Cooks Body Works have been manufacturing Truck Bodies since 1932.
Our strong engineering expertise is focused on designing the best truck body to suit your business needs. Cook’s rigid truck bodies are built to transport goods and tools all over Australia, with many fleet builds still operating 20 years on. Cook’s Body Works extensive history with rigid truck has led to Cook’s leading the way with Electric trucks, weight reduction, load restraint, transport and operation of specialised equipment, vehicle integration and user efficiency. Our investment in the latest CNC and manufacturing techniques allow us to engineer a standard body or custom body solutions to best meet your requirements. This has developed Cook’s reputation as tried and tested experts in Rigid truck manufacturing, making us a preferred supplier for Australia’s largest fleet operators.
Cook’s expertise in rigid truck body fabrication is highly valued by Australia’s leading logistic and service fleets, with a wealth of experience in productions of:
Rigid curtain siders
Also, referred to as taught liners, efficient at body loading and unloading while
Pantech's
An enclosed box perfect for storing a variety of freight that might be different
Tray's
Provide flexibility and versatility for loads of all shapes and sizes
Locker Bodies
For safe and efficient storage of tools, parts and equipment.
Mobile Workshops
Because some times you can’t bring the job to you bring your shop top the job.
Custom Built Truck Bodies
We can build a body to suit your unique needs and requirements.
The Cook’s Difference
Engineered Design
Cook’s team of engineers are ready to deliver builds that last and resolve problems you face in your fleets operations. With our long history and extensive catalogue we have solved many customer problems over the years and can help with yours.
STANDARD OPTIONS
Cook’s have a number of standard options we can install into onto your truck , along with popular third party accessories, which through our expertise and skill we can install quickly and efficiently into your van.
SIZE AND REPEATABILITY
Cook’s strong financial position and long term investment in our manufacturing capabilities allow us to deliver large fleets efficiently and effectively.
CUSTOM FIT-OUTS
Cook’s through our strong engineering, ISO9001 certification and proving track record have developed quality custom fit-outs for Australia’s largest fleets to solve your work and transport problems.
INNOVATION
Cook’s have been leaders in developing new and better ways to build rigid bodies, developing; heavier duty floors, stronger and lighter headboards, improved safety, better load restraint and aluminium bodies for electric trucks among others.
AFTER SALES SERVICE & SUPPORT
Cook’s know if your vehicle isn’t on the road it’s not earning you money and not doing the job. As such Cook’s offers a full suite of after sales service and support, through repairs, hassle–free spare parts and fit-out servicing. Vehicles with a Cook’s fit-out experience less down time than any other.
Curtain Siders
Cook’s are specialised curtain sider manufacturers, offering standard & highly specialised builds for all types of freight. This broad depth and class leading skills has made us the preferred supplier for Australia’s largest fleets.
The below list covers important considerations for your curtainsider build:
- Pronto Curtains: light curtains with quick release and retract capabilities, but require additional load restraint.
- Load restraint Curtains: Curtains rated to secure your load and ensure it stays onboard, heavier and consist of multiple buckles per pallet spacing.
- TX Slider curtains: Curtains which can be released with a single buckle and slide from front to rear, load rated and quick release.
- Insulated curtains: Curtains fitted with an insulating internal skin to help reduce external heat transfer.
- Beverage floor: A heavier duty floor designed for 2 tonne electric pallet jacks, and eliminating the development of the floor wave over time
- Side Steps: For either designated entry points or to assist with unloading Cook’s can assist in developing a solution to make it easier to get product in and out of your truck.
- Heavy Duty Aluminium Bodies: Cook’s have been a leader in the development of heavy duty Aluminium bodies for electrical vehicles, leading to light weight bodies resulting in minimual payload reduction from their ICE counterpart.
As each truck is different and each customer requirement changes use the above and our options below and contact us now to discuss a Cook’s Curtainsider for you.
Trays
Providing flexibility and versatility the right tray can make any job simpler. However getting the right tray is not so simple, Cook’s understand this and offer a wide variety of trays and options to suit your needs. Constantly innovating we have delivered everything from heavy duty Aluminium trays to those with lift-up rears for container unloading.
