Australia's specialised aluminium trailer builder readies to launch race car transporters

Graham Lusty Trailers (GLT) is now building customised race car transporters. The specialised aluminium trailer builder of Australia GLT has fabricated their first 6 car transporter for Steve McFadden.

Aluminium and stainless steel is extensively used throughout the trailer. Where aluminium cannot be used the company's design team fall back on stainless steel. But aluminium is clearly their metal of choice for building trailers.

“Our walls are made with a special aluminium plank which has a double skin and internal bracing. This means that our transporters do not require any internal framing”, explains Operations Manager James Yerbury.

“Our chassis are also made from Marine grade aluminium and depending on your choice of suspension even the suspension hangers are aluminium”.

The outer walls are skinned in a Styrofoam and finished with fiberglass. This gives the trailers with a clean skin finish. The roof is a one piece CNC cut fiberglass/Styrofoam composite. Overall, the trailers are highly insulated against the environment and noise.

These new transporters will handle Australian conditions exceptionally well. “We have repaired some relatively young transporters over the past few months which were manufactured by other brands and the amount of rust in these units was astonishing,” continued James. “Our transporters cannot rust or leak water.”

For this first unit, the GLT team built and designed the twin cable tailgate lift. The tailgates run a stainless steel RHS frame skinned in aluminium plate as standard. Hydraulics are controlled using a wireless remote control. ‘We also are offering a custom Dhollandia tailgate system if you want to wait the 16 weeks for it to arrive from Europe,” commented James.

GLT has entered the market with a highly customisable product. Standard specs included air-con, remote hydraulic tailgate, hydraulic landing legs, 14KVA generator and keyless entry.