Cargo Trailer Detailing
Enclosed cargo, utility, flatbed, equipment, gear haulers, car haulers and moving trailers. Road film, oxidation, exhaust residue and rust staining — whatever your trailer has picked up, we handle it. Simple per-foot pricing, quoted before we touch anything.
Wash & rinse $10/ft · Full exterior detail $20/ft · Fleet 10–20% off
Every Trailer Type We Service
Trailers take abuse that no car ever sees — and they’re usually the last thing anyone cleans. Here’s what we handle and what each one actually needs.
Enclosed Cargo Trailers
The most common job we get. Painted or bare aluminum shells, ramp doors and interior floors. Road film oxidizes painted aluminum and dulls it fast — the right cleaner restores the finish and leaves protection behind.
Utility & Open Trailers
Galvanized or powder-coated steel, mesh floors, open frames and exposed tie-down rails. Easier to reach around, but road spray gets into every crevice. We remove the film, treat rust staining and slow down re-oxidation.
Flatbed & Equipment Trailers
Decking, tie-down rails and the whole underside collect road film along their entire length. Equipment trailers carrying construction or landscaping gear usually need degreasing before any normal cleaning can start.
Car Haulers
Brake dust, tire rubber transfer and undercarriage spray build up fast on a hauler. We clean the deck, frame, wheel wells and ramps, and brake dust removal from the deck rails is included as standard.
Hobby & Gear Haulers
Dirt bikes, ATVs, side-by-sides, race gear, lawn equipment, tools. Same treatment as any enclosed or utility trailer, plus interior cleanup on request — your hauler should look as good as what's riding in it.
Moving Trailers
Interior-focused work: floor staining, wall scuffs and odors from whatever the last load was. We sweep and blow out the floor, wipe the walls, clean the door tracks and treat for smell if it needs it.
What's Covered In A Full Exterior Detail
- Pre-rinse to loosen road film
- Full exterior hand wash — panels and doors
- Frame rails and crossmembers
- Oxidation addressed on painted aluminum
- Metal brightening on galvanized and bare steel
- Rust staining treated
- Protective coating applied and sealed
- Ramp door, hinges and tracks cleaned
- Door seals cleaned and conditioned
- Wheel wells and underframe washed
- Wheels cleaned, tires dressed
- Coupler, jack and safety chains cleaned
Cargo Trailer Prices
Two exterior levels, priced by exterior trailer length. Tell us the type and the footage and you’ll have a firm number in under five minutes.
Exterior Wash & Rinse
$10 / ft
- Pre-rinse to loosen road film
- Full exterior hand wash
- Panels, doors and frame rails
- Ramp door and hinge rinse
- Fresh water rinse and air dry
Most popular
Full Exterior Detail
$20 / ft
- Full exterior wash as above
- Oxidation addressed on aluminum and fiberglass
- Metal brightening on galvanized and bare steel
- Protective coating applied
- Seals, hinges and ramp tracks treated
- Wheel wells, underframe and coupler
Detail + Interior Cleanup
$20 / ft + interior
- Full exterior detail included
- Interior floor sweep and blow-out
- Wall and rib panel wipe-down
- Ramp, door tracks and threshold bars
- Tie-down tracks cleared of debris
- Odor treatment available
Example Pricing By Trailer Length
- 10 ft (small utility) — wash & rinse $100 · full exterior detail $200
- 14 ft (enclosed cargo) — wash & rinse $140 · full exterior detail $280
- 16 ft (car hauler) — wash & rinse $160 · full exterior detail $320
- 20 ft (equipment trailer) — wash & rinse $200 · full exterior detail $400
- 24 ft (gooseneck / toy hauler) — wash & rinse $240 · full exterior detail $480
- Fleet account (3+ trailers) — 10–20% off the totals above
Add-Ons Available
- Heavy oxidation removal — from $150
- Rust treatment on exposed steel — from $90
- Degreasing (equipment trailers) — $100/hr
- Interior odor elimination — +$75
- Undercarriage pressure rinse — +$60
- Metal brightening (aluminum) — from $75
- Vinyl graphics and decal care — +$50
- Fleet account (3+ trailers) — 10–20% off
How Trailer Service Works
Quote on the phone, work done where the trailer sits, invoice when it’s finished.
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Tell us the type and the footage
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We schedule around your work
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We arrive self-contained
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Wash, treat and protect
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Check it and we invoice
Cargo Trailer Detailing FAQ
Measuring, oxidation, rust, interiors and fleet pricing — the questions we get asked most often.
Exterior length, front wall to the back of the ramp or rear doors — not including the tongue or coupler. If you’re not sure, the model number usually tells us (a 7×16 enclosed is 16 feet). Give us the make and model and we’ll work it out.
Yes. Painted aluminum trailers go chalky and dull after a few Texas summers, and that’s a surface layer rather than permanent damage in most cases. The full detail handles light to moderate oxidation; heavy oxidation that needs machine compounding is an add-on from $150 depending on size and severity.
Surface rust staining on exposed steel can be treated and the metal protected to slow it coming back — that’s our rust treatment add-on from $90. Structural rust where the metal is pitted or flaking is a repair job, not a detailing job, and we’ll point that out rather than cover it up with a coating.
Yes — floor swept and blown out, wall and rib panels wiped down, door tracks and threshold bars cleaned, tie-down tracks cleared. Interior is quoted separately because condition varies enormously between a clean gear hauler and a trailer that’s been carrying mulch. Odor treatment is available on top.
10% off at three or more trailers, up to 20% on a standing schedule. One visit, one invoice, agreed pricing. Even a single trailer on a monthly schedule can qualify — call us with your setup and we’ll tell you what applies.
The protective coating on a full detail typically holds for two to four months in regular service — less on a trailer running I-20 and I-35E every day, longer on something used at weekends. It won’t last forever, but it makes each subsequent wash much easier because the film doesn’t bond as hard.
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