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Vehicle & trailer graphicsTrailer Branding & Graphics
Turn an enclosed or open trailer into a rolling billboard with cut vinyl and printed graphics.
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A trailer is a billboard that parks itself
Turn an enclosed or open trailer into a rolling billboard with cut vinyl and full-colour printed graphics. An enclosed trailer gives you the largest uninterrupted flat surface most small businesses will ever own, it sits at eye level, and it spends its life parked outside the job you just did. Contractors, landscapers, food vendors, race teams and event businesses get more out of a branded trailer than almost any other sign we make.
Cut vinyl, printed panels, or both
Solid-colour lettering and logos are cut vinyl: crisp, no background, longest life, and the right answer for a name and phone number down the side. Photographs, gradients, full backgrounds and multi-colour artwork are printed and laminated panels. Most trailers end up as a mix — printed artwork where the picture matters, cut vinyl for the wording that has to stay sharp and legible from the road. We will tell you which parts of your design belong in which.
Measuring and laying it out
Trailer sides are rarely the clean rectangle they look like. Rivets, seams, door frames, hinges, vents, running lights and the rub rail all interrupt the panel, and artwork that ignores them ends up with the logo cut in half by a door gap. We work from photos of each side taken straight on, plus the panel measurements, and lay the design out around the obstructions. Vinyl can be applied over rivets and shallow corrugation with heat, but important detail should not land on them.
Both sides, the back, and the front
The two sides do the advertising. The rear doors are what everybody behind you reads in traffic and are the right place for a phone number or web address in large type. The front is usually seen only when parked, so it suits a logo. Open trailers and equipment trailers get a different treatment — lettering on the fenders, the tongue box and any solid gate panel.
How long it lasts out there
Trailers live outdoors permanently, so everything goes on in permanent film: cast vinyl for lettering, laminated print for panels. Cut vinyl is rated up to six to eight years outdoors by its maker depending on the film; printed and laminated work typically holds colour for two to four years in direct sun before fading becomes visible. Washing the trailer occasionally genuinely extends both — it is road grime and salt sitting on a graphic that does the damage.
Installed or shipped
We measure, make and install trailer graphics on site across the Belleville, Quinte West, Kingston and Napanee area. Further afield, cut vinyl lettering ships pre-spaced under transfer tape and larger printed panels ship rolled, with application notes — trailer work is one of the jobs where a wet application makes a big panel much easier to place, and we include the instructions. See the application guide.
Getting a quote
Email info@signs613.com with photos of each side, the trailer make and size, and your logo, or use the request form. There are finished trailers in the gallery.
Common questions
How do I get a quote?
Email info@signs613.com or send the request form on this site — both land in the same inbox. Tell us the size, the quantity and where it is going, and attach your artwork or a photo. A real person replies with a clear price and turnaround. We do not publish a phone number; if you would rather be called, leave your number in the form and say so.
Do you ship across Canada?
Yes — standard shipping is free anywhere in Canada. Expedited shipping is available on request; tell us your deadline and we will quote it alongside the free option.
Will I see a proof first?
Always. Every job gets a proof by email showing size, colour, spelling and layout, and nothing is cut or printed until you approve it.
How long does it take?
Most decal, sticker and lettering jobs are made within about five business days of proof approval, plus shipping. Larger signs and installations are scheduled with you. In a hurry? Say so and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
What file format should I send?
Cut vinyl needs vector artwork — SVG, PDF, AI or EPS — because the blade follows the outlines in the file. A JPG or PNG has no outlines. Only have a photo of your logo? Send it anyway and we can redraw it as vector for a small fee.
Can you apply it to my vehicle for me?
In the Belleville, Kingston and Napanee area, yes — we install what we make. Further away, we ship the graphics weeded and taped with instructions; most lettering applies well with the wet method in our guide.
Should I ask for permanent or removable vinyl?
Permanent vinyl uses a strong adhesive and is what belongs on vehicles, storefront glass, equipment and anything outdoors. Removable vinyl uses a lower-tack adhesive meant to come off cleanly after months rather than years — right for a seasonal promotion, a leased vehicle, a rented space or a wall you do not own. "Permanent" describes adhesive strength, not a life sentence: it still comes off with gentle heat and patience. Tell us how long it needs to last and whether it must come off cleanly, and we will pick the film.
What surfaces will a vinyl decal stick to?
Vinyl wants smooth, clean and non-porous. Glass, painted or enamelled metal, powder-coated panels, sealed or varnished wood, acrylic and smooth rigid plastics all hold well. Gloss and semi-gloss painted drywall is fine; flat paint is less reliable and heavy texture is a gamble. It will not hold on brick, concrete, stucco, raw or weathered wood, or anything chalky or flaking — there is nothing continuous for the adhesive to grip. Send a close-up photo of the surface if you are unsure and we will tell you before you order.
Will a decal damage my paint or my window tint?
Applied and removed properly, no. Vinyl sits on the clear coat, not in it, and comes off with gentle heat from a hair dryer, lifted at a shallow angle — never a blade, and never a heat gun held in one spot. Factory tint is inside the glass and is not affected. Aftermarket tint film is the exception: it is a film on the inside of the window, so put the decal on the OUTSIDE of a tinted window and it is a non-issue. Paint that is already cracked, flaking or freshly resprayed is the real risk — let new paint cure for at least a month first.
Can I put a decal on in winter?
Not outdoors in a Canadian February. Vinyl adhesive needs roughly 10 degrees Celsius or warmer to tack, and both the air and the surface have to be there — a sunny minus-five afternoon is still a cold truck door, and cold vinyl cracks instead of conforming. Bring the vehicle or panel into a heated garage, let it come up to temperature for a few hours, clean it with isopropyl alcohol and apply indoors. Then leave it a full day before rain, a car wash or a freeze-thaw cycle. Once cured, road salt and winter are not a problem for permanent vinyl; it is the first day that matters.
Can you cut any shape, any colour and any size?
Any shape your vector artwork describes, in any single vinyl colour we stock — standard colours plus metallic, matte, gloss, reflective, holographic and etched-glass finishes. Sizes run from roughly half an inch up to four feet wide on the roll, and larger again as tiled panels. The practical limits are at the small end: strokes thinner than about a sixteenth of an inch and text under half an inch are hard to weed and tend to lift. We check your artwork at the finished size and tell you before anything is cut.
How does a cut vinyl decal arrive, and how do I apply it?
In three layers: backing paper, your design in vinyl, and transfer tape over the top holding every letter in position. Peel the backing away, position the whole thing, squeegee firmly from the middle out, then peel the transfer tape back on itself at a shallow angle and the vinyl stays behind. Spacing and layout are already correct because the weeding was done here. Clean the surface with isopropyl alcohol first, not a household cleaner — wax and detergent residue is the usual reason a decal lifts later. Instructions ship in the package, and there is more detail in our decal guide.
Can you help with the design?
Yes. Send your logo, the words you need and a photo of where it is going, and we will lay it out for you. If you only have a photo of an old sign or a sketch, we can redraw it.
What if something is wrong when it arrives?
Custom work cannot be returned for a change of mind, because it is made specifically for you — but if it arrives faulty, damaged or not as proofed, contact us within 14 days with a photo and we will remake or refund it.