Livestock, Horse & Gooseneck Trailer Repair

On the Expo Center side of town

The Travis County Expo Center — home of Rodeo Austin — is in East Austin, the same side of town as our shop at 2900 N FM 973, Austin, TX 78725. For anyone hauling in, that means we are a short run off the same roads you are already on rather than a trip through the middle of the city with a loaded stock trailer behind you.

We work on the trucks that pull these trailers all day — Power Stroke, Cummins, and Duramax one-tons doing the actual work — so a rig can come in once and leave with both halves sorted.

Trailer work we handle

• Wheel bearings and hubs — repack, inspect, replace; the single most common trailer failure
• Brakes — electric and hydraulic, including breakaway systems and controllers
• Axles and suspension — springs, shackles, equalizers, and bent or worn axles
• Tires — replacement and repair, including trailer tires aged out regardless of tread
• Lights and wiring — corroded grounds and connectors, the perennial trailer gremlin
• Couplers, hitches, and goosenecks — wear, play, and safety-chain hardware
• Floors, mats, and gates — rot and weakened decking, latches, and dividers
• Annual DOT/FMCSA inspections — trucks and trailers

Bearings are the one to stay ahead of. A trailer that sits between hauls, then goes out loaded on a hot day, is the classic bearing-failure setup — and a seized hub with livestock aboard is about the worst roadside situation there is. Repacking bearings costs very little next to a burned spindle, a fire, or an animal loss.

Before you haul

If you have a show, a sale, or a rodeo coming up, the sensible time to bring a trailer in is a week or two before — not the morning of. A pre-haul inspection covers bearings, brakes, tires, lights, coupler, and floor, and hands you a prioritized list: what has to be fixed before you load animals, and what can wait until after the season.

Same logic for the truck. If it is due for service or has been running hot, see cooling system repair — Texas heat plus a loaded gooseneck finds every weak point in a cooling system.

Who we do this for

• Ranches and cattle operations — working trailers that earn, hauling most weeks
• Horse owners and show haulers — where trailer condition is a safety matter first
• Livestock haulers — commercial operators who need DOT-legal equipment
• Event and rodeo haulers — stock contractors and vendors coming in for shows
• Anyone with a gooseneck — flatbeds and equipment trailers share the same failures

We are a shop, not a roadside service. We do not run tow trucks and we do not do roadside rescue, and we are open Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:30 PM. If you are broken down with animals aboard, get them safe first, then call 512-717-2777 and we will tell you straight what we can do and when.

Related services

• Truck & trailer repair
• Truck & trailer tire repair
• Brakes and suspension
• Annual DOT/FMCSA inspections
• Diesel repair in Austin

Bring it by

2900 N FM 973, Austin, TX 78725 — East Austin, serving the Greater Austin Area (Travis, Bastrop, Williamson, Hays). Call 512-717-2777 with what you haul and when you need it, and if you are working to an event date, say so and we will work backward from it.

Common questions

Do you repair livestock and horse trailers?

Yes — stock trailers, horse trailers, and gooseneck trailers of all kinds. Brakes, bearings and hubs, axles and suspension, lights and wiring, coupler and hitch work, floors and gates, and tires. The trailer is the part most likely to strand you and the part most owners inspect least.

We are hauling in for an event at the Expo Center. Can you look at our trailer?

Call ahead and we will tell you honestly what we can fit. The Travis County Expo Center is on our side of town, so we are a short run rather than a trip across Austin — but we are a shop, not a mobile service, and event weeks fill up. The far better plan is a pre-haul inspection a week or two out, when a bearing or a brake is a scheduled repair instead of an emergency.

What fails most on a livestock trailer?

Wheel bearings and brakes, by a wide margin — trailers sit for long stretches, then get loaded heavy and driven hot, which is exactly how bearings fail. After that it is tires that are aged out regardless of tread, lights and wiring corroded at the connectors, and floors weakened by years of manure and moisture. All four are cheap to check and expensive to ignore with animals aboard.

Do you inspect trailers for DOT compliance?

Yes. We perform annual DOT/FMCSA inspections on trailers as well as trucks, and if something fails we can usually repair it in the same visit. If you haul commercially — or your rig is over the weight threshold — that inspection is not optional, and a livestock trailer gets looked at closely.