A record 34 trailer manufacturers showcased their latest load-carrying creations at this year’s Brisbane Truck Show, many taking their displays to great new heights – including one literally!
It may be the Truck Show, but believe it or not there were even more trailers on display than prime movers, with a staggering 34 manufacturers rolling in their latest and greatest load-carrying creations for this year’s event.
Rewind to 1968, when the show was born, and it was actually called the Queensland Truck, Trailer and Equipment Show. It makes sense, because without trailers, trucks are just oversize cars!
This year’s show saw the largest array of high-productivity trailers ever displayed in the flesh, showcasing Australia’s propensity for massive multi-trailer combinations. After all, carrying more freight with one truck offers enormous sustainability, safety and productivity benefits.
Not only does Australia’s transport industry favour the biggest trailers, local manufacturers build some of the toughest too, from low loaders to side tippers and everything in between.
Relive the incredible 2025 Brisbane Truck Show, with our roundup of the top trailers on display…
The team had a crazier idea than ever before for this year’s show, outdoing previous stunts like double and triple tacking trailers on top of each other!
Towering above every other attraction in the main pavilion of this year’s show was The Drake Group’s rotating skel trailer, which stood an incredible 13-metres tall.
“The idea actually started with Mick O’Phee (O’Phee Trailers founder),” says The Drake Group Director, Sam Drake. “We always sit down ahead of the show to chat about what sort of theme we want, what we’re going to display and what we’re going to do differently.
“Mick sat down and said, ‘I’ve always had a dream – I’ve always wanted to put a trailer on its end and have it spinning’. We thought about it and went, ‘we could actually do that’. So we got together with our engineers and built a rotator using the same ball race that we use in our Jinker trailer.”
Surrounding the sky-high skel were an array of top-shelf creations, including a ‘Queenslander’ flat top that marked the rebirth of the iconic model that O’Phee Trailers created many years ago.
But arguably the most eye-catching trailer on The Drake Group stand, aside from the towering skel, was a flashy Membrey’s 5×8 swing wide extendable trailer, complete with ‘Bling King’ signwriting and (real) gold-plated Drake badging.
“Brisbane Truck Show is what it’s all about, it’s the marquee event for us,” Drake says. “It’s a huge deal and that’s why we invest a lot into doing it. It’s also about supporting our customers, giving them a platform and exposure too.”
Robuk Engineering
Robuk always pulls a big crowd when it rolls out its premium aluminium tippers and moving floor trailers, and the company’s stand at this year’s show was its biggest yet.
The Brisbane-based manufacturer rolled out its PBS-approved A-double ‘Melbourne Storm’ trailer at the 2023 show, and its stunning airbrushed livery had NRL fans flocking to see the truck in person.
Robuk brought the epic Melbourne Storm trailer back for the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show, and it sat alongside the company’s new 26-metre PBS-approved A-double combination complete with a heartwarming ‘Lights on the Hill’ livery.
The touching trailer artwork aims to honour fallen truck drivers, and Robuk National Sales Manager, Darren Riedel, says it meant a lot to visitors who had lost somebody close to them.
“I was really proud of the ‘Lights on the Hill’ trailer and the concept of honouring the legacy of fallen drivers, which was really emotional for some people,” he says.
“Beyond that, just being able to catch up with our customers, having everyone under the one roof, was really cool. Customers from all around Australia came to visit us on the stand, and we definitely got a few sales out of it!”
GLT Trailers
GLT – an evolution of iconic manufacturer Graham Lusty Trailers – builds some of Australia’s slickest tippers, designed and engineered to offer low tare weight and maximum payload.
The company had an eye-catching array of trailers on show, including the Australian-first VAKO container handling tipper that reduces downtime and improves safety with a system that combines container handling and tipping.
GLT also had a striking blue Parker Transport pocket road train on display, alongside a Sawtells tipper, offering an up-close look at its flagship trailer solutions.
“Months of planning, designing and prepping came to life – and what a ride it was!” GLT Sales and Marketing Manager, Leanne Stewart, says.
“What made it all worth it? The feedback, the curiosity, the nods of approval – confirming what we already knew.
“Plus, those surprised faces when they realised there’s a couple of ‘sheilas’ helping to drive this manufacturing business forward. We’re just getting started!”
Freighter
Freighter Group (formerly MaxiTRANS) is fresh off the back of a rebrand, launching its ‘new look’ at Brisbane Truck Show with a range of locally-manufactured products backed by its ‘Freight it for life’ vision.
Front and centre on its stand was the hotly-anticipated Freez-R fridge trailer, which uses Ferroplast insulation on a proven Freighter chassis to deliver industry-leading thermal performance.
The trailer builder promoted its ‘Freight it for life’ concept throughout the show, which centres around lifetime support for its customers, as it looks to the future.
“This was our first showcase as the Freighter Group, and so our stand was really framed around that ‘Freight it for life’ concept,” says Freighter Group Marketing and Communications Manager, Rick Challons.
“We’re doing a lot of work to support our customers, from an aftermarket perspective, spare parts and our service offering. So we had a lot of people from parts, service and other key people from the business on the stand to have those key conversations.”
