Every trailer is a wall with equipment bolted to it. The wall is a fixed length, the equipment is not, and at some point the second one exceeds the first. That is the whole of it — but because it usually surfaces late, on a shop floor, with a deposit already paid, it has a reputation it does not deserve.
What actually runs out
On the 10 ft Food Box the cookline already carries a fryer, a 36-inch flat top and a salad rail. Add a 12" charbroil and it fits: there is twelve inches of run left to give it. Add a 24" charbroil instead and there is not. The body has to grow to 14 ft, and the price moves with the body rather than with the grill.
That is why the same grill can be quoted two ways on two platforms. It is not the grill that changed.
Where the rules live
- A 3+1 sink forces a 12 ft body on the 10 ft food box, because the sinks take wall the cookline was using.
- Adding cooking equipment to the 14 ft Pizza Trailer — a fryer, a hood, an exhaust fan — forces 16 ft, because the pizza oven is already holding the run.
- A 24" charbroil forces 14 ft on the 10 ft food box.
Each of those is in the catalogue in writing, and the configurator applies them while you are choosing rather than afterwards. Tick the option and the body relabels itself, the notice appears, and the estimate moves. Nobody has to remember it.
The one that surprises people
Pick two options that each force a longer body and you do not pay for two upgrades. The longest body wins, and it is quoted once. A 12 ft rule and a 14 ft rule together are a 14 ft trailer.
Estimates are indicative. Final prices can move up or down with the model and the materials you choose — message us for the exact number.
Still deciding?
Send us the menu and where you plan to park. We will come back with a platform, a spec and the size rules that apply to it.