EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

Featherlite, Inc.

We consent to the use in Registration Statement No. 333-90860 and No. 333-75285
of Featherlite, Inc. (the Company) on Form S-8 of our report dated February 28,
2003 (April 14, 2003 as to Notes 2 and 9), relating to the consolidated
financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31,
2002 (which expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph relating to certain matters raising substantial doubt about the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern), appearing in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2002.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 15, 2003