Sandpiper fifth wheel with its patio awning out and slide extended at a wooded Michigan campsite — the kind of rig Nagel Trailer Repair keeps road-ready in Merrill, Michigan

Water damage?
We rebuild it right.

Roof repair and resealing, rotted floors and slide-outs — rebuilt at our shop in Merrill, Michigan.

Call (989) 205-1212 Text us your damage photos

State-certified mechanic — Recreational Trailer specialty, Michigan Dept. of State, current through Nov 2027

Free winter storage with winter repair work

Photo-first estimates

Start with pictures — it’s how every honest estimate begins.

Text us photos of the damage and we’ll look before we talk numbers. We look at every set of photos. No totals sight-unseen — we see the damage first, then you get one honest total.

Text your photos to (989) 205-1212

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The whole rig, from the cornerOne wide shot so we can see the camper and where the damage sits on it.
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A close-up of the damageGet close enough that we can see the rot, crack, or soft spot itself.
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The roof seam or floor corner where water got inThat’s where the story starts — it tells us how far the damage likely runs.

Services: roof repair, water damage, floor rebuilds, slide-outs, vintage restorations, concession trailers, axles and welding. Merrill, Michigan.

State-certified mechanic — Recreational Trailer specialty

Michigan Department of State Motor Vehicle Mechanic Certificate, current through November 2027.

Free winter storage

With winter repair work — your rig stays with us, and the work gets done before spring.

One fixed shop, in Merrill

Bring it to 4175 S. Meridian Rd. The work happens here, by our crew — not farmed out.

Roof & water-damage specialists

Leaks, rot, soft floors and slide-outs — the work this shop is known for, done every week.

What we fix

Five specialties, one standard

Find the real problem, rebuild what’s damaged, and seal it so it stays fixed.

Measuring a roof seam during an RV roof repair at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan, vintage campers and a concession trailer in the yard behind

Roof Repair & Resealing

We find the leak, rebuild what it rotted, and reseal every seam and screw head.

Call about roof repair →

Fifth wheel slide-out floor rotted through by water damage, opened up for a rot restoration at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan

Water Damage & Rot Restoration

Rotten framing and walls, torn out and rebuilt solid.

Call about water damage →

Floor Repair

Soft, spongy, rotted floors — cut out and rebuilt to stand on.

Call about floor repair →

Slide-Out Repair

Leaks, seals, floors, and mechanisms — diagnosed at the shop, fixed for good.

Call about slide-outs →

Vintage Camper Restoration

Frame to finish — old campers brought all the way back.

Call about a restoration →

The credential

State-certified — Recreational Trailer

Michigan Department of State Motor Vehicle Mechanic Certificate, Recreational Trailer specialty, current through November 2027. The certificate hangs in the shop — ask to see it.

Generator trouble? We don’t service generators — we send you to Hubbell’s Inc. in St. Charles.

From the Workshop

More of what rolls through the shop doors — the same work our regulars have counted on for years:

Restoring Vintage Campers
Resealing Roofs
Fixing Rotten Campers
Axles
Welding
Camper Interiors
New Aluminum Siding
Custom Construction

We sometimes buy old campers

Got an old camper sitting? We sometimes buy them. Call (989) 205-1212 and show us pictures of it.

Call (989) 205-1212

Proof, not promises

Drag the handle. See the work.

Real jobs from our shop floor — the same rig, before and after. No stock photos, no filters on the proof.

Concession trailer mid-rebuild in the shop at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan, bare plywood panels exposed

The same concession trailer finished — clean white panels, glass serving windows, lettering on

BeforeAfter

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Concession trailer rebuild

Problem: worn-out panels and tired serving windows → Fix: rebuilt panels, new glass, fresh lettering — ready to sell from again.

Vintage camper stripped to its bare wood frame and floor deck inside the shop at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan

The same camper finished and set up at a wooded campsite under a checkered awning with string lights

BeforeAfter

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Vintage camper, frame to campground

Problem: a camper down to bare bones → Fix: reframed, insulated, re-sided, rebuilt inside — and back at the campground. Full series below.

