Model A Workshop Trailer 1 Ton

Take the workshop to the breakdown instead of dragging the breakdown back to the workshop. That is the job the Model A Workshop Trailer does, and it is the largest of the three workshop bodies in this range. Fold down side doors turn into work surfaces, the interior takes bulky equipment, and everything locks. TRAILERS SA supplies it new from Hartswater as a retailer, and every figure quoted here is published by the builder.

Model A Workshop Trailer specifications

The dimensions and masses below are the published builder figures for this model.

What comes fitted

The list below is the standard build, so nothing here has to be ordered as an extra.

• Body and floor built from 0.9 mm sheet steel, electro galvanised for corrosion resistance
• Channels and seams rust protected with wax
• Fold down side doors that double as work surfaces
• Built in tool rack on a perforated panel
• Lockable doors, dust proof and waterproof
• Lockable auto reverse coupler and handbrake
• Seven floor mounted tie down rings for securing items in transit
• Multi function LED lights
• Adjustable support legs and an adjustable polypropylene and polyurethane jockey wheel
• Robust aluminium handles on the side flaps
• Spare wheel 195 x 14 inch included

Towing a braked 1600 kg trailer

GVM is 1600 kg on a single 1800 kg axle with run-in brakes, which the law requires above 750 kg. Tare is 580 kg, so 1020 kg of payload is available for tools, spares, a generator, a compressor or a welder. That is a genuine one ton of working kit, and it is worth weighing a loaded trailer once rather than assuming. Check the tow rating of your vehicle before you buy, since that rating, not the trailer, sets your legal ceiling. Licensing and towing requirements are laid out in the National Road Traffic Act.

Model A against Model B and Model C

Model A is the big one. It is 1530 mm wide inside against 1210 mm on the half ton Model B, it carries 1020 kg against 390 kg, and it is the only one of the three with a serving hatch 2140 mm wide. Model C sits in between at 680 kg of payload with the same 1530 mm internal width but a shorter 2125 mm body. If your work needs a person standing inside with the equipment, Model A is the one. If it is mostly organised small parts, the Model B Workshop Trailer layout will suit better.

Trades that put it to work

Plant hire yards, construction site teams, municipal maintenance crews, mining contractors and irrigation installers all use a body like this. The appeal is simple: one lockable unit holds the tools, the consumables and the machine, and it can be dropped at a site and left. A trailer that arrives complete also saves the second trip back to the yard for the one tool that was left behind. Browse the wider selection on the workshop trailers category page.

Working out of the trailer

The side doors fold down flat and become the bench, which is the detail that makes this a workshop rather than a storage box. Behind them sits the perforated tool panel, so spanners and drivers hang where you can see them instead of piling in a box. Seven tie down rings in the floor stop a compressor walking across the deck on a corrugated road. The rear door opening of 1345 mm by 880 mm takes most wheeled equipment, and the 2140 mm serving hatch opens the full side when you need reach. Ground clearance is 220 mm, which is enough for a graded site road.

Ordering, delivery and warranty

Delivery is free to any address in South Africa on this trailer, and the delivery page explains how handover works. Collection from Hartswater is open to anyone who wants to walk around it first. The builder warranty applies and we administer it on your behalf, with the cover described on the warranty page. Contractors buying a fleet of workshop bodies, or anyone who needs a formal written price for a tender, should use the quote request form.