VMS board vs LED trailer sign vs LED screen trailer
These are three jobs for one trailer. We run a single full-colour LED screen on a road-registered trailer: as a VMS board it shows plain text for traffic, as an LED trailer sign it carries a fixed advert, and as an LED screen trailer it runs a rolling set of images and short video. Choose the framing that matches your job.
The quick version
| If the job is | Ask for | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Roadworks, a lane closure, a detour, road-condition alerts | VMS board | Plain text for drivers, taken from the traffic management plan |
| A promotion, a launch, sponsor content, branded event wayfinding | LED trailer sign | A fixed full-colour advert — logo, brand colours, a headline, an image |
| Advertising or event content that moves — a sponsor loop, animation, short video | LED screen trailer | The same screen running a rolling set of content, updated over 4G |
As a VMS board
For anything a driver needs to read — merge instructions, speed changes, closure dates, weather alerts — the trailer runs plain text. Keep it to three short lines and take the wording from the traffic management plan. If a large or high-speed job specifies a purpose-built amber board of a particular AS 4852 class or character height, tell us and we will confirm whether our trailer meets it.
As an LED trailer sign
Set the screen to a fixed full-colour advert and leave it: a logo, a headline, a product image, or a small rotating set of frames. This suits retail campaigns, festival and sport information with sponsor content, property releases and roadside advertising. It is no more readable than plain text for a pure traffic message, so it is the wrong framing for a works site.
As an LED screen trailer
Same screen, moving content: a sponsor loop, animation, a short video, an event schedule that changes through the day. You send the files and we load them; changes during the hire go over 4G. It is a screen for a crowd gathered around it or for passing traffic, not a stage-magnification wall for a large seated audience — that is a bigger unit than we run.
Two edge cases
Advertising that also needs to be read by drivers. A full-colour advert covers both, as long as the wording stays short. If the priority is drivers reading it at speed, plain high-contrast text still wins.
A small, close audience. If only a few dozen people will watch from close range, a large television or a projector often does the job for less.