The slide-out rot shot in Services above is the real “before” of the work we do every week — water gets in quietly, and the floor pays for it. Caught early, it’s a repair. Caught late, it’s a rebuild. We do both.

Start to finish

One camper, all the way back

This vintage camper came to the shop as a bare frame. Here it is, stage by stage, ending where it belongs — at a campsite.

Stage 1 of a vintage camper rebuild at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan — the camper stripped to its bare wood frame and floor deck — 01
Down to the bones
Stripped to the bare frame and floor deck. Everything rotted comes out.

Stage 2 of the rebuild — the rebuilt frame fitted with foam insulation, new cabinetry visible inside — 02
Reframed & insulated
New framing, foam insulation fitted, cabinetry going in.

Stage 3 of the rebuild — fresh white corrugated aluminum siding on the camper, window openings cut — 03
New siding
Fresh white corrugated aluminum siding, windows cut, sealed tight.

Stage 4 of the rebuild — the finished kitchen: white shaker cabinets, subway tile, butcher-block counters — 04
Interior rebuilt
White shaker cabinets, subway tile, butcher block — a cottage kitchen, not a camper.

Stage 5 of the rebuild — the finished camper set up at a wooded campsite under a checkered awning — 05
Back at the campground
Checkered awning up, string lights on. That’s the whole point.

How a repair works

No surprises, start to finish

Call or text — send pictures

Call the shop, or text us photos of the damage. Pictures first — so we can see what you’re seeing.

Inspection & honest estimate

We look it over at the shop and give you one honest total before any work starts.

The repair

Our crew does the work here in Merrill — roof, floor, structure, systems — with photo updates as it goes.

Sealed, tested, road-ready

Every seam checked, every repair tested. You pick up a rig that’s ready for the road — or the campsite.

The restoration shop

Old campers aren’t done. They’re waiting.

A vintage camper carries forty summers of somebody’s family. We treat it that way — down to the frame if that’s what it takes, then back up with new insulation, new siding, and interiors built like little cottages.

The cream-and-turquoise canned ham at right rolled out of here with fresh paint and a Sylvania badge shining. The one in Start to Finish above is set up at a wooded site tonight, awning up, lights on.

Call about your vintage camper

Restored cream and turquoise vintage canned-ham camper in the sun at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan

Hands driving rivets with a pneumatic rivet gun carrying the shop’s own Nagel Trailer Repair sticker — craftsmanship detail at the Merrill, Michigan shop

Under-trailer axle, leaf spring and U-bolt close-up with tire — axle and suspension work at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan

Craft, up close

The details are the difference

Rivets driven one at a time with the shop’s own branded gun. Axles and leaf springs rebuilt underneath. Sealant run over every seam and every screw head on the roof. That’s the work nobody photographs — and the work that decides whether a repair lasts one season or ten.

Talk to the shop — (989) 205-1212

Ben Nagel, owner and state-certified mechanic at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan, in his shop hoodie

About the shop

Meet Ben Nagel

Ben Nagel owns Nagel Trailer Repair — and he’s a state-certified mechanic, Michigan Department of State, Recreational Trailer specialty. Years of experience stand behind every rig that comes through the door.

The shop works on travel trailers, RVs, motorhomes, fifth wheels, concession trailers, food trucks, cargo trailers, and vintage campers and glampers. Send Ben the issue plus pictures, and the shop takes it from there.

Call Ben — (989) 205-1212

Big rigs welcome

From canned hams to Class A motorhomes

The yard at Meridian Road holds everything from a vintage egg camper to fifth wheels and Class A motorhomes — plus the concession trailers and food trucks that earn their owners a living. Same crew, same standard, whatever rolls in.

Find the shop

Four motorhomes lined up on the gravel yard at Nagel Trailer Repair in Merrill, Michigan, under a big blue sky

Around the yard

From vintage to brand new — if it rolls in, we can fix it

Our own photos, shot at the shop in Merrill: motorhomes, fifth wheels, horse trailers, vintage eggs — and the customers’ rigs that fill the yard every week.