Trailer loads of pavers, blocks, and stone
See how much paving stone, blocks, or pallets your trailer can safely carry per trip, and how many trips your job takes.
Stone is dense, so a trailer reaches its weight limit long before the deck looks full. Going over can overheat or blow out tires, overload the axle, lengthen stopping distance, and cause sway. Too little weight on the hitch (under about 10% of the loaded trailer) can cause severe sway, and too much overloads your tow vehicle. Repeated overloading also wears the axles, tires, brakes, frame, and hitch. Stay within the ratings on your trailer's compliance sticker and in your tow vehicle's owner's manual. These results are estimates, not scale weights.
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Never load past your trailer's rated payload or your tow vehicle's limits. Weights here lean heavy on purpose, because overloading is the risk, but they can still be off in either direction. Space on the deck isn't checked, so make sure the load fits, is secured, and can be unloaded safely. Brake and registration rules vary by state.
How this is estimated
The trailer's payload is its gross rating minus its empty weight. The tool divides that payload by the weight of your load to get how much fits per trip, rounded down.
Paver and stone weights per square foot come from thickness: concrete 13 lb per inch, brick or clay 11 lb per inch, and natural stone 14.5 lb per inch. Sources range widely. Concrete pavers of the same size can vary by up to 25% depending on the mix, and a 60 mm concrete paver is commonly quoted at about 22 to 30 lb per square foot, so this tool uses the heavier end.
The trailer presets start at the low end of typical payloads: about 1,700 lb for a small single-axle trailer, about 4,700 lb for a 7,000 lb tandem, and about 6,500 lb for a 9,990 lb tandem. The last one is a rough figure, since empty weights vary a lot. Your trailer's sticker is the number that counts.
Tongue weight, the downward force on your hitch, should be about 10 to 15 percent of the loaded trailer. The tool shows that range for a full load. Your tow vehicle's tow rating, hitch rating, and payload must cover it.
Sources and how the numbers were checked
No official table covers these items, so the figures were compared against several references that disagree with each other.
- Paver weights: a paver weight table, a paver weight guide (pallets about 3,000 to 4,000 lb), and another guide (60 mm concrete about 22 to 25 lb per square foot). These are not official sources.
- Trailer payload and tongue weight: a trailer dealer's guide (small single-axle payloads about 2,000 to 2,450 lb), a tandem trailer guide (7,000 lb tandems about 4,800 to 5,200 lb), and a 6x12 trailer guide (payload is gross rating minus curb weight; tongue weight about 10 to 15 percent).
For the most accurate numbers, use your trailer's compliance sticker, your supplier's weights, or a scale.
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Weights and sources last reviewed October 2026.