Choosing the correct trailer to carry fly ash at 44 tonnes on UK roads means dealing with one of the most abrasive and dusty loads there is. Pulverised fuel ash (PFA) is a valuable concrete ingredient - and with coal power gone, it now comes mainly from old ash stockpiles being dug up and processed.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying conditioned fly ash in the UK is a Fliegl push-off, aggregate, heavy duty waste or scrap moving floor, or a steel tipper - all in wear-resistant steel. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for fly ash in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Fly Ash is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Fliegl Push-Off or Aggregate Moving Floor
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Knapen Heavy Duty Waste or Scrap Moving Floor; Steel Body Tipping Trailer
Recommended Sales Options: Hardox Steel Body; Sealed Body; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: No - ash recovery runs year round.
TASCC Product: No - fly ash is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 640 - 720 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 60 - 90 cuyd
Region: Ash stockpiles and landfill sites to concrete and block plants
Up to 50 million tonnes of fly ash are stockpiled in the UK; one Nottinghamshire site has permission to recover around 300,000 tonnes a year.
At 640 - 720 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload is 40 - 45 m3.
For decades coal-fired power stations produced around 5 million tonnes of fly ash a year. Since the last coal station closed in 2024, supply comes from the estimated 50 million tonnes stockpiled at old ash sites. Projects such as Hive Aggregates' Retford scheme, approved in 2024 to recover around 300,000 tonnes a year, are turning those stockpiles back into concrete ingredients.
Conditioned ash is damp and heavy; dry ash is extremely dusty - either way, containment matters.
Fly ash is so abrasive that Hardox steel is essential. A Fliegl push-off or heavy duty moving floor discharges conditioned ash horizontally, and a sealed body with good sheeting keeps dust in.
Fly Ash Trailer Option: Hardox steel body. Resists one of the most abrasive loads on the road.
Fly Ash Trailer Option: Sealed body. Keeps fine ash in the trailer.
Fly Ash Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Stops ash blowing off.
Fly Ash Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Conditioned ash is heavy.
A Fliegl push-off or heavy duty moving floor, or a steel tipper, all in wear-resistant steel.
Mainly from old stockpiles - up to 50 million tonnes - now that coal power has ended.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire and tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A fly ash trailer also works on cement and aggregates. See our guides to trailers for cement powder and aggregate.
UK fly ash stockpiles and PFA extraction: The Construction Index. Historic fly ash production: Agg-Net, citing UKQAA. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for fly ash in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Fliegl Asphalt Ejector Trailer | 36 CuYds (27.5m3) | 27060kg | |
| Used | 2022 Titan UK Heavy Waste & Landfill Moving Floor Trailer | 124 CuYds (94.8m3) | 27000kg | |
| Also See | New Lück Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 76 CuYds (58.1m3) | 27620kg | |
| Also See | New Lück Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 90 CuYds (68.8m3) | 27200kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Heavy Waste & Landfill Moving Floor Trailer | Change to Cargo Floor 15 Plank 8/20mm HD from 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 21 Plank 8/18mm HDI from 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 21 Plank 8/20mm HD from 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 21 Plank 11mm hardened alloy floor with overlap 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 15 Plank 8/20mm HD from 21 Plank 10mm |
127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26550kg |
| Also See | New Knapen Heavy Waste & Landfill Moving Floor Trailer | Change to Cargo Floor 15 Plank 8/20mm HD from 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 21 Plank 8/18mm HDI from 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 21 Plank 8/20mm HD from 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 21 Plank 11mm hardened alloy floor with overlap 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Change to Cargo Floor 15 Plank 8/20mm HD from 21 Plank 10mm |
127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26550kg |
| Also See | New SDC/Draycott Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 79 CuYds (60.4m3) | 25750kg | |
| Also See | New SDC/KBF Trailers Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 80 CuYds (61.2m3) | 25150kg | |
