Choosing the correct trailer to carry Portland cement at 44 tonnes on UK roads depends on how it is packed. Loose bulk cement normally travels in pressurised powder tankers. Cement in bulk bags, and cement-bound materials, can travel on tippers - but loose cement powder must never be carried in an open tipper.
Short answer: loose bulk cement in the UK moves in pressurised powder tankers; for bagged cement and cement-bound materials, the best trailer is an alloy or steel aggregate tipper or STAS plank tipper with a sealed body and good sheeting. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for cement in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Cement is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Alloy or Steel Aggregate Tipping Trailer (bagged and bound materials)
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer
Recommended Sales Options: Sealed Body; Watertight Sheet; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: Partly - follows construction activity.
TASCC Product: No - cement is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 1,400 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 26 - 35 cuyd
Region: Cement works and import terminals to merchants, ready-mix plants and sites
Great Britain supplied around 11.7 million tonnes of cement in 2018.
At around 1,400 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload is about 21 m3.
Great Britain supplied around 11.7 million tonnes of cement in 2018, from UK works and imports. Most bulk cement moves by powder tanker to ready-mix and concrete plants; bagged cement goes to merchants.
Cement reacts with water, so any load in a tipper must be bagged or bound and kept completely dry.
For bagged cement and cement-bound materials, a sealed aggregate or plank tipper with a watertight sheet is the right tool. Loose cement powder belongs in a pressurised tanker.
Cement sets when wet and damages bodies that are not cleaned. Keep every load sealed and sheeted, and clean the trailer thoroughly afterwards.
Cement Trailer Option: Sealed body. Keeps fine cement in.
Cement Trailer Option: Watertight sheet. Cement must stay dry.
Cement Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Keeps loads legal.
Loose bulk cement normally travels in pressurised powder tankers; bagged cement moves on flats, curtainsiders or sealed tippers.
Around 11.7 million tonnes in 2018.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A cement trailer also works on the other construction materials. See our guides to trailers for cement powder, aggregate and sand.
GB mineral products sales: Mineral Products Association profile. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for cement 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 | 2021 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | 71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg | |
| Also See | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | 71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg | |
| Also See | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | 71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg | |
| Also See | 2024 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | 71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg | |
