Using a courier for awkward deliveries

Sometimes there are scenarios that you need to use a same day courier for rather than your own transport. This can be for a few reasons the most common is you don’t have the correct size vehicle or the right type of insurance  and it is economically more viable to use a same day courier rather than hire the correct vehicle and get the correct insurance. The time taken and cost involved don’t make it a practical use of your companies time.

Increasingly of late, we are getting more enquiries for ‘awkward deliveries’. These are the kind of loads that other same day couriers just can’t cope with. They are the ADR jobs, the medical couriering jobs and the too-big-for-a-small-van jobs. Other same day courier companies term them awkward because they are not prepared to do them. Our enquirers are telling us, that their original courier company no longer delivers items that are above a certain size or just don’t deliver the small things.

For us, our whole business is based around delivering items that people cannot or do not want to deliver themselves.

I get surprised when I meet other couriers and I shouldn’t really, when they reel off a whole list of what they Won’t deliver. That is items they choose not to, not items they are not legally allowed to move. Although I am still trying to get over the courier who rang us and asked what to charge to move the remains of a deceased family pet, from the home to the vets, as the client did not want to make a mess in their car. Understandably so, but you need a licence from Defra for that. It just amazes me that they would consider that, but completely blank moving a summer house or gazebo as it’s too awkward.

Which leads me to my next point, if you are stuck and need to deliver something awkward, have a good search through this blog site. Many of our posts explain how to deliver items with ease, so even if you do decide to do it yourself, you will be able to do it correctly.

Sarah