3.0 m Multi-Purpose Trailer 1500 kg

This multi-purpose trailer is specified for the way trailers actually get used. Most trailers are bought for one job and then asked to do six. This one is specified from the start for that reality. The sides come off, the tailgate drops, there are six lashing points in the floor, and the 1 600 mm bed is 100 mm wider than the standard three metre deck, which is exactly enough to lay a standard pallet flat instead of at an angle. It is the trailer a smallholding near Christiana buys once and stops thinking about.

Build and construction

Chassis and A-frame are both 76 by 38 by 5 mm open channel in a ladder frame. The floor is 2.5 mm checker plate steel, and the headboard is a 600 mm fixed panel framed in 50 mm square tube. The single axle runs 1 020 mm on 8-blade heavy-duty leaf springs rated at 1 600 kg, on 14 inch wheels with a 14 inch spare carried on the A-frame. Braking is fitted, through a 2 000 kg coupler, and the finish is 2K Duco rather than a single-pack enamel, which is the difference between a chassis that holds its colour for years and one that chalks in a season.

Key features

• Removable mesh or solid steel sides — mesh for bulky light loads like garden refuse, solid for sand and rubble, off entirely for anything oversized.
• 1 600 mm bed width — the extra 100 mm over a standard 1 500 mm deck is what lets a pallet sit square, which changes what the trailer can carry commercially.
• Six lashing rings — anchor points in the floor rather than hooks welded to the rails, so straps pull down onto the load instead of outward against the sides.
• 8-blade leaf springs on a 1 600 kg axle — rated above the 1 500 kg GVM, so the suspension is not working at its limit on a full load.
• Braked with a 2 000 kg coupler — also rated above GVM, which is what you want on a district road with a trailer that is genuinely loaded.
• Drop-down rear gate with safety chain — the chain sets the gate as a loading ramp extension rather than letting it swing free against the lights.
• Spare wheel on the A-frame — out of the load space and off the deck.
• 12 V LED lighting — sealed units survive the vibration and the wash-downs that kill filament lamps on farm roads.

Multi-purpose trailer specification

Applications

Smallholding and farm work, building and renovation loads, landscaping and garden refuse, general commercial haulage on a pallet basis, plant hire support, and municipal maintenance crews. It is also the size most commonly bought as a first braked trailer by someone stepping up from a 750 kg non-braked deck and finding it was never enough.

Compliance and legal

At 1 500 kg GVM this trailer is braked and must be registered and licensed. Your tow vehicle rated braked towing capacity and its tow bar rating both cap the combination independently of the trailer rating, and the lower figure is the one that applies. Loads must be secured to standard and may not project beyond the legal limits without the required marking. Tare mass is not published by the supplier and is required for licensing.

What is included

• Trailer with removable sides fitted
• Drop-down tailgate with safety chain
• 14 inch spare wheel on A-frame bracket
• 60 mm jockey wheel
• 12 V LED lighting harness

Optional extras

• Full dropsides or solid panel configuration
• Double-axle upgrade
• Colour: white, black, green or grey

Delivery

More on how we get it to you is on the delivery page, cover is set out under warranty, and you can compare it against the rest of the Braked Utility Trailers range or against the 4.5 m Heavy-Duty Cargo Trailer 3500 kg. To price it up, request a quote.

Delivered nationwide from Hartswater and cross-border into Namibia, Botswana and the wider SADC region on request. Free nationwide delivery applies on this unit with code TSA26. Collection from Hartswater is available.

Call or WhatsApp us with what you are actually carrying and how often, and we will tell you whether the single axle is enough or whether the double-axle upgrade is worth the money for your use.