Choosing the correct trailer to carry parsley on UK roads is about speed, volume and gentle handling. Fresh cut parsley is light, bulky and perishable: it has a short harvest season and has to reach the packhouse, freezer or drying plant quickly, before it wilts or heats up in the load.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying bulk fresh cut parsley in the UK is a Knapen AgriCult moving floor, with a Knapen biomass moving floor as the alternative. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for parsley in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Parsley is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen AgriCult Moving Floor Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Knapen Biomass Moving Floor
Recommended Sales Options: Automatic Roll Over Sheet; Ultralight Body; Hydraulic Rear Door; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: Yes - parsley is a short seasonal crop, so hire demand is concentrated into a few weeks of the year.
TASCC Product: Yes - parsley is a permissible load under TASCC rules, so it can be carried in a TASCC-registered trailer.
Product Density: 150 - 250 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 120 - 140 cuyd
Region: Suffolk, Lincolnshire and other eastern growing areas to packhouses, freezing and drying plants
Parsley is a specialist UK herb crop, so there is no separate national tonnage.
At 150 - 250 kg/m3 parsley is a volume load: a 140 cu yd floor fills long before it reaches 29 tonnes.
Parsley is grown as a field crop in eastern England, including Suffolk and Lincolnshire, and cut by specialist harvesters over a short season. Some goes fresh to packhouses for supermarkets; much goes to freezing and drying plants for processed herbs.
Cut leaf starts to wilt and heat up as soon as it is harvested, so during the short harvest window loads are frequent and time-critical - the classic case for hiring extra trailers rather than owning them.
A Knapen AgriCult floor walks the crop out gently and horizontally, so leaves are not crushed or bruised by tipping. A large ultralight body carries the most of a light crop per trip, and an automatic roll over sheet stops leaves blowing off at speed.
Parsley Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Stops light leaf blowing off and protects it from sun and rain.
Parsley Trailer Option: Ultralight body. More crop per trip on a volume load.
Parsley Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Controlled, gentle discharge into the intake.
Parsley Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Records each load for growers and processors.
A Knapen AgriCult moving floor, with a Knapen biomass floor as the alternative.
Cut parsley wilts and heats up quickly, so it must reach the packhouse or processor soon after cutting.
Parsley is light at 150 - 250 kg/m3, so a 140 cu yd floor is full long before it reaches legal weight.
Yes. Parsley is a permissible load under TASCC rules, so it can be carried in a TASCC-registered trailer, with the load and cleaning recorded as part of the trailer's previous-load history.
Yes. Hire suits parsley's short season. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A parsley trailer also carries the other vegetable crops. See our guides to trailers for carrots, parsnips and onions.
Video: Evergreen Harvesting Ltd harvesting parsley in Blaxhall, Suffolk (YouTube). Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: October 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for parsley in the UK.
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