Started in 1988, Queensland trailer builder Moore Trailers has built a reputation based on quality and durability.
Since then, the business has continued to grow and evolve with the times – and with its growing customer base.
From humble beginnings, its founder Lionel Moore began building trailers from a corner of a shed he had rented, alongside his sons Grahame and Shayne Moore.
That shed was located in the rural town of Pittsworth, Queensland, around 40 kilometres from Toowoomba. It was a 6000 square metre facility on a 27-hectare industrial block.
With Lionel taking a step back from Moore Trailers about six years ago, the family business is now run by the second generation – with Shayne serving as Managing Director and Grahame in the role of Operations Manager.
The current production facility is a far cry from where it all started, however the company has always stayed true to its roots, with its current site still located in the same town.
Increased demand for its trailers saw the need for a purpose-built facility, and with that Moore Trailers moved to its current $15 million production site in 2020 – doubling its production capacity in an instant.
Now there’s even more to come, with the latest expansion set to significantly increase Moore Trailers’ production capacity even further. “We are currently building some new sheds and once operational, we expect the new facilities will free up some more production capability and improve our overall capacity by 30-40 per cent,” explained Shayne.
“We’ve been expanding our production facilities on our current site for the past 30 years – beginning with our first 18m x 50m shed in 1994.”
As Shayne revealed, the new expansion is a consolidation of the blast and paint areas of the current site, and an increase to the final fit-out area on a new site located next to the factory, which was commissioned in 2019.
“At present, we are losing a lot of time transitioning units from production to our current blast and paint facilities and then back to the final fit-out area,” explained Shayne, adding that the upgrades will greatly improve efficiencies.
The new blast and paint facility will feature state of the art equipment, including two sandblasting bays featuring reclaim capabilities, to recycle the blast media used.
Once blasted, trailers will transition through two large fully ducted preparation areas, where final preparation is completed, before the trailers move into one of the three new paint booths.
Designed to cater to trailers large and small, there will be one 22 metre paint booth and two 15 metre paint booths, all fully ducted with baking capability.
“The sizes for each of the sections have been meticulously engineered to allow for all models of trailer that we manufacture,” added Shayne.
After going through the paint booths, the trailers will transition into the next new facility for final fit-out. “This area will complement the existing area in our 2019 built facility. It will include engineered hydraulic lowering pit floors and will increase our fit-out area by 120 per cent,” said Shayne.
Construction for the latest facility upgrades began in January 2025. This latest project includes two new buildings that will deliver a further 5750 square metres oaf new space.
“Added to our last build, this expansion will give us almost 20,000 square metres of undercover space,” said Shayne. “We hope to be using the new facilities before the end of this year.”