Twin Quad Bike Trailer

A motorcycle stands on two wheels and a bracket; a quad stands on four and needs a floor wide enough to take a pair of them. The Twin Quad Bike Trailer answers that with a 2 640 mm body, 1 310 mm of inside width and 400 mm sides on a 750 kg gross vehicle mass. Published tare is 320 kg and published payload is 430 kg, carried on a single 1 480 mm axle rated at 1 100 kg with an 8 blade leaf pack.

What the Twin Quad Bike Trailer is built around

The sides are the giveaway. At 400 mm they are far taller than anything on the motorcycle carriers in this range, because a quad is driven on rather than walked up on a wheel bracket, and it needs something to sit against once it is aboard. Lugs run along the sides for restraint, the floor is solid, and the tail lights are protected. Game farms, hunting camps, dune parks and grounds crews are the usual buyers, along with households that own two machines and one bakkie.

The published numbers

Getting the machines on and off

The builder states that machines load from the rear and that a ramp is supplied. It does not publish the ramp length, the ramp width, its rated capacity, or whether it stows on the trailer, and it lists no wheel chocks at all. We are not going to fill those gaps with guesses. Ground clearance is published at 220 mm and the deck is low, but if you run a wide machine or unusual track, measure it against the 1 310 mm inside width before you order and send the figures through our quote form so we can check it with the builder.

Standard fittings on this model

• Balanced, light and durable build
• Lugs along the sides to secure machines in transit
• Rear loading with a ramp supplied
• Solid floor
• Lockable coupler, lock optional
• Handbrake chain fitted
• Protected tail lights
• Spare wheel included, 165 x 13 inch

The 430 kg payload question

This is the point to slow down on. Published payload is 430 kg, the tightest figure in the bike and quad group, because a 320 kg tare sits under a 750 kg certified gross. Two utility quads can run close to that ceiling, so check the dry mass of your own machines in their handbooks, then add fuel, the ramp and anything strapped on top. If the pair comes out over 430 kg, the braked twin below is the honest answer rather than a bigger tow vehicle. A heavier axle does not raise a certified rating: the National Road Traffic Act and its regulations govern what may lawfully be towed unbraked, and restraining the load is the towing driver responsibility.

Twin quad or twin super: how to choose

The Twin Super Bike Trailer is the braked unit in this group: 1 400 kg gross, twin 700 kg axles and 1 000 kg of published payload on a wider 1 500 mm deck, though a shorter 2 300 mm body. This trailer is the longer, cheaper, unbraked option and it suits a pair of lighter machines. One motorcycle points you at the Single Bike Trailer and three at the Three Bike Trailer. All of them appear in the bike, quad and golf cart category.

Where the price difference sits

Our catalogue also carries a budget quad carrier at a lower price, and it will move a machine. What this one publishes is a certified 750 kg rating, a 320 kg tare you can verify on a weighbridge, an axle rated at 1 100 kg against that 750 kg gross, an 8 blade leaf pack and a spare wheel in the price rather than on the invoice.

Delivery, warranty and buying it

Specifications