Choosing the correct trailer to carry parsnips at 44 tonnes on UK roads is about protecting a root crop that bruises and snaps. Parsnips are lifted mainly from autumn to spring and moved from field to store and packhouse, often in wet, muddy conditions.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying bulk parsnips in the UK is a Knapen AgriCult moving floor for gentle unloading, with steel and STAS plank and rib sided tippers as alternatives. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for parsnips in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Parsnips is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen AgriCult Moving Floor Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Steel Body Tipper; STAS Plank Sided and Rib Sided Tippers
Recommended Sales Options: Hydraulic Rear Door; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; Heavy Duty Floor Planks; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: Yes - harvest runs from autumn into spring, with a Christmas peak.
TASCC Product: Yes - parsnips are a permissible load under TASCC rules, so they can be carried in a TASCC-registered trailer.
Product Density: 544 - 640 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 90 - 120 cuyd
Region: Eastern England, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Scotland to packhouses
Parsnips are a smaller UK root crop, reported within Defra horticulture statistics.
At 544 - 640 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload is 45 - 53 m3.
Parsnips are grown mainly in eastern England and Scotland and lifted from autumn right through to spring, with demand peaking at Christmas. Wet ground means mud and stones come in with the crop.
A Knapen AgriCult floor unloads parsnips gently and horizontally, cutting snapping and bruising compared with tipping. Heavy duty planks cope with soil and stones from wet harvests.
Parsnip Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Controlled, gentle discharge.
Parsnip Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Protects the crop in transit.
Parsnip Trailer Option: Heavy duty floor planks. Cope with soil and stones.
Parsnip Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Records every load.
A Knapen AgriCult moving floor for gentle unloading, with steel and STAS tippers as alternatives.
From autumn into spring, with a peak around Christmas.
Yes. Parsnips are a permissible load under TASCC rules, so they can be carried in a TASCC-registered trailer, with the load and cleaning recorded as part of the trailer's previous-load history.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire and tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A parsnip trailer also carries the other root crops. See our guides to trailers for carrots and sugar beet.
Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for parsnips in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Knapen Agricultural Moving Floor Trailer | 96 CuYds (73.4m3) | 28475kg | |
| Also See | New Lück Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 76 CuYds (58.1m3) | 27620kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Agricultural Moving Floor Trailer | 101 CuYds (77.2m3) | 27500kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Agricultural Moving Floor Trailer | 90 CuYds (68.8m3) | 27475kg | |
| Also See | New Lück Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 90 CuYds (68.8m3) | 27200kg | |
| Also See | New SDC/Draycott Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 79 CuYds (60.4m3) | 25750kg | |
| Also See | New SDC/KBF Trailers Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 80 CuYds (61.2m3) | 25150kg | |