The below build considerations can help us begin your build:
- Aluminium Trays: A plank tray utilising 4 tonne planks can provide a versatile option with limited impact on payload.
- Heavy Duty Aluminium: Leading the transition to electric trucks Cook’s have developed a heavy duty aluminium tray to provide a durable base without limiting payload.
- Steel Tray: A steel tray is a solid base for your truck and can have significant functionality and durability.
- Beavertails: Need to get equipment onto the rear of your truck a beavertail reduces your rear tray height
- Twist Locks: Trays are consistently utilised to transport containers and the inclusions of twist locks and reinforced body runners can assist.
- Raisable rear: With a container on a tray loading and unloading are impacted by the difference in floor level, a raisable rear coupled with a slider tailgate can allow you to unload your container from the tray.
- In-floor Tie-Downs: For loads of varying sizes where tie rails can’t reach or that require additional heavier duty retaining, in floor tie downs can assist and provide increased flexibility in transport.
- Wooden Floors: For sensitive freight a wooden floor can assist in protecting the freight during loading and unloading while providing a durable floor that can be easily replaced when damaged.
Contact Cook’s to help develop the right tray for you.
Pantechs
When protecting your cargo is paramount a Pantech is the way to go, with solid sides and front and options of a roller, panel or barn doors and rear tailgates you can exclude weather, dust and temperature from your cargo.
Cook’s have manufactured many different Pantech bodies over the years for all sorts of specialised freight including the following build considerations:
- Insulated walls, floor &/or Roof: Rather than the standard FRP insulated walls and roof can ensure temperature control to protect your freight.
- Light weight panels: Maximising payload and reducing fuel use and wear, light weight panels can prove a great choice to get the most out of your vehicle.
- Rear Roller/ Panel Doors: allowing quick and easy access from the rear, roller doors or panel doors are an ideal choice.
- Barn Doors: Rear barn doors can provide a cost effective and versatile way to secure your freight.
- Side access doors: A side access door can increase versatility as well as assisting is segregation of loads.
- Heavy Duty Aluminium Bodies: Cook’s have been a leader in the development of heavy duty Aluminium bodies for electrical vehicles, leading to light weight bodies resulting in minimual payload reduction from their ICE counterpart.
- Beverage Floors: heavier duty floor designed for 2 tonne electric pallet jacks, and eliminating the development of the floor wave over time
- Skylights: Assisting with internal light and ensuring the right parcel is delivered a skylight can be a practical lighting solution for your body.
Protect your freight today select our Pantech features and options below and discuss with us a build to suit your needs..
Mobile Workshops
Because not every worksite is the same and not every job can come to you a Cook’s mobile workshop lets you. Cook’s work with our customers to develop storage, work areas and ingress/egress points to allow you complete any task onsite. But no workshop is complete with out machinery and Cook’s are adept at fitting and integrating your heavy equipment into your vehicle, whether it is a generator, a tyre machine or delicate testing equipment we have got you covered.
Common considerations for your mobile workshop:
- Enclosed work area: A boxed out work area allows for a weather free area to perform your work without the draw backs of remote operations.
- Mounting of machinery: No workshop is complete without the correct equipment, Cook’s have become adept at fitting off any machinery so it can operate safely and be protected during transport.
- Machinery integration: better than just having your equipment on board Cook’s can integrate it with your vehicle, whether that be tapping into the trucks diesel, mounting inlet/outlets, or electrical connection to and from the equipment Cook’s has it covered.
- Climate Control: hard work can be hot work, Cook’s can offer a range of climate control options through installation and air conditioning to make your mobile workshop ideal to work in.
Come and discuss a Cook’s mobile workshop body that would suit you.
LOCKER BODIES
Cook’s have pioneered the locker body in both utes & trucks. Today we continue that legacy with light weight robust lockers that can be customised for any truck and any job.
Possible features for for our locker bodies, include:
- Standard lockers: Cook’s standard lockers are able to be fitted in a variety of configurations to new or existing bodies to better store your equipment. Purchase your lockers today here.
- Underbody lockers: Storage under your tray can assist with getting everything to site, as well as storing heavy items at a usable height.
