Choosing the correct trailer to carry waste wood pallets at 44 tonnes on UK roads is pure volume. Broken pallets are light, awkward and full of nails - around 156 kg/m3 loose - so a trailer fills up long before it reaches legal weight. They move from distribution centres, factories and recycling yards to pallet repairers and wood recyclers.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying waste wood pallets in the UK is the largest Knapen biomass moving floor you can run, with a Knapen recycling floor as the heavy-duty alternative. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for waste wood pallets in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Waste Wood Pallets is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen Biomass Moving Floor Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Knapen Recycling Moving Floor
Recommended Sales Options: Heavy Duty Floor Planks; Top Rail Protection; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; Side Doors
Seasonal Hire: No - pallets flow year round.
TASCC Product: No - waste wood pallets are not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep them to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 156 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 130 - 140 cuyd
Region: Distribution centres, factories and transfer stations to pallet repairers and wood recyclers
Pallets are a major part of the UK's 4.5 million tonnes of waste wood a year.
At around 156 kg/m3 even a 100 m3 floor carries only around 16 tonnes. Maximum volume is everything.
Pallets are one of the biggest sources of the UK's 4.5 million tonnes of waste wood a year. Good pallets are repaired and reused; broken ones are shredded into chip for panel board, animal bedding and biomass.
Distribution centres and retailers generate pallets constantly, so collection is steady, high-volume work.
The biggest Knapen floor is the right answer for pallets: maximum cube, horizontal discharge and heavy duty planks to resist nails. Side doors make loading pallet stacks easier.
Waste Pallet Trailer Option: Heavy duty floor planks. Resist nails and broken boards.
Waste Pallet Trailer Option: Top rail protection. Protects the body from forklift and grab damage.
Waste Pallet Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Keeps loose pieces on board.
Waste Pallet Trailer Option: Side doors. Easier loading of pallet stacks.
The largest Knapen biomass moving floor you can run, with a recycling floor as the heavy-duty alternative.
A volume load - around 156 kg/m3 loose, so a big floor fills long before 29 tonnes.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A pallet floor also carries the other recycling loads. See our guides to trailers for RDF and glass.
Wood Recyclers' Association: the UK trade body for waste wood recycling.
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 waste wood pallets in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Knapen Biomass Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor | 140 CuYds (107.0m3) | 27770kg |
| Used | 2021 Knapen Biomass Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor | 140 CuYds (107.0m3) | 27900kg |
| Also See | New Knapen Biomass Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor | 130 CuYds (99.4m3) | 27850kg |
| Also See | New Knapen Biomass Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor | 130 CuYds (99.4m3) | 27850kg |
| Also See | 2015 Kraker Biomass Moving Floor Trailer | 130 CuYds (99.4m3) | 27900kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Biomass Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 27930kg |
