Choosing the correct trailer to carry ash at 44 tonnes on UK roads means coping with a gritty, abrasive and dusty load. With coal power gone, most bulk ash on UK roads today is incinerator bottom ash (IBA) from energy-from-waste plants, plus furnace bottom ash and coal ash recovered from old stockpiles. It moves to ash processing plants and then out as secondary aggregate.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying bulk ash in the UK is a Knapen heavy duty waste or recycling moving floor, or a STAS plank or steel body tipper, with alloy and steel aggregate tippers as alternatives. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for ash in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Ash is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen Heavy Duty Waste Moving Floor or Steel Tipper
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Knapen Recycling Moving Floor; STAS Plank Sided Tipper; Alloy or Steel Aggregate Tipper
Recommended Sales Options: Hardox Steel Body; Sealed Rear Door; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: No - energy-from-waste plants run year round.
TASCC Product: No - ash is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 560 - 640 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 60 - 90 cuyd
Region: Energy-from-waste plants and ash stockpiles to ash processors and aggregate users
Great Britain used 2.4 million tonnes of incinerator bottom ash as secondary aggregate in 2023.
At 560 - 640 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload needs 45 - 52 m3. Wet ash is heavier - use a weigher.
As coal-fired power has ended, the ash on UK roads has changed. Incinerator bottom ash from the growing fleet of energy-from-waste plants is now the main flow: Great Britain used 2.4 million tonnes of it as secondary aggregate in 2023. Older coal ash is being recovered from stockpiles too.
Fresh ash is wet, gritty and contains metal fragments, so containment and a tough body matter.
A heavy duty waste moving floor walks ash out horizontally and resists its abrasion; a sealed steel tipper is the simple alternative.
Ash Trailer Option: Hardox steel body. Resists gritty, abrasive ash.
Ash Trailer Option: Sealed rear door. Keeps wet ash and water in.
Ash Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Stops dust blowing off.
Ash Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Wet ash is heavier than it looks.
A Knapen heavy duty waste or recycling moving floor, or a STAS or steel tipper.
2.4 million tonnes of incinerator bottom ash was used as secondary aggregate in 2023.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire and tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
An ash trailer also works on the other aggregates and waste loads. See our guides to trailers for aggregate, RDF and cement powder.
GB aggregates supply 2023: Mineral Products Association. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for ash in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29650kg |
| Used | 2021 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2024 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2023 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2023 Fruehauf Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | 70 CuYds (53.5m3) | 29700kg | |
