McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
                  Certified Public Accountants and Consultants



We consent to incorporation  by reference in the Registration  Statement on Form
S-3 of Featherlite Mfg., Inc. of our reports dated February 19,1997, relating to
the  consolidated  balance sheets of Featherlite  Mfg.,  Inc. as of December 31,
1996  and  1995,  and  the  related   consolidated   statements  of  operations,
stockholders'  equity and cash  flows for each of the three  years in the period
then ended,  and to Schedule II, which  reports  appear or are  incorporated  by
reference in the December 31, 1996, Form 10-K of Featherlite Mfg., Inc.


                                        /s/ McGladrey & Pullen, LLP



Rochester, Minnesota
April 16, 1997