Choosing the correct trailer to carry rubble at 44 tonnes on UK roads is about strength. Broken brick, concrete, blocks and stone are heavy, sharp and abrasive, and they are loaded by machines that drop them from height. Rubble moves from demolition and building sites to crushers and recycling yards, and then back out as recycled aggregate.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying rubble in the UK is a Hardox steel aggregate tipper or an aggregate moving floor, with an alloy aggregate or steel body tipper as the alternative. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for rubble in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Rubble is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Steel Aggregate Tipping Trailer or Aggregate Moving Floor
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Alloy Aggregate Tipper; Steel Body Tipping Trailer (Lück or STAS)
Recommended Sales Options: Hardox Steel Body; Hydraulic Rear Door; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; VWS Weigher with Inclinometer
Seasonal Hire: No - demolition and building work run year round.
TASCC Product: No - rubble is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 1,050 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 30 - 40 cuyd
Region: Nationwide - demolition and building sites to crushing and recycling yards
Great Britain used 61.6 million tonnes of recycled construction and demolition waste as aggregate in 2023.
At around 1,050 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload is about 28 m3. A 30 - 40 cu yd steel body carries a full legal load.
Rubble is the raw material of the UK's recycled aggregate industry. Crushed and screened, it becomes sub-base and fill, and in 2023 Great Britain used 61.6 million tonnes of recycled construction and demolition waste as aggregate - over a quarter of all aggregates.
Landfill tax makes recycling the obvious route: from April 2026 even inert rubble costs £8.65 a tonne to landfill.
A Hardox steel aggregate tipper takes rubble's punishment; an aggregate moving floor or Fliegl push-off adds horizontal discharge on uneven sites. Lück and STAS steel body tippers are the simple, rugged alternative.
Rubble Trailer Option: Hardox steel body. Takes broken concrete, brick and stone.
Rubble Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Opens from the cab, away from a heavy load.
Rubble Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Keeps dust and debris off the road.
Rubble Trailer Option: VWS Weigher with inclinometer. Keeps heavy loads legal and checks the trailer is level.
A Hardox steel aggregate tipper or aggregate moving floor, with an alloy aggregate or steel body tipper as the alternative.
GB used 61.6 million tonnes of recycled construction and demolition waste as aggregate in 2023.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A rubble trailer also works on the other heavy construction loads. See our guides to trailers for aggregate, road planings and heavy scrap metal.
GB aggregates supply 2023: Mineral Products Association. Landfill tax from 1 April 2026: Stewarts. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for rubble in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | STAS Steel Body Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 39 CuYds (29.8m3) | 29520kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Steel Body Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 39 CuYds (29.8m3) | 29240kg | |
| Also See | New SDC/KBF Trailers Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 80 CuYds (61.2m3) | 25150kg | |
