Skeletal Trailers for Sale (53)

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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Body
Skeletal
Make
Montracon
Location
Lot No: 428.0 12.2m - Sliding - Skeletal MoT: 2025-01-31T00:00:00Z .VAT on Hammer: Y. DIRECT FLEET Registration no:C327290
For Auction at Protruck, Belton, Doncaster on 2024-03-28
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Body
Skeletal
Make
SDC
Location
C/N: SPCSK43B300111713FITTED WITH FRONT MOUNTED TOP SEAT PALFINGER TIMBER CRANE & GRAB.REAR 3 BOLSTER HYDRAULICALLY MOVEABLE.
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Montracon
Location
SLIDING SKELETAL TRAILER.10 TWIST LOCKS.
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Don-Bur
Location
For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-04-03
Lot No: 40145.0 13.7m - BODY - LENGTH, - Standard - Axle - CONFIGURATION, - Drums - BRAKES - WITH - BPW - HUBS - AND - Air - SUSPENSION ~ No of Keys: 0 ~NAVAT Status: Commercial (plus VAT) MoT: 2024-06-30. DIRECT DHL LOGISTICS C307047 Lot no:...
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Krone
Location
For Auction at CVA Carr Hill Industrial Estate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8DE on 2024-04-02
Lot No: 3458 *DONCASTER* 12.3M, BPW DRUM AXLES, RAISE & LOWER VALVE, FERRY LASHING RINGS, TWIST LOCKS - 12 MoT: 2024-09-30* Price is Plus VAT * Reg No: C472910 * Seller: DIRECT RENTAL COMPANY*...
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Body
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 2024-03-28
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Don-Bur
Location
For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-04-03
Lot No: 40038.0 13.7m - BODY - LENGTH, - Standard - Axle - CONFIGURATION, - Drums - BRAKES - WITH - BPW - HUBS - AND - Air - SUSPENSION ~ No of Keys: 0 ~38000VAT Status: Commercial (plus VAT) MoT: 2024-03-31. DIRECT DHL LOGISTICS C307050 Lot no:...
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Body
Skeletal
Location
2 MEMBER TRI AXLE TIPPING CHASSIS WITH LIFTU SERIES AXLES
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-04-03
Lot No: 40083.0 12.2m - BODY - LENGTH, - Standard - Axle - CONFIGURATION, - Drums - BRAKES - WITH - BPW - HUBS - AND - Air - SUSPENSION ~ No of Keys: 0 ~NAVAT Status: Commercial (plus VAT). DIRECT DHL LOGISTICS C215790 Lot no: 40083.0
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Don-Bur
Location
For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-04-03
Lot No: 40093.0 13.7m - BODY - LENGTH, - Standard - Axle - CONFIGURATION, - Drums - BRAKES - WITH - BPW - HUBS - AND - Air - SUSPENSION ~ No of Keys: 0 ~NAVAT Status: Commercial (plus VAT) MoT: 2024-06-30. DIRECT DHL LOGISTICS C307048 Lot no:...
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Body
Skeletal
Make
SDC
Location
Lot No: 478.0 13.6m - Flatbed - *BOTTOM - TRAILER - ONLY* - Twist - locks - pins - and - sockets. .VAT on Hammer: Y. Registration no:C230738
For Auction at Protruck, Belton, Doncaster on 2024-03-28
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Dennison
Location
Lot No: 438.0 13.5m - Fixed - Skeletal - *TOP - TRAILER* .VAT on Hammer: Y. Registration no:C342442
For Auction at Protruck, Belton, Doncaster on 2024-03-28
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Body
Skeletal
Make
Montracon
Location
Lot No: 429.0 12.2M - Sliding - Skeletal MoT: 2025-01-31T00:00:00Z .VAT on Hammer: Y. DIRECT FLEET Registration no:C327316
For Auction at Protruck, Belton, Doncaster on 2024-03-28
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