Choosing the correct trailer to carry frag - fragmentised shredded steel scrap - at 44 tonnes on UK roads means choosing the toughest floor you can. Frag comes out of the shredder as fist-sized lumps of steel with sharp edges, often still dusty and wet. It is heavy, abrasive and relentless on trailer bodies.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying frag in the UK is a Knapen scrap or aggregate moving floor in wear-resistant steel, with Knapen heavy duty waste and recycling floors as alternatives. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for frag in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Frag is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen Scrap Moving Floor Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Aggregate Moving Floor; Knapen Heavy Duty Waste Moving Floor; Knapen Recycling Moving Floor
Recommended Sales Options: Hardox Floor and Body; Hydraulic Rear Door; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: No - shredders run year round.
TASCC Product: No - frag is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 800 - 1,200 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 60 - 90 cuyd
Region: Shredder sites to UK steelworks, electric arc furnaces and export docks
The UK generates around 10 - 10.5 million tonnes of steel scrap a year, and around 8.5 million tonnes is exported.
Frag is dense and packs tightly - a 29 tonne payload is reached well before a large floor is full. A weigher keeps loads legal.
The UK collects around 10 - 10.5 million tonnes of steel scrap a year, but only a fraction is melted here - around 8.5 million tonnes is exported. Frag is the premium shredded grade most in demand by electric arc furnaces.
That is about to change. Port Talbot's new electric arc furnace, due from the end of 2027, will take around 70,000 tonnes of scrap a week, mostly from England and Wales - a big new domestic flow for scrap hauliers.
A Knapen scrap floor is built for this work: wear-resistant steel and heavy-duty planks that walk dense, sharp scrap out horizontally. An aggregate floor or heavy duty waste floor offers similar strength for mixed scrap and waste work.
Frag Trailer Option: Hardox floor and body. Essential against sharp, abrasive shredded steel.
Frag Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Controlled discharge from the cab.
Frag Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Keeps scrap and dust on the trailer.
Frag Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Dense frag overloads quickly.
A Knapen scrap or aggregate moving floor in wear-resistant steel.
Around 10 - 10.5 million tonnes a year, with around 8.5 million tonnes exported.
Yes. Port Talbot's electric arc furnace, due from the end of 2027, will use around 70,000 tonnes of scrap a week.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A frag trailer also carries the other scrap metal loads. See our guides to trailers for heavy scrap metal, light scrap metal and cars.
UK steel scrap and exports: Carbon Commentary. Port Talbot electric arc furnace scrap demand: BEC Business Cluster. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for frag in the UK.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Used | 2022 Titan UK Heavy Waste & Landfill Moving Floor Trailer | 124 CuYds (94.8m3) | 27000kg | |
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