Choosing the correct trailer to carry bauxite at 44 tonnes on UK roads is an aggregate-style payload question. Bauxite is a dense, abrasive ore. The UK does not mine it, but calcined bauxite is imported for high-friction road surfacing, refractories and abrasives, and moves from ports to processors and road-surfacing contractors.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying bauxite in the UK is a lightweight alloy or Hardox steel aggregate tipper, with an aggregate moving floor as the alternative. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for bauxite in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Bauxite is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Alloy or Steel Aggregate Tipping Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Aggregate Moving Floor
Recommended Sales Options: Lightweight Alloy Body; Hardox Steel Body; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: Partly - road surfacing peaks in spring and summer.
TASCC Product: No - bauxite is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 1,090 - 1,490 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 26 - 35 cuyd
Region: Ports to processors and road-surfacing contractors
Bauxite is imported; there is no UK mining tonnage.
At 1,090 - 1,490 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload is 20 - 27 m3.
Calcined bauxite is best known on UK roads as the hard, skid-resistant aggregate in high-friction surfacing at junctions and roundabouts. It is also used in refractories and abrasives. All of it is imported, so the haul starts at the port.
An alloy aggregate tipper keeps tare low for payload; a Hardox steel body or aggregate floor suits heavier, rougher work.
Bauxite Trailer Option: Lightweight alloy body. More payload per load.
Bauxite Trailer Option: Hardox steel body. Resists abrasive ore.
Bauxite Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Keeps dust off the road.
Bauxite Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Keeps loads legal.
A lightweight alloy or Hardox steel aggregate tipper.
No - it is imported, mainly for high-friction road surfacing, refractories and abrasives.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A bauxite trailer also works on the other aggregates. See our guides to trailers for aggregate and asphalt.
Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for bauxite in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 41 CuYds (31.3m3) | 30050kg | |
| Used | 2015 Benalu Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 40 CuYds (30.6m3) | 30550kg | |
| Also See | 2017 Fruehauf Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 40 CuYds (30.6m3) | 30040kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 41 CuYds (31.3m3) | 29840kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
