What type of vehicle or trailer will suit your business best?
We’re going to assume you’re in one of two “places” at the moment:
You’ve been in the mobile catering industry for a while and you’re looking for your next catering vehicle or trailer
Here’s a guide to the whole range of catering units we convert or produce with a quick overview of the main features. You probably already know what you’re looking for and want to know more. Just follow the links and you’ll find a very detailed description and technical specification for our most popular products. In fact you’ll find all the information you need to make your informed decision.
Plus you’ll find an overview of how we make sure that, even though you know your business, you’re going to get a unit that will help take your business to the next level.
Of course you’ll realise we’re very flexible and if you can visualise it, we can build it (we haven’t had to say no yet), so if you have any ideas that don’t fit these products, just get in touch.
You’re new or relatively new to the mobile catering industry and you’re trying to work out what’s the best unit for your new business venture
For you, we’ve given an overview here of each of the units we typically produce so you can follow the links to our most popular products to see the detailed descriptions that give you all the information you’re ever likely to need at this stage. We’ll give you all the technical information you need in an easy to read form, plus we’ll give you our best advice about which business type and location suits each unit.
Remember the finished product is always built to your specification, the detail below will help guide you closer to your ideal unit.
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GT Supa Truck
These trucks are designed and built for the high volume caterers in the industry. The GT Supa truck typically has a considerable amount of equipment inside, way more than you will find in many pub kitchens. If you want to secure contracts where you can cook for hundreds of covers each and every sitting, one of our trucks fits the bill. Designed to perform and provide Michelin star quality food, in mass, every single time.
GT Supa Van
Ideal if you want to serve your products direct from the van to your customer and also great if you provide craft services to the film and TV industry. The GT Supa van has the space and strength to carry lots of equipment so you can serve multiple lines of product, or specific products lines in a high capacity direct to your clients.
It also allows you to carry everything you need to trade on one vehicle meaning you can keep your overheads down as there is no need for a support vehicle. That means only one set of insurance and maintenance costs. Having everything on one vehicle means it is easy to drive, a bit like your car, only bigger.
What’s the difference between a GT Supa Truck and a GT Supa Van?
The GT Supa Truck is a work-horse and will allow you to cook high volumes of quality food all day long. As these are based on a lorry chassis, the service point (or passover as it might be called) can sometimes be quite high, therefore we provide sturdy and robust access platforms which are part of the truck and easy to use. You can serve direct from the truck or you may consider having your staff take the food from the pass and straight out to where your clients will be eating, to provide that ‘added value’ service to your clients. To give you a better idea, our GT Supa Truck range starts in kitchen size and carrying capacity where the GT Supa Van stops.
The GT Supa Van is aimed at serving food straight out the serving hatch and into the hands of your paying customer. The low serving height allows your clients to be fascinated by watching your team cook. The full width service hatch gives your customers total visibility and they can see everything going on in the kitchen. Our GT Supa Van does provide you with that competitive edge and will draw the crowds to watch you cook
“The turnaround time from us having the idea of a food truck to having the final product exceeded our expectations and we were absolutely thrilled with the result.”
Michael Sladden, Operations Director, MOB Kitchen, London
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Convert a current vehicle into a catering unit
Here you benefit from the quality and craftsmanship of all our other products and keep your overall investment down by supplying the team at 4Sure with a second-hand vehicle for conversion. This can be ANY type of vehicle e.g. a box van or a panel van. In the event you want to follow this route, and you haven’t bought your vehicle yet, please call us so we can help point you in the right direction. We want you to avoid buying something that might not do the job for you.
Vintage vehicle conversion
Ideal for maintaining the charm from yester-year. Charismatic, quirky, beautiful are some of the words to describe vehicle conversions from this era. We’ve already lost count of how many of these conversions we have done. There are many benefits to converting the vintage products and some serious considerations to boot… Find out more on the vintage vehicle conversions page
Coffee van – versatile, can go anywhere and provide great coffee and more
We all know the popularity of quality coffee and speciality teas is a massive market with great profit margins. You can trade anywhere. This style of vehicle will get you up and running and serving your local community with only the freshest coffee beans, luscious muffins and why not bolt on some other options to boost your upsell to the client? You can see numerous examples of the stylish conversions we’ve carried out and how they all work so well – the electric, LPG and water supplies are all carried on the vehicle – not a wire in sight.
GT Trailer – the high volume trailer unit
If you want a large trailer with great branding opportunities to draw the crowds, allowing you to generate high revenues within a short window of time, this trailer will work for you. It even has the versatility and ability to have the graphics changed very quickly to serve a different food offering if this is what you want. We only use the very best materials and designs for our GT range, so it will last for years. It provides you with the maximum payload to carry stock, and additional options that can be added to double your kitchen space.