Using the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show to premiere the new brand was a winning move for Freighter, providing the perfect backdrop for customer engagement.
“The amount of people coming onto the stand, particularly on that Friday and Saturday – it was just pumping,” Challons says. “Our team really enjoyed meeting customers across those few days…we had record numbers and it’s really good to celebrate with our customers, engage with them and find out what their challenges are.”
Freighter kicked off operations back in 1946, celebrating 80 years of manufacturing success next year, and its customer focus into the future was a welcome talking point at this year’s show.
Krueger
Krueger Transport Equipment has been building top-tier heavy-duty semi-trailers for 46 years, and at this year’s show the company took its stand into the future with a high-tech display.
The company showcased its all-new KoolBox fridge trailer, KDolly unit, and a Kurtainer trailer with an enormous digital screen that displayed various customer liveries – changeable with the press of a button!
“We spent the last four months developing a three-dimensional virtual curtain,” says Krueger Transport Equipment Marketing Lead, James Tamanika.
“In doing so we’ve got about 45 different liveries loaded up that with a push of a button we can open the curtain, close it, and change it to another customer! Our biggest goal was to pay homage to the customers who support us.”
Haulmark Trailers
Haulmark made a triumphant return to the Brisbane Truck Show this year, after a 26-year hiatus, marking a return to its roots as the host of the first-ever show.
That’s right, Haulmark actually hosted the inaugural Truck Show back in 1968, at its premises in Rocklea! Now, more than half-a-century later the company returned to the show with its latest range of trailers.
The company has grown considerably since then, with sites in Brisbane, Darwin, Townsville and Adelaide, known for designing and building top-quality products like cattle trailers, low loaders, drop decks, skels, tippers and even tankers.
Front and centre on the Haulmark stand was its new live bottom floor trailer, developed alongside Canadian company Gincor, which is built using Hardox 450 wear-resistent steel plate and moisture-resistant fibre-strand insulation.
The new live bottom trailer is perfectly suited to asphalt and other hot mix materials, featuring a durable two-ply heat and oil resistant conveyor belt for safe unloading.
Haulmark also celebrated its 60th anniversary recently, making its return to the show all the more special as it further cemented its position as a longstander leader in the Australian trailer industry.
Eurocold
Eurocold launched its new service offering at the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show, which included showing off its new Balanced Range of refrigerated trucks.
It may have been the company’s first time on the main floor of the show, but Eurocold looked right at home with an expansive stand that showcased its evolution from a refrigerated body builder to a leading cold fleet partner.
“We’ve evolved from a body builder to fleet partner. Our story is just like our customers’ – it’s about the resilience, adaptability and progress of everyday business,” says Eurocold CEO, Avraam Solomon.
“We’re not just building trucks; we’re building solutions. The Balanced Range reflects our dedication to providing Australian businesses with a diverse selection of high-performing, cost-effective and sustainable refrigerated trucks.”
Front and centre on the stand was the company’s eight-pallet fridge body option from its Balanced Range, which offers a perfect middle-ground solution with its world-class isothermal body and massive 27.3-cubic-metre capacity.
The company also launched its new zero-emission Revora EV two-pallet van, rounding out its array of electric solutions that also include three- and eight-pallet truck options.
Bruce Rock Engineering
Western Australia-based Bruce Rock Engineering is a leader in the tipper space, forging a strong reputation since kicking off operations in 1980, and the company continues to innovate.
Bruce Rock used the 2025 show to unveil its all-new BulkEX grain trailer, which features an updated bowl with greater cubic capacity and lower tare weight.
The BulkEx trailer offers all of the benefits of the brand’s existing models, but takes productivity to the next level, available in an array of configurations ranging from B-double all the way up to AB-triple.
Alongside the BulkEx trailer was an array of Bruce Rock’s scrap and side tipper models, which also drew strong crowds across the four-day show.
“Grain for us is one of our core trailer product offerings, so being able to show this refined version was really exciting,” says Bruce Rock Engineering Marketing Specialist, Michelle Krish.
“People were also really excited by our scrap tipper, which we decided to showcase this year – it was really popular. “But honestly, the whole display came together really well and the team did a great job. We made it over from Western Australia and we did it!”
Shootin’ hoops
Swedish truckmaker Scania set out to raise awareness and promote the future of Australia’s transport industry at this year’s show, attracting talent with its epic ‘Dunk Truck’ concept – taking out the ‘quirkiest trailer’ crown.
The idea for the Dunk Truck started with the company’s marketing team, while the design was pieced together by Pre-Sales Engineer Dean van Lunenburg and his fellow team members.
Once the engineering work was underway, Scania inked out an agreement with Dream Courts who provided a transportable 10m x 10 m basketball court making the Dunk Truck a true court-on-wheels setup.
A Scania P360 6×2 was fitted with a curtainsider body from Austruck Truck Bodies and Royans Total Fleet Imaging provided the eye-catching curtains, making the marketing team’s dream a reality.
The Dunk Truck was parked up at The Depot, giving Brisbane Truck Show attendees an opportunity to shoot hoops with the Brisbane Bullets NBL team. Needless to say, it was a resounding hit!