Rolling or Parked, It's Still Advertising
A trailer is working whether you're pulling it down I-88 or it's sitting at a job site for three weeks. On the road, everyone behind you reads it because there's nothing else to look at besides fields. Parked, it's a billboard that didn't cost you rent.
Most companies put a small logo decal on the side and call it done. That works if you're already a name people recognize, because a logo is a reminder and there's something there to remind them of.
Let's be honest though. You're not there yet. So the trailer has to do more than remind people. It has to tell them who you are, what you do, and why you're worth calling, to someone who has never heard of you and is sitting three car lengths back.
Enclosed Cargo Trailers
Flat sides, no glass, and enough room for a design that reads from across a parking lot.
Dump Trailers
Bodies that move and take a beating. Material spec matters more here.
Food and Concession Trailers
The wrap isn't advertising the storefront. It is the storefront.
Motorsport Trailers
Hauling to events puts these in front of a concentrated audience. Usually where we go furthest on the illustration.
Produce and Market Trailers
Parked in one place all day in front of a crowd that's already stopped and looking.
Equipment Trailers
Job site trailers sit in one spot for weeks in front of everyone driving past.
Trailers We Wrap
Gooseneck, car hauler, and bumper pull trailers all get wrapped the same way. Call, text, or fill out the form below and tell us the length, height, and whether the sides are riveted or smooth.
Wrapping the truck that pulls it? See commercial truck wraps.
Making the Most of the Space You Have
A trailer side is bigger than a screen, so we design at actual size and for the distance it gets read from. A food trailer works from ten feet. An equipment trailer works from 1 block away. The rear panel gets the most attention because it's what everyone behind you sees.
On the install side, rivets add time and heat, diamond plate won't hold vinyl, and vents and hardware get measured so we can design away from them. On the right trailer we can print each piece to the actual panel width so the seam falls on the panel line instead of through your graphic. Riveted sides rule that out, and we won't offer it unless we know it'll work.
Looking for a Trailer Wrap Company Near You?
Our shop is in Sterling, IL. We work from Freeport down through Princeton and west to Clinton, Iowa, including Rock Falls, Dixon, Morrison, Fulton, Prophetstown, Amboy, Polo, Oregon, Rochelle, Savanna, Mount Carroll, Lanark, Milledgeville, Erie, Geneseo, and Mendota.
Outside the area? We design and print in-house and ship priority two-day to your installer.
Common questions about trailer wraps
Too dependent on size to give a useful starting number. A small cargo trailer and a 24-foot gooseneck are different jobs entirely, and riveted sides add time. Send us the dimensions and we'll have a real quote to you in 48 hours.
Length, height, whether the sides are riveted or smooth, and photos of both sides and the rear. If the cost is good on your end, we'll need to capture more exact measurements to ensure everything goes to plan.
Most shops split a design into strips at their maximum print width and overlap them wherever they land, so a vinyl seam ends up running through the middle of a graphic. We print each piece to the width of the actual trailer panel, so the seam falls on the panel line. You won't spot ours. Go look at a wrapped trailer in a parking lot and you'll spot theirs.
Yes. Installation isn't the issue, layout is. The channels take up space on the passenger side, so elements shift and type usually scales down slightly. We proof the door open and closed before anything prints.
Vinyl doesn't adhere to textured aluminum. We design around it, and since it sits low on the trailer it usually works out fine.
Lettering is typically one day. Partials one to two, full wraps three to four days depending on size.
Yes, and on a tight budget it's often the smartest spend. The rear is what everyone sees, but we do recommend adding a logo to the sides to activate the space.
Ask us. It's not something we've built a portfolio around, but we'll quote it.