Choosing the correct trailer to carry stone at 44 tonnes on UK roads is a payload and toughness question. Crushed stone is dense and abrasive, and it moves in huge volumes from quarries to construction sites, roads and railways. Every kilo of trailer tare is a kilo less stone.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying stone in the UK is a lightweight alloy or Hardox steel aggregate tipper, with an aggregate moving floor or 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 stone in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Stone is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Alloy or Steel Aggregate Tipping Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Aggregate Moving Floor; STAS Plank Sided, Rib Sided Bathtub and Square Body Tippers
Recommended Sales Options: Lightweight Alloy Body; Hardox Steel Body; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: Partly - construction peaks in spring and summer.
TASCC Product: Yes - stone is a permissible load under TASCC rules, so it can be carried in a TASCC-registered trailer.
Product Density: 1,600 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 26 - 35 cuyd
Region: Quarries nationwide to construction sites, roads and rail
Great Britain produced 109.7 million tonnes of crushed rock in 2023.
At around 1,600 kg/m3 a 29 tonne payload is only about 18 m3 - a compact, light aggregate body is all you need.
Crushed stone - limestone, granite, sandstone and gritstone - is the backbone of UK construction. Great Britain produced 109.7 million tonnes of crushed rock in 2023, for concrete, roadstone, railway ballast, sub-base and drainage.
The work is short, fast and repetitive, where high-payload articulated tippers win.
A lightweight alloy aggregate tipper maximises payload; a Hardox steel body suits rougher stone. An aggregate moving floor or Fliegl push-off adds horizontal discharge under low roofs or overhead cables.
Stone Trailer Option: Lightweight alloy body. More stone per load.
Stone Trailer Option: Hardox steel body. Wear resistance for rough stone.
Stone Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Keeps dust and stone off the road.
Stone Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Stone overloads fast.
A lightweight alloy or Hardox steel aggregate tipper, with an aggregate moving floor as an alternative.
109.7 million tonnes of crushed rock in 2023.
Yes. Stone 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. Newton Trailers offers tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A stone trailer also works on the other aggregates. See our guides to trailers for aggregate, sand and asphalt.
GB aggregates supply 2023: Mineral Products Association. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for stone in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 41 CuYds (31.3m3) | 30050kg | |
| Used | 2014 Fruehauf Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 41 CuYds (31.3m3) | 29840kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
| Also See | New STAS Aggregate Tipping Trailer | 43 CuYds (32.9m3) | 29700kg | |
