We’re taking a break. All Hidrive locations will close on Friday 20 Dec 2024 and re-open on Monday 6 Jan 2025.
We’re taking a break. All Hidrive locations will close on Friday 20 Dec 2024 and re-open on Monday 6 Jan 2025.
To make certain you have all the information you need, we’ve compiled answers to frequently asked questions about our service bodies for utes, trailers, and trucks below.
Filter FAQs:
While our trailers are designed to withstand extremes, it is recommended that tailers operate within safe working limits.
We do not always have demonstration trailers at every location nationally, so please call ahead to check prior.
We do have demo utes. We can put the same full variety of service bodies (in essence) on trailers.
Please contact us to make time to view a trailer.
Yes, all 3.2 ton trailers have electric brakes.
Sizes up to 3.5 meters.
Dual-axle is offered to deliver the rigorous quality standards that we set for ourselves at Hidrive.
2.0 ton and 3.2 ton trailer chassis.
There are three ute service body heights. Let’s chat to discuss your requirements.
Hidrive service bodies are available in multiple sizes to suit all of the most popular truck chassis in Australia.
The Fastlane offering is exactly the same high quality, Australian-made service body and accessories we’ve built our reputation on. It also comes out of the same factory. The difference with Fastlane is that we’ve preconfigured two standard builds (W1 and W2) to provide certainty regarding pricing and a 4-week lead time.
No, the Fastlane configuration has been designed to provide customers with a flexible mobile workspace while optimising the Hidrive production process to facilitate a fast (4-week) turnaround from order acceptance to installation. The fixed specification is what enables this.
However, Hidrive has well-earned a reputation for manufacturing service bodies tailored to meet customer requirements so if a customer wishes to fit accessories outside the scope of Fastlane they are free to do so, on the understanding their build will move to the usual Hidrive lead time.
In short, yes. While no system is infallible, Hidrive’s ‘positive seal’ system has a well-earned reputation for ensure the canopy remains dust and moisture free.
Equipping your assets with high-quality Hidrive accessories ensures compatibility, warranty and in the case of the tow bar, fit with the vehicle body length.
We drop the towbar to the right height, so there’s a safe gap between the tow-ball and your service body, avoiding hand jamming injuries when attaching / detaching trailers.
Finished height will depend on several factors such as the suspension and if appropriate, any upgrade to the suspension, the height of the canopy and other factors. Feel free to chat with a member of our team to help us better understand your requirements so that we might make a fit-for-purpose recommendation and estimate of the finished height, based on our experience.
There are three service body heights: 850/900/1000mm. While 850mm is our “streamlined” service body, the 900 and 1000mm allows for greater capacity to fit larger items and bigger loads.
Feel free to reach out to our friendly and knowledgeable Mobile Workspace Experts. They’re trained to understand vehicle axle loads and GVM regulation and compliance issues.
Yes, we have a showroom at all our manufacturing and installation facilities across Australia. Find your nearest Hidrive location here.
We often find that the best way to share the quality and difference in a Hidrive Service Body is to visit one of our showrooms to help understand how we can build a fit-for-purpose solution and also to help understand the process of delivery of your service body on time, with certainty.
Yes, we work closely with dealers, fleet management organisations (FMO’s) and finance companies to help ensure a seamless experience.
Please note that Hidrive does not guarantee that any business or individual will be eligible for finance.
Aluminium trailers are much lighter, so they are easier to pull, better for fuel economy, have a higher load capacity, reduce braking distances, and can help to meet GCM compliance, all without compromising strength and durability. Additionally, aluminium also does not rust and looks much better if stone chips occur.
This will largely depend on compliance requirements. Feel free to speak with one of our friendly staff.
Yes, you can choose from a limited range of accessories as part of the Fastlane promotion, shown below.
We’ve designed canopies in the Fastlane promotion to be built, as the name suggests, fast. While our full range of over 190 accessories are certainly available for you to include in your build, if you choose accessories outside the specific Fastlane range, additional engineering will be required and our 4-week Fastlane delivery timing will not be possible. For more info, book an appointment with a Hidrive Mobile Workspace Specialist to discuss your needs and what impact this may have on delivery times.
