Skeletal Trailers for Sale (48)

There are always plenty of these simple, but vital skeletal (skeleton, skel, skellie, skelly etc.) trailers for sale in the UK. Unlike continental European operators, the UK almost exclusively uses 45ft container semi-trailers for the ISO containers. With twistlocks (manual and automatic) set for both a pair of 20ft containers or one 30ft or 45ft container, this gives supreme flexibility.  There are also plenty of skellie with sliding twistlock mountings – a ‘sliding skelly’ as they are commonly known. It is therefore rare that you will see a skeletal truck for sale in right hand drive in this country. The skeletal container trailers are just that – the bare bones of a trailer chassis with fixing points (twistlocks) on each corner and in the centre to hold the shipping containers in place.

These unassuming trailers move the huge amounts of incoming shipping containers from the docks across the UK. There are some skeletal trailers that have been fitted with cranes so they are able to unload the containers themselves – which means that there is no large crane or forklift required at the delivery point.
There is a wide choice of manufacturers in the used skeletal trailer market.  The most common makes on Truckpages are SDC and Dennison with Fruehauf and Montracon in third and fourth place.

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Stacks of Skeletal Trailers

Stack of Skeletal Trailers
Stacking Skeletal Trailers is Economical for Transportation

In order to move lots of trailers around the country and export them more economically, it is possible to stack a whole series of skeletal trailers together. When exporting overseas, it is possible to fit five trailers in the space normally taken up by just one.

 

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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
For Auction at CVA Carr Hill Industrial Estate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8DE on 2024-03-19
Lot No: 78 *DONCASTER* 12.3M, BPW DRUM AXLES, RAISE & LOWER VALVE, TWIST LOCKS - 14 MoT: 2024-09-30* Price is Plus VAT * Reg No: C459332 Weekly auctions featuring stock from Doncaster, Hemel...
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Skeletal
Make
Montracon
Location
2012 Dennison Tri Axle Skeletal �Trailer. - BPW Axles. - Drum Brakes. - Excellent Condition. - We can organise shipping to any worldwide destination - Contact for a quote. - MOT July 2024. -
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
ML Transport (NL) Ltd Unreserved Retirement Auction Sale Number: 645 2017 Dennison Triaxle Sliding Skeletal Trailer - SAF Axles, Drum Brakes - Min: C452579 - Chassis: SGKEF25SKHL050486 - MOT: Jan 2025
For Unreserved Auction at Park Farm Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 8QP on 2024-03-16
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
Ready to Go: 2015 Dennison Skeletal Timber Trailer - Key Specs at a Glance: - Forestry Spec - Conspicuity tape - Rear LED lights - Towing Coupling - Bulkhead
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Skeletal
Make
Krone
Location
Lot No: 491.0 12.3M - Sliding - Skeletal MoT: 2024-06-30T00:00:00Z .VAT on Hammer: Y. DIRECT FLEET Registration no:C578785
For Auction at Protruck, Belton, Doncaster on 2024-03-14
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
Grey in colour - 14 lock sliding skelly - Raise / lower valve - Long MOT - Extremely good trailers €" Ready to Go! -
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
Brand New Dennison Skeletal. BPW Axles, Drum Brakes, 14 Twist Locks, Raise Lower Valve Facility, Choice Available in Red or Blue, Full Manufacturers Warranty Applies.
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Skeletal
Make
SDC
Location
2008 SDC Tri Axle PSK Flatbed Trailer. - ROR Axles. - Drum Brakes. - Twist Locks. - Posts and Sockets. - Excellent Condition. - We can organise shipping to any worldwide destination - Contact for a quote. - MOT July 2024. -
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Skeletal
Make
SDC
Location
For Auction at CVA Carr Hill Industrial Estate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8DE on 2024-03-19
Lot No: 68 *DONCASTER* 13.6M, BPW DRUM AXLES, POSTS & SOCKETS(NO POSTS), FERRY LASHING RINGS, TWIST LOCKS - 20* Price is Plus VAT * Reg No: C308648 Weekly auctions featuring stock from Doncaster,...
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Skeletal
Location
LARGE COLLECTION OF TRAILERSSLIDING SKELLYSAGE RANGING FROM 2009-2014BPW ON DRUMCHOICE OF 8 LARGE COLLECTION OF TRAILERSSLIDING SKELLYSAGE RANGING FROM 2009-2014BPW ON DRUMCHOICE OF 8
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
Dennison Tri Axle Sliding Skelly Trailers - ROR Axles - Drum Brakes - Jost Landing Legs - All in PSV Cert - Choice Available - 2006 - Dennison - Trailer - Skeletal
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Skeletal
Make
SDC
Location
This 2006 SDC is for sale in the North East of England in County Durham.
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Skeletal
Make
Montracon
Location
2012 - SAF Drum, - Available in blue -
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
2016 Dennison Sliding Skeletal Trailer.14 lock sliding skeletal in Aircraft blue, BPW drum brake axles, raise lower valve facility, pull out front and rear sections to accommodate 45' containers.
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
Lot No: 408.0 12.9m - Fixed - Skeletal - *BOTTOM - TRAILER .VAT on Hammer: Y. Registration no:C342441
For Auction at Protruck, Belton, Doncaster on 2024-03-14
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Skeletal
Make
SDC
Location
Lot No: 400.0 13.9M - Fixed - Skeletal .VAT on Hammer: Y. Registration no:C283833
For Auction at Protruck, Belton, Doncaster on 2024-03-14
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Skeletal
Make
SDC
Location
Plain red - 14 x Twistlocks - Can be sold singly or in stacks of 3 or 5 - -
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Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
Dennison Tri Axle Sliding Skelly Trailers - ROR Axles - Drum Brakes - Jost Landing Legs - All in PSV Cert - Choice Available - 2008 - Dennison - Trailer - Skeletal
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
2006 Dennison Tri axle sliding skeletal trailer, Mot'd, as taken in,
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