2024 Rice 7ft x 16ft Plant & Equipment Trailer – 4.5t with D-Rings & Toolbox

This Rice FMEMR8216 sits in the sweet spot for a lot of Australian operators: enough capacity to carry a mini excavator, a bobcat or a small tractor, but light enough to sit within the towing capacity of a well-specified dual cab rather than requiring a truck.

The frame is 152 mm channel with a 127 mm channel tongue and 76 mm formed channel crossmembers, decked in pressure-treated timber, with a complete powder coat finish rather than paint.

Loading

The 1.52 m equipment-style fold-up ramps have spring assist and kickers, so they come up and go down without a fight and stay put once positioned. Three-inch D-rings and a Stealth-Magnum toolbox are fitted, along with a flatbed spare mount.

Specification

Matching the trailer to the machine

The number that decides whether this trailer suits you is the rated payload of about 3,273 kg, not the deck size. A 1.7 tonne mini excavator plus a bucket set and a fuel drum sits comfortably inside that; a 3.5 tonne machine does not. Weigh the machine with its attachments on rather than trusting a brochure figure, because attachments add up fast.

Compliance

Those are the US maker’s ratings converted for reference. They are not ADR ratings, an ATM plate or a roadworthiness statement in Australia; imported trailers must be approved and registered through your state or territory road authority. See the wider selection under container chassis and trailers, and container weights in our dimensions guide if that is what you plan to shift.