Fabricator meets Chef and the food truck dream was born. Follow our journey converting a 1980s Rice Richardson horse trailer into a badass food trailer. In partnership with Ollie Pheby, director of Weldid Ltd.
We bought this sink: Reginox 1 Bowl Integrated Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink with Waste (plumbworld.co.uk), as it was an appropriate size, depth and a good price. If you want to
The first step to setting up your electrical system, is to make a simple schematic of the desired electrics, to help you in getting the components and wiring you need.
The trailer starts to pop as we add more custom details 😀 Because everyone knows a spoiler makes you go faster! To get that ‘just left halfords’ look we drilled
We wanted our trailer to have a home-kitchen feel to it, so we tiled a splashback and made trims using a mix of old domestic tiles that were leftover from
Now we’ve fitted the cedar floor onto the ply we felt it was time to decide an internal layout. We thought we’d keep it simple and fairly open to maximise
There are a few options for flooring- one layer, 2 layers, wood, wood and lino, wood and plastic composites. We wanted a natural flooring, so opted for wood. We used
After we had stripped the trailer of its floor, the chassis, axles and brake system were fully revealed. On inspection, we decided that the brake system (probably original 40+ years
Choosing hatch size and marking trailer We chose to make our main hatch 1500 x 700mm. It seemed to be a common size for a trailer like this one, and
Choosing paint seems like a simple job, but will take time to choose. Getting the paint right will set a vibe for the trailer- not too light, not too dark,
The small door at the front of a horse trailer is known as the ‘Jockey Door’, because once the jockey/rider had led the horse into the trailer through the rear
