Brands and Components We Service

Effectively all of them, because the underlying construction methods are shared across the industry far more than the badges suggest.

Volume manufacturers. Thor Motor Coach, Winnebago, Jayco, Forest River, Keystone, Grand Design, Coachmen, Heartland, Dutchmen, Cruiser and Palomino cover the largest share of what arrives. These are predominantly laminated construction with fiberglass or composite exterior sheet, which means delamination repair at $1,500 to $20,000 and cap work at $750 to $12,000 are the routine operations.

Premium and luxury coaches. Newmar, Tiffin, Entegra, American Coach and Fleetwood. Heavier build, more complex systems, frequently hydronic heat, larger house electrical and multi color segmented paint schemes rather than decal graphics. That last point matters: a full paint refinish at $5,000 to $35,000 on a segmented scheme is a genuinely different job from refinishing a decaled coach.

Aluminum and specialty construction. Airstream, whose riveted aluminum construction is its own discipline, closer to aircraft practice than automotive. Aluminum skin and sidewall replacement runs $2,500 to $25,000 and is not something a general body shop should attempt.

Bus and conversion platforms. Prevost, Marathon and other conversion chassis, along with skoolies and independent conversions. These are the vehicles where nothing is standard, parts frequently do not exist, and fabrication replaces ordering.

Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers and truck campers cover the widest brand spread of anything in the yard, and construction varies more within a brand than between brands.

Trailer and fifth wheel makers. Jayco, Forest River, Keystone, Grand Design, Heartland, Dutchmen, Coachmen, Cruiser, Palomino, Northwood and Lance. Lance in particular shows up frequently on the truck camper side, where the mounting and structural loads are unlike anything else in the category.

What actually varies. Whether the wall is laminated or stick and tin. Whether the roof is EPDM, TPO, aluminum or fiberglass. Whether the frame is a common supplier chassis or a manufacturer specific design. Those three answers change a repair far more than the badge on the front does, and none of them is reliably predictable from brand alone.

Cargo, utility and equipment trailers. These arrive from a long list of regional and national builders, and the work is structural rather than brand specific: frame and structural welding at $750 to $20,000, floor replacement at $500 to $9,500, wall and roof skin at $1,000 to $15,000, ramp and roll up door service, and axle and brake work.

The commercial and van side is where platform actually does determine method, because these are manufactured vehicles with defined structures rather than assembled bodies.

• Mercedes Sprinter, gas and diesel, including earlier Dodge and Freightliner badged versions. The most common camper conversion and specialty upfit base in this market, and increasingly carrying driver assistance hardware requiring recalibration at $275 to $1,800 after body work.
• RAM ProMaster, front wheel drive with a distinctive body structure that changes how upfits and window installations are approached.
• Ford Transit, across roof heights and wheelbases, plus the smaller Transit Connect on light duty fleet work.
• Mercedes Metris, common in specialty and service fleet applications.
• Rivian delivery vans, including the electric platforms used in parcel logistics, which bring high voltage isolation procedures and different structural design into the repair sequence.
• Freightliner, International, Isuzu and Hino on the medium duty commercial side, where the work is cab body repair at $750 to $12,000, box and cargo body repair at $750 to $15,000, reefer liner work at $1,000 to $18,000, and equipment installation.

On all of these the scope is body, paint, structural and equipment installation. Internal engine and drivetrain work is not performed here, which is worth confirming before a commercial unit is dispatched.

This is where brand knowledge genuinely matters, because components are where the failure modes are specific and the parts situation is unpredictable.

• Chassis, slides and leveling. Lippert, including in wall slide systems, Schwintek, Power Gear, BAL, HWH and BigFoot. Slide mechanism service runs $500 to $8,500 and the mechanism family determines almost everything about the diagnosis.
• Awnings and toppers. Carefree, Dometic and Solera. Fabric replacement runs $400 to $2,500 and arm and motor replacement runs $500 to $3,500.
• Air conditioning and refrigeration. Dometic, Coleman, Furrion and Norcold. Air conditioning replacement with hard or soft start installation runs $750 to $4,500, and refrigerator service runs $400 to $4,500.
• Heating and water. Suburban, Atwood, Truma and AquaHot. Furnace service runs $350 to $2,500, water heater service runs $350 to $4,500, and hydronic system service runs $750 to $8,500.
• Generators and power. Onan and Cummins on the generator side at $400 to $8,500, with Magnum, Xantrex and Victron on inverters and chargers at $750 to $4,500.
• Axles, brakes and running gear. Dexter and AL KO. Axle service runs $500 to $5,500 and brake service runs $300 to $5,500.
• Steps, windows and doors. Kwikee and Lippert steps at $400 to $2,000, with Hehr, Kinro and similar window systems resealed or replaced at $250 to $3,500.
• Cargo and upfit equipment. Adrian Steel, Ranger Design and Weather Guard shelving at $750 to $7,500, with Maxon, Tommy Gate and Anthony lift gates at $1,500 to $8,500.

Less than owners expect on the body, and much more than they expect on parts.

On structure and finish, the material determines the method. A laminated sidewall behaves the same whether the badge says Thor or Keystone. Fiberglass repairs the same way regardless of who molded the cap. Aluminum sheet has its own rules and they apply equally to an Airstream and a vintage trailer. A technician assesses construction, not branding, and that is why the shop works across all makes without treating any of them as a specialty.

On components, brand is decisive. A Schwintek slide fails differently from a through frame hydraulic slide and gets diagnosed differently. An absorption refrigerator and a compressor refrigerator share almost no diagnostic path. A Truma water heater is not an Atwood. Knowing the component family before touching it is most of the diagnostic work.

On parts availability, brand is everything. Some manufacturers support older units well and some abandon them quickly. When a component is discontinued we document the unavailability in writing and quote the honest alternatives: adaptation of a current equivalent, fabrication at the posted body rate, or a used unit with no service history. That conversation happens more often on recreational vehicles than in any other category of vehicle repair.

If your make is not named on this page, it almost certainly still comes through. Send photographs and the model details and we will confirm. See the vehicles we repair section for how work differs by vehicle type rather than by badge.