- Custom lockers: Cook’s have manufactured a wide variety of custom sized lockers or can make a fully customised locker to your dimensions and/or specifications.
- Saddle Lockers: Saddle lockers are specialised lockers that extend down past the chassis floor. This maximises your storage space, allows for efficient storage of long items, and ensure items are stored at an ergonomic height from the ground.
- Raised lockers: raising lockers can provide for great storage at floor level of wheeled or oversized items as well as allowing items to be stored at an ergonomic level for tray access.
- Top-opening lockers: A top opening locker is ideal for bulky items that can move in transport as items can’t move against the door and make opening dangerous.
Examine Cook’s standard lockers here or contact us with how Cook’s can deliver a locker body to best meet your needs.
Custom Built Truck Bodies
Cook’s are adept at building our customer needs and can develop a fully custom body to meet your needs. Cook’s have developed a reputation as a specialised body builder through our ability to develop and then build a custom body that meets specifications, solves problems and lasts. When ordering a fully custom body it is important to remember that the cost of the body will be greater due to greater engineering time to develop the build is only amortised over the one build. Custom builds also take longer as designs are developed reviewed and tested with items worked out and problems solved so the end product is the best it can be.
To assist with your specialised build consider the following:
- Can the base of your body be built around a standard body
- What equipment needs to be included in the build
- Details of specific problems to be addressed
- Where the vehicle will operate and desired method of operating the vehicle/body/equipment.
Standard Accessories
Browse some of our standard accessories commonly installed into Vans:
Underbody Toolboxes
Cook’s have 1,200, 900 and 600mm lockers to fit under your truck or can make a specialised locker to suit your needs.
Standard Gates
Gates come in all sizes and can be made to best suit your load, through specified gaps, cladding, ect.
HANGING GATES
make moving gates for loading and unloading easier with a range of hanging gate options.
DROPSIDES
Providing a method to secure your load that can be quickly opened and closed to enclose your load.
TAILGATES
Cook’s can assist with preparing your truck for a tailgate or fitment of the tailgate for you. Be it cantilever, slider, railgate, side lift, ect. Cook’s has you covered.
General Lockers
Cooks have standard 1300, 900 and 600mm wide lockers by 540mm deep either 840mm or 1,000mm high.
Auxillary Batteries
A secondary battery can assist with power your inverter or other electrical accessories and can be supported through a charge solenoid, DC/DC charger and solar panels.
WASH STATIONS
Cook’s can install a wash station to fit your build and provide a place to clean your hands.
Cross-bay Gates
Internal gates to divide your load space by the pallet, ideal for route delivery trucks.
DG Transport
Cook’s can provide work to make your truck DG compliant, through placards, tray bunding, enclosed wiring, segregation boxes, battery isolation among others.
Rear Access Steps
ingress and egress into your body needn’t be difficult and Cook’s range of steps be it fold down, pull out, platform or ladder make it easy.
Fire Extinguishers
Installation of a fire extinguisher in the cab, underbody or internally can be for more than a compliance item but a useful health and safety tool.
Internal Load Restraint
Cook’s can provide a variety of internal load restraint options to help secure your load from moving during transport. Whether it is pogo’s or rated KIM’s and CRS poles to segment strapping, Cook’s can sort you out.
Inverters
Cook’s can install inverters to give you a 240v power source wherever your truck is.
Rigid curtain siders
Side and rear underruns can complete your truck and provide safety to road users, whether they are full skirts, form steps or just bars Cooks can fit an underrun to complete your truck
SKID GATES
Gates down the length of your truck to allow freight to be run down with out damaging the curtains.
Strapping
Weather its sliding winches ratchets or chains with tie rail or coaming latching Cook’s has got you covered.
Side Steps
Whether it is side steps to assist with unloading every stop, or specialised side ingress ladder, platform or pull out steps Cook’s can help you get in and out of your truck safely.
Flooring
Whether it is a heavy duty beverage floor for 2t pallets on a pallet jack, or a light weight wooden floor to protect your freight.
Electrical Accessories
12V CIG sockets, fridges, alarms, 12V/24V jump starts, and other electrical accessories.
Lighting
Internal strip lights, flood/spot lights to light up your work and tools and beacons to help keep your safe.
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