Choosing the correct trailer to carry lime sand at 44 tonnes on UK roads means handling a dense, fine and sometimes sticky load. Lime sand and limestone fines are used in agriculture, construction and lime-stabilised fill, and they move from quarries to farms and sites.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying lime sand in the UK is an aggregate moving floor or a STAS plank sided or rib sided bathtub tipper. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for lime sand in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Lime Sand is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Aggregate Moving Floor or STAS Plank Sided Tipper
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: STAS Rib Sided Bathtub Tipper
Recommended Sales Options: Quicksilver Friction Liner; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; Hydraulic Rear Door; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: Partly - agricultural liming peaks after harvest.
TASCC Product: No - lime sand is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 1,200 - 1,600 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 26 - 40 cuyd
Region: Limestone quarries to farms and construction sites
Around 1.6 million tonnes of agricultural lime was sold in Great Britain in 2014, the latest published figure.
At 1,200 - 1,600 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload is 18 - 24 m3.
Lime sand is the fine end of limestone quarrying, used to raise soil pH on farms, in mortars and for lime-stabilised engineering fill. Around 1.6 million tonnes of agricultural lime was sold in Great Britain in 2014, the latest figure.
A plank or bathtub tipper discharges fine lime sand cleanly; an aggregate moving floor helps when it is damp and sticky.
Lime Sand Trailer Option: Quicksilver friction liner. Helps damp lime sand slide out.
Lime Sand Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Keeps dust off the road.
Lime Sand Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Controlled discharge.
Lime Sand Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Dense loads overload fast.
An aggregate moving floor or a STAS plank sided or rib sided tipper.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A lime sand trailer also works on the other aggregates. See our guides to trailers for sand and aggregate.
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 lime sand in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29650kg |
| Used | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2024 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2022 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2023 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2021 STAS Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 10mm Quicksilver Liner - "Agrostar" 12mm |
71 CuYds (54.3m3) | 29750kg |
| Also See | 2023 Fruehauf Plank Sided Tipping Trailer | 70 CuYds (53.5m3) | 29700kg | |
