Prices
Towable Repair Bands for Trailers, Fifth Wheels and Campers
Published bands for towable work at OCRV Center: travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers, truck campers and pop ups. Towables are built lighter than coaches and fail differently, so the bands and the common operations are not the same list.
Bands on this page
24
Labor rates
- Body and paint $210
- Mechanical and electrical $260
- Diagnostics, scan and programming $285
- Detail $95
Towables fail at the roof and the seams, not at the impact point
The most expensive towable repairs are almost never collision damage. They are water intrusion that started at a roof seam, a window frame or a marker light two or three seasons before anyone noticed, and by the time a ceiling panel is soft the decking, the framing and often the subfloor are involved. A $600 reseal deferred for four years becomes a $9,000 restoration, and that arithmetic is the single most consistent thing we see on towables.
That is why roof and seal inspection sits at the cheap end of this table and why we push it. A Hacienda Heights owner storing a travel trailer outdoors through Southern California summers is running a sealant clock whether they are watching it or not. UV here is harder on lap sealant than rain is.
Why towable bands run lower than coach bands for the same operation
Less vehicle. A travel trailer sidewall is thinner, the spans are shorter, there is no chassis drivetrain to work around, and the total surface area is a fraction of a 40 foot coach. Structural repairs are genuinely simpler because the load paths are simpler. A slide room on a fifth wheel is smaller and lighter than a coach slide, so the mechanism work is less.
The exception is fifth wheel front cap and pin box area work, which involves the heaviest loaded structure on the vehicle and prices closer to coach work than the rest of the table would suggest. Anything involving the pin box, the front cap frame or the upper deck framing on a fifth wheel is a structural job and gets treated as one.
Truck campers and pop ups are their own arithmetic
A truck camper is a small vehicle with a high ratio of penetrations to surface area, which means seal maintenance dominates and roof replacement is comparatively cheap. A pop up has a lift mechanism, a fabric envelope and a hard roof that all age independently, and the failure is usually the mechanism or the fabric rather than the structure.
Both classes sit at the low end of most bands on this page. Both also have the shortest parts channels of anything we work on, because the manufacturer count is small and aftermarket support is good. That combination makes them among the fastest jobs in the building.
The table
Towable bands, low to high
| Operation | Price band | Shop hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minor collision repair | $1,000 to $8,000 | 5 to 40 hours |
| Major collision repair | $8,000 to $60,000 plus | 40 to 320 plus hours |
| Structural damage assessment | $285 to $1,200 | 1 to 5 hours |
| Aluminum skin and sidewall replacement | $2,500 to $25,000 plus | 16 to 120 plus hours |
| Delamination repair | $1,500 to $20,000 plus | 10 to 100 plus hours |
| Soft spot and water damage repair | $750 to $18,000 plus | 5 to 80 plus hours |
| Rubber roof repair | $750 to $4,500 plus | 4 to 20 plus hours |
| Tpo roof repair | $750 to $5,500 | 4 to 24 hours |
| Full roof replacement | $3,500 to $18,000 plus | 20 to 80 plus hours |
| Roof recoat and reseal | $750 to $4,500 plus | 4 to 20 plus hours |
| Subfloor and water damage restoration | $750 to $15,000 plus | 4 to 60 plus hours |
| Slide out mechanism repair | $500 to $8,500 plus | 3 to 35 plus hours |
| Slide room structural repair | $1,500 to $7,500 | 10 to 35 hours |
| Slide out topper replacement | $450 to $1,800 | 3 to 8 hours |
| Awning fabric replacement | $400 to $2,500 | 2 to 10 hours |
| Awning arm and mechanism repair | $500 to $3,500 | 3 to 14 hours |
| Window frame reseal and replacement | $250 to $3,500 | 1 to 14 hours |
| Entry door repair and replacement | $400 to $4,500 | 2 to 20 hours |
| Compartment and baggage door repair | $200 to $1,800 | 1 to 10 hours |
| Flooring repair and replacement | $750 to $9,500 | 6 to 40 hours |
| Wall and ceiling panel repair | $500 to $5,500 | 3 to 22 hours |
| Cabinet repair refacing and replacement | $500 to $7,500 | 4 to 35 hours |
| De winterization and spring prep | $250 to $900 | 1 to 4 hours |
| Roof and seal inspection | $285 to $900 | 1 to 4 hours |
Bands cover labor and shop materials. Manufacturer parts are quoted separately where the part dominates the cost, because a Lippert rail, a Dometic assembly and an Onan component are not interchangeable figures. Nothing here is offered at no charge and nothing on this page is an estimate.
Questions
Questions on this
Is it worth repairing a fifteen year old travel trailer?
Sometimes not, and we will run the arithmetic with you rather than around you. A $9,000 subfloor restoration on a trailer worth $11,000 is a decision, not a repair. Two of our published case studies ended in a recommendation not to proceed for exactly this reason.
Why does roof replacement cost less on a trailer than on a coach?
Surface area and access. A 26 foot trailer roof is roughly half the square footage of a 40 foot coach roof, there are fewer penetrations, and there is no roof mounted equipment of the kind a diesel pusher carries. Membrane cost, labor hours and disposal all scale down together.
Do you work on toy haulers with the ramp door damaged?
Yes. Ramp door structure, hinge, seal and the surrounding rear wall framing are a common job, and the failure is usually the hinge line rather than the door. It prices under structural rather than under door repair when the framing is involved, which it usually is.
Turn a band into a number
A priced evaluation is what converts a range into a scope. Every tier is credited against an authorized repair. 18.4 miles from Hacienda Heights via SR-60 west to Fullerton Rd, then south to La Palma Ave.