Choosing the correct trailer to carry board on UK roads is about protecting packed sheets. Chipboard, MDF, OSB and plasterboard travel in packs from mills and importers to merchants and sites. For bulk hauliers, board is a valuable backload - and a side door moving floor can carry it.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying board in the UK is a curtainsider, with a Knapen side door moving floor for hauliers who backload board after bulk work. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for board in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Board is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Curtainsider
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Knapen Moving Floor with Side Doors; Knapen Biomass or Recycling Moving Floor
Recommended Sales Options: Side Doors; Load Restraint; Watertight Sheet; Smooth Floor
Seasonal Hire: No - board is delivered year round.
TASCC Product: Yes - board is a permissible load under TASCC rules, so it can be carried in a TASCC-registered trailer.
Product Density: 600 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: Packs to legal weight
Region: Panel board mills and ports to merchants and sites
UK panel board mills took 927,000 tonnes of recycled waste wood in 2025.
Board packs are dense - plan loads to axle weights.
UK panel board mills turn recycled wood into chipboard and other boards - they took 927,000 tonnes of waste wood in 2025. That creates a natural round trip: waste wood chip into the mill on a moving floor, board out as a backload.
A Knapen moving floor with side doors loads packs of board by forklift from the side - turning an empty return leg into a paid one.
Board Trailer Option: Side doors. Forklift loading of board packs.
Board Trailer Option: Load restraint. Keeps packs secure.
Board Trailer Option: Watertight sheet. Keeps board dry.
Board Trailer Option: Smooth floor. Protects pack edges.
A curtainsider, or a Knapen side door moving floor for backloads.
Yes - a Knapen floor with side doors can carry packed board on return legs.
Yes. Board is a permissible load under TASCC rules, so it can be carried in a TASCC-registered trailer, with the load and cleaning recorded as part of the trailer's previous-load history.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers curtainsider hire and moving floor trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
UK waste wood 2025: Wood Recyclers' Association. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for board in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Knapen Side Door Moving Floor | 133 CuYds (101.7m3) | 26800kg | |
| Used | 2019 Kraker Side Door Moving Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 27100kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Side Door Moving Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 26200kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Side Door Moving Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 27250kg | |
| Also See | 2019 Legras Side Door Moving Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 27200kg | |
| Also See | 2019 Legras Side Door Moving Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 27200kg | |
| Also See | 2019 Legras Side Door Moving Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 27200kg | |
| Also See | 2020 Kraker Side Door Moving Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 27100kg | |
