3.4 m Mobile Food Trailer

The 3.4m mobile food trailer is the unit most operators settle on after a season of trading. The metre that separates this unit from the 2.4 m version buys something specific: a second person. Below roughly three metres of working length, two staff collide at the fryer and the queue slows down instead of speeding up. Above it, one person preps while the other serves, and the same pitch turns over materially more covers in the same trading hours. That is the entire commercial case for stepping up, and it is why this is the size most operators settle on once they have traded a season.

Build and construction

Same galvanised steel ladder frame as the compact unit, carried further and braced for the extra body. Panels are 1.6 mm Chromadek, but on this unit they carry a heat-resistant coating, which is a real difference rather than a marketing one once you are running three burners and a fryer behind them. The floor is anti-slip aluminium checker plate. Two stabiliser jacks sit at the rear, so the body stops moving when someone leans on the counter. Entry is through a lockable steel door with a non-slip step, and the serving hatch is a single large lockable panel on gas struts.

Key features

• Two-person work surface layout — full-length stainless down one side with two prep tables, so prep and service do not share a counter.
• Three-burner plus fryer gas positions — the pipework anticipates a real menu rather than a single hotplate, and a flat-top griddle mounting point is included.
• Range hood bracket pre-fitted — the extraction mount is already in the ceiling, so a commercial hood is a bolt-up rather than a cutting job on a finished unit.
• High-speed exhaust fan mount and duct point — separate from the passive roof vent, because a fryer needs forced extraction and a vent alone will not clear it.
• 100 L fresh and 150 L waste tanks with an electric pump — half again the fresh capacity of the compact unit and nearly double the waste, which is what a two-compartment sink actually consumes.
• Overhead and under-counter storage — dry stock overhead, cold and heavy under the counter, which is the layout that stops staff crossing the unit mid-service.
• Stainless splashbacks and stainless ceiling — the ceiling is the part most units skip and the part that carries grease. It wipes down.
• Four 220 V plug points, generator compatible — enough circuits for refrigeration, lighting and a point of sale terminal at once.

3.4m mobile food trailer specification

Applications

Full-menu event trading, festival and sports stadium catering, corporate and wedding catering, fixed high-street pitches, mine and construction site feeding contracts, and franchise operators running a second or third unit off one commissary kitchen. The two-person layout is also what makes it viable for training staff on the unit rather than off it.

Compliance and legal

Rated at 1 500 kg GVM, so it is a braked, registered trailer. Confirm your tow vehicle rated towing capacity before you buy, because that figure caps the combination regardless of the trailer rating. Trading requires a municipal Certificate of Acceptability, and a unit running forced extraction over a fryer will generally be assessed on the extraction as well as the surfaces. Gas installation must be signed off by a registered LP gas installer and a Certificate of Conformity issued. Tare mass is not published by the supplier and is required for licensing.

What is included

• Trailer, fitted as specified above
• Gas piping points and griddle mounting point, unconnected
• Fresh and waste tanks with electric pump
• Range hood bracket and exhaust duct point, hood not fitted

Optional extras

• Commercial range hood and fan installation
• Under-counter or upright refrigeration
• Water heater installation
• Custom wrap, decals and signage
• Colour: white, red, silver or custom

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 Compact Food Trailers range or against the 2.4 m Mobile Food Trailer. 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 with code TSA26. Collection from Hartswater is available if you would rather inspect before it moves.

WhatsApp this unit straight from the page with your menu and pitch, and we will tell you honestly whether you need the fryer layout or whether the 2.4 m unit does the job for less.