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Whatever's on the pallet, we'll move it.

One pallet or twenty-six, one drop or a regular run. Every one of these is priced the same transparent way: base rate, mileage, pallets, VAT.

  • 1 to 26 pallets
  • Nationwide coverage
  • Same-day & next-day
  • Priced per mile and per pallet
  • Tail-lift vehicles
  • Full and part loads
  • Curtainsiders & box bodies
  • Priced online in seconds

What we move

Five ways a load gets moved. One way it gets priced.

The difference between these is the vehicle, the sharing and the speed — not the rate card. Whichever one fits your job, the price is worked out from the same five lines and shown before you commit to anything.

Palletised freight

Standard and Euro pallets, one at a time or by the trailer-load. The most cost-effective way to move goods that are already on a pallet and shrink-wrapped.

Best for — Goods already on a pallet, wrapped and labelled.

  • 1 to 26 pallets
  • UK 1200 × 1000 and Euro 1200 × 800
  • Priced per pallet and per kilo
  • Whole pallets only, no overhang

Part loads

You pay for the space you use rather than a whole vehicle. Ideal when you have more than a courier can take but less than fills a trailer.

Best for — More than a courier will carry, less than fills a trailer.

  • No empty-space premium
  • Shared vehicle
  • Flexible collection window
  • Priced on the same rate card as a full load

Full loads

A dedicated vehicle from collection straight to delivery. Nothing else is loaded, nothing is transhipped, and it goes direct.

Best for — Freight that cannot be handled twice, or cannot wait.

  • Direct, no depot
  • Dedicated vehicle
  • Nothing transhipped
  • Fastest transit we offer

Same-day & urgent

When something has to be there today. Tell us the postcodes and we will tell you what is possible and what it costs.

Best for — A line down, a missed delivery, a deadline this afternoon.

  • Straight to delivery
  • Priority allocation
  • Priced on the same rate card
  • Call to confirm the slot

Tail-lift deliveries

Our Luton, 7.5 tonne and 18 tonne vehicles carry tail lifts, so we can load and unload where there is no dock and no forklift.

Best for — Addresses with no loading bay and nothing to lift with.

  • No forklift needed at either end
  • Kerbside delivery
  • Ground-level loading
  • Three vehicle sizes carry one

How it is priced

Five lines, and you get to see every one of them.

Most hauliers price a job and give you the answer. This is the working. The quote you get on screen is these five lines added up, in this order, and you can check it against your own job.

01

Base rate

A fixed rate for the vehicle you choose, the same figure whether the run is ten miles or two hundred. It covers having the right vehicle and a driver on it.

02

Mileage

A rate for every mile of the actual driving route, measured through each stop in the order you make them. Not a straight line on a map — so a detour costs what a detour really costs.

03

Pallets

A rate for each pallet on the job. Counted as whole pallets, the same way a loader counts them.

04

Weight

A rate on the total kilos across the load. It is the reason a light bulky consignment and a heavy compact one are not priced the same.

05

Extra drops

A flat fee for each delivery after the first. The detour itself is already in the mileage, so this covers the time and the handling at the address. A single-drop job never pays it.

And then

If the five lines land under the minimum charge for that vehicle, the minimum applies and the top-up is shown as its own line. VAT goes on last and is never folded into the total.

Nothing else is added afterwards. There is no fuel surcharge, no booking fee and no second, higher number waiting in an email.

The vehicles

What each one legally holds.

Pallet counts are worked out from the deck — whole pallets, no overhang, no mixing orientations — which is how a loader actually fills a vehicle. Payloads are the real working limit rather than a best case, and on the smaller vehicles it is the weight that runs out first, not the floor.

VehiclePallet capacityPayloadLoad height
MWB Van2600 kgConfirm with the office
LWB Van31,100 kgConfirm with the office
Luton Curtain6900 kgConfirm with the office
Small Van1300 kg1 m
XLWB Van41,000 kgConfirm with the office
Luton Box5900 kgConfirm with the office
7.5 Tonne102,500 kgConfirm with the office
12 or 18 Tonne168,000 kgConfirm with the office
Articulated Truck2626,000 kgConfirm with the office

Photographs, straplines and load heights for every one of these are on the fleet page.

Coverage

Nationwide, from any postcode to any postcode.

We run the length of the country — England, Scotland and Wales. These are the cities we cover most often, but the quote form works for every UK postcode there is.

  • Milton Keynes
  • Northampton
  • Bedford
  • Luton
  • Aylesbury
  • Oxford
  • Cambridge
  • Coventry
  • Birmingham
  • London
  • Leicester
  • Peterborough
  • Manchester
  • Liverpool
  • Leeds
  • Sheffield
  • Nottingham
  • Derby
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • Wolverhampton
  • Bristol
  • Gloucester
  • Swindon
  • Reading
  • Southampton
  • Portsmouth
  • Brighton
  • Norwich
  • Ipswich
  • Colchester
  • Chelmsford
  • Hull
  • York
  • Doncaster
  • Preston
  • Blackburn
  • Warrington
  • Chester
  • Carlisle
  • Newcastle
  • Sunderland
  • Middlesbrough
  • Exeter
  • Plymouth
  • Cardiff
  • Swansea
  • Newport
  • Wrexham
  • Glasgow
  • Edinburgh
  • Dundee
  • Aberdeen
  • Inverness

Collection hours

Monday – Friday
07:00 – 18:00
Saturday
08:00 – 13:00
Sunday
Closed (out-of-hours by arrangement)

Outside those hours

Nights, Sundays and bank holidays are by arrangement rather than off the table. If the job has to move outside the hours above, ring and we will tell you what is possible before you commit to anything.

01908 822 779

Getting a price

Four things, and the number is on screen.

01

Two postcodes

Collection and delivery, full UK postcodes. Add up to four more if the load splits between addresses.

02

The vehicle

Small van through to a full artic. Each one shows its pallet count and payload, so the choice is visible rather than guessed.

03

Pallets and weight

How many pallets and the total kilos. Both are priced, and both are checked against the vehicle before you are offered it.

04

That is the price

Itemised on screen, VAT separate. No enquiry form, no callback, and no account until you want the quote kept or booked.

Good to know

The details people ring up to ask.

Up to five drops, priced online
One collection and as many as five deliveries. Beyond that the form asks you to ring — not because we cannot do it, but because a run that size is worth a conversation.
VAT on its own line
Never folded into the total. The quote shows the figure before VAT, the VAT, and what you will actually pay.
A minimum charge per vehicle
Every vehicle carries one. If the arithmetic lands under it the minimum applies, and the quote shows the top-up as its own line rather than quietly rounding up.
Only vehicles that can carry it
The form will not offer a vehicle that cannot lawfully take your pallet count or your weight, so you cannot book something too small by accident.
Nothing is committed until you say so
A price is a price. It becomes a booking when you request one, and we confirm the collection with you before anything moves.
The price does not change when you register
An account is only for keeping a quote under a reference and turning it into a booking. The figure you were shown is the figure that carries over.

Price it now

You have read how it is worked out. Here is the number.

Pick the vehicle, enter the postcodes, tell us the pallets and the weight. The price appears as you type — itemised across the five lines above, with VAT shown separately. No enquiry form, no callback, and no account until you want the quote saved or booked.

Quote Now

Or talk to someone — 01908 822 779