Craig Smith Body Shop

Craig Smith Body Shop is an RV body shop based in Galion, Ohio, and you bring the RV to its shop. It also repairs cars, trucks and semis, but the RV side handles collision repair, fiberglass repair, roof repair, sidewall replacement, paint restoration and complete body reconstruction.

It works on Class A, Class B and Class C motorhomes, travel trailers and fifth wheels, in a 12,000 square foot facility built to handle them. The shop has a lift rated to hoist a 40,000 pound Class A motorhome, so a big rig does not have to go somewhere else for a lift that can take the weight. It serves Galion, Mansfield, Bucyrus, Crestline, Marion and the surrounding Central Ohio area.

No trip fee, hourly rate or diagnostic fee is published, so ask about cost when you call. Hours run Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, closed weekends. A towing company works with the shop for after-hours transport, so ask about that arrangement if you need your RV brought in outside business hours.

The shop is staffed by 3 RVIA Certified Master RV Technicians, which matters for an RV because fiberglass and sidewall work takes different skill than steel auto body work, and this shop does both. It works with most insurance companies and is preferred by State Farm, Ohio Mutual and Celina, which can simplify a claim after a collision. Craig Smith opened the body shop "just 25 years ago," a long run in one location.

This is a good fit for an RV owner in Central Ohio who needs collision, roof or fiberglass body work and wants a shop that deals directly with insurance.