How Much Does A Food Trailer Weight?
We have taken the liberty of comparing food trucks, food trailers, and food carts in order to help you decide which vehicles will work best for your mobile cooking ventures. Keep reading for specifications and weights of food trailers, so that you can decide how large a food trailer you should choose and which towing vehicle is the best for the operation of your mobile catering business.
To determine the best truck to pull a food trailer, first, you will want to figure out what the weight of your food trailer and its interior gear is going to be. You need to make sure that your food trailer is much lighter than your towing truck. For instance, if your truck is rated for 8,000 pounds of towing, configure your food trailer (with cooking equipment) to weigh less than 6,000 pounds, or you need to rent a larger towing vehicle for it.
Since food concession trailer weights vary widely depending on the dimensions and equipment, the following is just an approximation. A good initial estimate is between 5,000-6,000 pounds -- but anywhere from five to five can differ depending on the menu you are serving and the commercial kitchen equipment you will need to cook the food. Motorized, on-wheel-drive food trailers can weigh anywhere from 12,000 pounds to 16,000 pounds, making them significantly heavier than your average car.
The most used and one which is the topic of this article is a food trailer, which has an average weight of 14.000 pounds (6350kg), and then there are several others like small round-top trailers, which can weigh between 1,500 pounds (680kg) and 8,000 pounds (3,600kg). An 8x20 food trailer also weighs anywhere from 1,500-2,000lbs, with the weight on its tongue being around 6500-7500lbs. You can get a trailer twice the width of an engine-driven truck, and it is three feet longer, and weighs less than a fraction of it.
Whether or not your food trailer is a dual-axle food trailer, or a mini food trailer with a steel frame, is also worth noting. Most food concession trailers are moved by being towed behind a vehicle that has enough towing capability to handle the weight of a food trailer. Our food trucks, concession trailers, and food carts are all made from the standard template configurations used in many food vending operations, such as ice cream, coffee, BBQ, bubble tea, and so on.
Our concession trailers/food carts are completely customized with a striking design that is guaranteed to correctly present your business in a unique way that drives higher sales. Our company can design and customize any size food trailers - up to 26ft-long to fit your specific needs for your business operation.
Please be ready to give us a list of the cook & refrigeration appliances that you will need for running the concession trailer. We will also need to know the size of the food trailer that you are interested in. Please contact our sales department to discuss what kind of transportation vehicle will be needed to haul your particular trailer.
At Glory, we chose to build our values around quality and ethics, and as such, our pricing options allow potential entrepreneurs the highest return on investment compared to the prices that any other food truck builders can give. If you are looking to upgrade your food trailer after some years, chances are that you have better resale value when you resell it.