ST Trailer
Our ST trailer is clean, packed full of features and provides a great platform for you to have a solid business trading from a pitch during the week. Then it gives you the flexibility to step up a gear and look very attractive, to allow you to take good revenue from e.g. country fairs and private wedding catering at the weekend. Not as large as the GT Trailer, easier to move around though.
Horse Box conversions
The ideal outlet for your local street food pitch and wedding events. Style attracts customers and these conversions are stylish. Horse boxes are becoming increasingly popular for making money from food, alcohol and ice creams because it gives a faster return on your initial investment.
Retro Roller
The iconic shape of the original airstream trailer from America captured the hearts of many traders and enthusiasts, the reality and cost of importing one of these and then bringing the axles, brakes and lighting systems up to UK specification hinders quite a few people from doing so. Here’s a better option, bigger, wider, stronger and built in the UK. Stylish, draws in the crowds, with good space for multiple service and till points and an efficient high volume kitchen
Shipping container trailer or conversion – style on a budget
Looking for the style of a semi-permanent outlet whilst still being able to tow without the need of specialist equipment if you want to? Our solid but lightweight shipping containers have been designed to keep within the 3.5 ton towing capacity. You can do amazing things with a shipping container, they are very versatile. If you want a unit that is a little different, click here to find out more.
The Hi-Lo Trailer – better displays mean more sales
The Hi-Lo Trailer brings two clever added benefits to the party:
- You will sell more of your products. This trailer has a special design where the push of a button lowers the entire trailer to ground, within seconds. Everything in the unit becomes more visible. Our clients tell us the more your customer can see what you are doing, and watch how you cook and serve your product, the more you sell. The “theatrics” naturally increase the curiosity of your potential customers. In turn more people stop and buy your product. Or you could simply say smell and movement attracts attention and being on the same level as your customer helps them both.
- You get superb added security when your unit is parked. In the lowered position, the wheels come up into the body of the trailer. If there are no wheels in sight and the trailer chassis is sitting on the ground, it makes it much harder for that little (or big) toe-rag to make off with your hard-earned kit.
Mobile bars
We have helped many businesses create additional revenue opportunities from trailers, shipping containers, kiosks and merchandising counters all specifically designed to serve alcohol and soft drinks to your consumer.
Talk to us so we can discuss what you are looking to achieve, this way we will be best placed to advise which one of our solutions will work for you.
Farm shops
The Farm Shop trailer is a great opportunity to extend your business and offer an additional service to lots of potential customers. With shopping trends ever changing and people becoming much more aware of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle the demand for fresh produce is on the rise. Being able to offer a range of fresh produce will allow you to sell direct to the consumer and our trailer makes it easy for them to buy.
Exhibition trailers
The exhibition trailer opens all sorts of options for your business to hit the road and take your product or service and promote it in a different way. The ways in which you can make this unit work for your business is endless. So, whether it is a service you are offering, or a product you need to promote we can help you design and build a unit that suits your requirements.
“…you ultimately get what you pay [for] and if you want things done properly, professionally and to a high exacting standard, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better company than 4Sure.”
Garry Young, Ops Director of Healthy Yummies Ltd
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To find out more about we can help your business, or if you simply want some advice, call us now on 01536 202 944.
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Here’s what we promise we’ll do for you
The 4Sure 11 point Rock Solid Guarantee
(You’ll love No 11)
- If you’re not happy with your design when it’s finished, whatever you’ve paid at that time, just ask and we’ll refund it.
- Our products are always easy to operate, with no sharp edges or poor workmanship. If you don’t agree or you find sharp edges, we’ll fix what’s wrong for free.
- Our design process will always identify more money-making opportunities than you planned for.
- Your safety is our No 1 concern (actually it’s our No 1 concern only just ahead of you making profits from your unit). You’ll have every relevant safety certification when your unit is ready to leave our workshop.
- You’ll always benefit from talking to us, even if you don’t buy from us. We’ll always give you our best advice and we won’t be too salesy (but we don’t mind if you decide to buy).
- When we agree a completion date, it’s a drop-dead date.
- We never skimp on the quality of materials we use. Never.
- If you want your unit to be ready to go when it leaves our workshop, that’s what it will be, ready to go, straight to the pitch.
- Our support doesn’t end when you get your hands on your finished product. We’re there for any help, advice or guidance you need. Just call, we’ll help.
- You’ll realise we have to put a time limit on our guarantee against defects in parts or workmanship but we give you an industry leading no quibble full 2 years (we ask that you return the unit to our workshop)
- We always stand behind points 1 to 10, but here’s my personal guarantee, from Gary Wagstaff, owner of the business:
“If you order a catering unit from 4Sure and there’s anything you’re unhappy about, at any time, just call me and we’ll fix it.”