DRAKE TRAILERS - Australia's leading manufacture of heavy-duty trailer
and specialized transport equipment.
Drake Trailers was founded by Colin A Drake in 1958.
Since then Drake Trailers have developed heavy-duty low maintenance
trailers capable of maximizing payload at a reasonable cost.
At Drake Trailer's quality has always been at the top of our list of
goals we set and in keeping with this, we now work to
ISO 9001 QA(Quality Assurance)
system throughout the company.
Built by Drake Trailers guarantees the trailer is engineered to meet
the exacting requirements of the heavy engineering, transport and mining industries. Our
warranty covers a full twelve (12) months, our service never stops.
Companies such as -Brambles Industrial Equipment, Lampson Australia,
Theiss Contractors, Bowers Crane Services, Kingston Industries,
Telstra Australia, Wesfarmers Heavy Haulage and Cooks Construction
use Drake Trailers = most still operating after 25 years or more.
Continued development and research of our trailer range over the
years is part of Drake Trailers commitment to our customer requirements.
Drake Trailers is the specialist trailer manufacturer in Australia and
has produced many 'firsts' which have revolutionized the transport
industry.
The Drake 'Swingwing' 100t capacity highway trailer revolutionized
heavy haulage in Australia 1969, even today design refinements have
the 'Swingwing' at the top of the tree.
The Drake steerable platform trailers in 6,7,8,10,12 etc. line
configuration were first produced in Australia in 1980. These include
all the necessary functions including hydraulic steering, goosneck
and draw bar as well as the ability to widen. The range now includes
fully modular steerable systems in both fixed width and widening
configurations.
Drake Trailers have been building 'Mine site' trailers since the
early '70's and during the past few years have designed and
built a new generation of 'Mine site' transporters, capable of loads
of up to 400t over rough terrain (these are the real bullet proof variety).
These mammoths have a tare weight of 100t approximately and are totally
manufactured at our Walco factory.
The Drake 50t capacity high tensile hydraulic widening trailer has
improved transport and safe loading of earthmoving equipment to such
an extent that it is now the industry standard.
Drake Trailers has an ongoing commitment to new and improved quality
products and actively seek to use and develop the latest technology
in the transport industry.
