Tipping Trailers For Sale in United Kingdom

Tipper trailers are a specialized trailer designed to haul debris, building materials, logs, boulders, rough matter, and other payloads that can be loaded and dumped en masse. There is a wide range of tipper trailer types, and they come in a variety of sizes, making them a versatile option for large and small construction, demolition, energy, forestry, landscaping, and other jobs. You may also find tipper trailers referred to as hoppers, grain trailers, and end- or side-dump trailers. As you might expect, the thing that distinguishes tippers from ejectors and moving floor trailers is the method by which the trailer is unloaded. Tipper trailers unload by tipping, either up or to the side.

Tippers usually unload by tipping the front-end into the air via hydraulic telescoping cylinder, letting the payload slide out a chute on the back. Side dump tipper trailers are typically semi-cylindrical in shape and mounted on a central pivot point allowing hydraulic cylinders to tilt the trailer toward either the curb- or street side.

Tipper trailers are available as full trailers or semi-trailers. The primary difference is that the former have a majority of the load’s weight focussed on the trailer’s own axles, whereas the latter style have a significant portion of the trailer’s weight resting on the tractor unit and cannot remain upright without being propped up at the front via a dolly or landing legs or similar gear.

Tipper trailers are commonly constructed of steel plate, especially those designed to haul rough materials. Increasingly, aluminium is the material of choice for tipper trailer manufacturers due to its corrosion-resistance and light weight. Popular manufacturers of new and used tipper trailers for sale include Crane Freuhauf, Marston, Montracon, NC Trailers, SDC, and Weightlifter.