Trailer hire alternative
Skip the trailer entirely. No deposit, no tow bar, no return leg and no late fee: we bring the vehicle and a driver who loads for you, at one price fixed before you book.
What every SHIMI booking includes
Priced upfront
The quote you accept is the price you pay. No surge, no surprise line items.
Any vehicle, with a driver
From a half-ton bakkie to an 8-ton truck, with loading and offloading help.
Tracked door to door
Follow the trip on a live link from pickup to delivery.
Photo proof of delivery
A timestamped photo when your goods are placed. Drivers are vetted.
What people usually hire a trailer for
Hiring a trailer looks cheap until you count what it actually costs you. You need a car with a tow bar and the licence to match, you drive out to the depot to fetch it, you load it yourself, you strap it down yourself, you unload it yourself, and then you drive the whole route a second time to take it back. Miss the return window and the daily rate starts again. The deposit sits on your card until someone inspects it.
SHIMI removes every one of those steps. A bakkie or truck arrives with a driver who helps load and offload, the vehicle goes where you need it and then leaves, and you pay one price that was fixed before you booked. There is no deposit to put down, no fuel to replace, no tow bar to fit and no second trip across town to hand anything back.
It suits exactly the loads people hire trailers for: a bed and a couch, garden refuse, building rubble, tiles and cement, a motorbike, market stock, or a flat's worth of boxes. Tell us what you are moving, get the price in seconds, and pay by card. Most local Gauteng jobs go the same day.
- Beds, couches and single furniture pieces
- Garden refuse and dump runs
- Building rubble, sand, tiles and cement
- Boxes from a flat or a storage unit
- Motorbikes, quads and mowers
- Market stock and event equipment
Pick your vehicle, see the price
Right-sized to your load, with loading help and a driver included. These are example prices; your exact quote is calculated live.
Half-ton bakkie
Up to 500 kg
About what a small unbraked trailer holds, minus the towing.
From
R 193,00
e.g. R 468,29 for a 15 km run in Gauteng
1.5-ton truck
Up to 1.5 ton
More than most trailers are rated to carry, in one trip.
From
R 396,00
e.g. R 798,93 for a 15 km run in Gauteng
Prices shown are examples for a typical local run, VAT included. Your exact price is calculated live from the distance and vehicle class when you book.
What's included
No deposit and no return trip
Nothing is held on your card and nothing has to go back. The vehicle arrives, does the job and leaves, so a late return fee is not a thing that can happen to you.
Somebody else loads it
Trailer hire is a self-service product: the lifting and the strapping are yours. Here the driver helps load and offload, and you can add extra hands at the quote step.
No tow bar, no licence question
You do not need a vehicle rated to tow, a tow bar, a licence code for a heavy trailer, or the confidence to reverse one into a driveway.
How booking works
Enter pickup & drop-off
Two addresses and what you're moving. We suggest the right vehicle.
See the price upfront
A fixed quote built from distance and vehicle class, before you commit.
Pick a window & pay
Choose a pickup time and pay securely by card. The driver is dispatched.
Track to the door
Follow the live link and get a photo when your goods are delivered.
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Questions, answered
No, and that is the point. Instead of renting you an empty trailer to tow, load and return, we send a bakkie or truck with a driver who does the trip and the lifting for you. You get the load moved rather than the equipment to move it.
It depends on the job. A trailer's advertised day rate excludes the deposit, your own fuel for two round trips, and your time loading and unloading. For a single move across town, a bakkie with a driver is usually the lower total cost and always the lower effort. Enter your route to compare against a real number rather than a day rate.
A half-ton bakkie covers roughly what a small unbraked trailer holds. A 1-ton bakkie covers the standard 1.5-metre box trailer load, and a 1.5-ton truck carries more than most trailers are rated for. Describe the load and we suggest the smallest vehicle that fits.
Yes. Garden refuse, rubble, offcuts and renovation waste are routine bakkie loads. Tell us roughly how much there is and where it is going, and we price the run upfront including the driver's help loading it.
From the delivery note
“I went to the Rosebank store at 08h30 for a shower door. They didn't have stock so they called the Randburg store. They said I'd have the door delivered by 11am, and true to their word it arrived at 11am! Plus a super communication tool that kept me up to date with the delivery progress. Very impressed, well done.”
“The delivery guys were very friendly, helpful and took care whilst offloading. Well done. Very good service!”
“Quick, timely and efficient delivery. My item arrived in perfect condition. They notified me as to what time they'd deliver, and they arrived on time.”
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