Wheelchair Trailer

Moving a motorised wheelchair or a mobility scooter over any real distance calls for a trailer built around the chair, not a general load bed pressed into the role. The wheelchair trailer answers exactly that need. Its deck tips on a gas lift assisted action to meet the ground, so the chair is driven up a shallow ramp rather than lifted, and side lugs then hold it steady for the journey. TRAILERS SA sells this specialist unit as a retailer from Hartswater in the Northern Cape, not as the manufacturer. Because the builder does not publish a retail price for it, it is priced on application.

Wheelchair trailer specifications

These are the published builder figures. There is no published retail price for this model, which is why there is no add to cart button on this page.

How the drive-on tipping deck works

The design centres on getting a heavy powered chair on and off without a hoist or a struggle. The standard build includes the following.

• An articulated deck that tips on a gas lift assisted action to form a shallow drive-on ramp at the rear
• Loading from the rear, so the chair is driven on under its own power rather than lifted
• Side lugs to secure the wheelchair in transit
• A tread-hole punched floor for grip underfoot and under the wheels
• A lockable coupler, with the lock supplied as an option
• A handbrake chain fitted as a safety tether
• Tail lights set clear of knocks and protected
• A Rubax rubber suspension axle rather than a leaf pack
• A spare wheel of 165 x 13 inch included on an A-frame bracket
• A large padlockable storage box mounted on the A-frame

Loading with dignity and control

The point of the tipping deck is independence. Rather than asking an occupant to transfer or a helper to lift a chair that can weigh as much as an adult, the deck lowers to the ground and the machine is driven straight on, then reversed or driven off the same way at the far end. The punched floor gives the drive wheels grip on the short climb, the side lugs and tie points hold the chair square for the trip, and the low 200 mm sides keep the loading angle shallow. It is a considered piece of equipment for a real daily need, not a novelty.

Payload, mass and licensing

Tare is 200 kg and GVM is 700 kg, giving a published payload of 500 kg. That leaves a generous margin over the mass of a single powered wheelchair or mobility scooter, though you should still check the weight of your specific model against the 500 kg figure. Because the plated GVM is 700 kg it stays just below the 750 kg point above which a trailer must be braked, and the builder specifies it with no brakes, on a Rubax rubber axle. The towing and licensing framework is the National Road Traffic Act, and the plated 700 kg is the ceiling to load within.

Priced on application

There is no published price for this trailer, so we do not list one and we will not invent a figure. Because there is no published price there is no add to cart button on this page, and the trailer appears here as a specification page. Send us your requirement through the quote request form, telling us the make of chair or scooter you need to transport, and we will come back with a written price for the trailer as specified, including delivery to your address. If it is easier to talk it through, the same form takes a phone number.

Same chassis as the Quad Bike Tipper

This trailer shares its body and tipping chassis with the 4×4 Quad Bike Tipper, which is published at the same 1970 mm body and 3190 mm overall length. The shell and the tipping action are the same, but the purpose and the fit-out are not. The quad tipper is set up to load a quad bike, while this unit is finished as an accessibility trailer with securing lugs sized for a wheelchair, a punched drive-on floor and a handbrake chain. Order it as a wheelchair trailer, not as a quad tipper, because the securing arrangements differ and each is built for its own load.

Delivery, warranty and ordering

Delivery is quoted with the trailer, and where a priced order clears the R20 000 threshold free delivery applies anywhere in South Africa, with the detail on the delivery page; collection from Hartswater is always available. The builder warranty applies and we administer it on your behalf, with the cover set out on the warranty page. See the rest of the range on the specialist trailers archive. To move forward, send your requirement through the quote request form and we will price the trailer as you need it.