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.
These UK trade bodies and associations represent, regulate or market the loads on this page:
Mineral Products Association (MPA): the trade association for aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, lime and other mineral products.
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 | 2023 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 | 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 | 2023 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 | |
