2.7m Single Axle Closed Body Trailer

What the 2.7m closed body trailer is built to carry

Everything here is aimed at cargo that has to arrive dry and out of sight. Roof and sides are sheet steel rather than canvas, so tools, furniture, camping kit, seed bags and spares travel sealed. Loading works from two directions: a rear door 1 010 mm high by 845 mm wide, and a side door 1 010 by 550 mm, which earns its keep when the trailer is reversed tight against a wall. Published ground clearance is 215 mm, enough for district gravel and farm two-tracks, though this is a road trailer and not an off-road build.

Published specification

Every figure below comes from the manufacturer specification sheet for this model.

Standard body or Aero body

This is the part most sites gloss over, so here it is straight. On mass and load the two shells are identical: 340 kg tare, 750 kg GVM, 410 kg payload, a 1 480 mm axle rated at 1 250 kg, eight blade springs and 165 x 13 inch wheels. The Standard listing names a galvanised coupler, an eight inch twin-bearing jockey wheel, flush floor-mounted ring holders and a primer coat under white paint. The Aero listing names an aerodynamic round nose, a six inch jockey wheel and seven tie-down rings. Beyond that the manufacturer publishes nothing further, and we will not invent a difference to explain the price step. If it decides your purchase, ask on the quote form and we will get it confirmed in writing.

Standard equipment on both bodies

• Body and roof in 0.9 mm corrosion resistant electro-galvanised or zinc galvanised sheet steel
• Sides stiffened by formed hat sections to stop drumming and vibration
• Pad-lockable rear and side doors on heavy duty hinges
• Pad-lockable spare wheel holder on the left mudguard, spare wheel included
• Multi-function LED lights, number plate holder and plate light
• Adjustable rigid support legs for uneven ground
• Floor-mounted tie-down ring holders
• Corrosion-proof dust caps and a galvanised coupler
• Adjustable jockey wheel

Payload, GVM and licensing

Plan around the published numbers: 340 kg tare, 750 kg gross vehicle mass, 410 kg payload. That 750 kg figure is not an accident. It sits exactly on the threshold at which South African law stops allowing an unbraked trailer, which is why no braking system is published for this model. Load discipline matters more here than on a braked unit, because past 410 kg you are outside the certified mass rather than merely uncomfortable. Towing mass, braking and licence requirements are set by the National Road Traffic Act and its regulations, not by any dealer, so check your own licence and tow vehicle rating against the current text.

Where the 2.7m closed body trailer sits in the range

Treat this as the first genuinely commercial box in the closed body line-up. Below it sit light luggage trailers such as the 2.1m luggage trailer, built around weekend luggage rather than daily working loads. Above it the braked builds move to a 1 525 mm inside width, 195 x 14 inch wheels and, braked, a 1 150 kg GVM. Compare the full line-up on the single-axle closed body trailers archive.

What the extra spend buys

We also carry a budget closed body range at roughly half this money, and it is honest gear for occasional use. Stepping up buys certified published figures rather than estimates: a stated tare and GVM you can weigh against, an eight blade leaf pack, galvanised sheet steel through body and roof, a galvanised coupler and a spare wheel in the price. On a trailer that works weekly rather than twice a year, those parts decide whether it is still square in five years.

Closed body trailer delivery in South Africa

Specifications