull the trailer you want out into the yard.