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The secret to stress free moving

October 20, 2011 By

I know, I’m the master of the understatement! Yes moving home can be very stressful.

We move goods, freight, furniture week in week out and the secret to doing it successfully is to be organised.

It’s easy when you know how, and now you do.

We’ve compiled a free checklist to help you keep organised.

Moving Check List – keep yourself and your movers organised

 

Click the link so the PDF opens, then right click the document to save it to your desktop.

If you know someone moving please share this with them, it may help keep them sane

Sarah

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5 Steps for Preparing Your Boat for Transport

April 11, 2011 By

With the rise in internet sales for items such as boats and jet skis, boat transport has become more commonplace in recent years. Often, the people who buy boats online live out of state or even out of the country, which means the vessel must be transported to its destination.

Selling your boat online to someone that wants it shipped to him or her can seem like a daunting task. How do you prepare a boat for transport?

In case you have found yourself in such a predicament, here are some tips to help you get started. Read these 5 steps for preparing your boat for transport:

1. Remove or stow all gear and secure it in place. If there is a cabin or storage compartment, lock or secure the door. All electronics, horns, antennas, anchors, propellers, flag masts, lights, anchor lights, outriggers, wheels, masts, windshields that protrude, etc., must be removed, packed securely and securely stored. Also, disconnect the battery and secure it in place.
2. Drain all fluids from the boat or jet ski, such as fuel from the fuel tank or water from the bilge, air conditioner, or water pumps.
3. Tie or tape hatches or cabin windows down from the outside. If there is a leak, seal it so that rainwater does not leak in during transit.
4. Remove the canvas cover so that it does not rip or tear during shipping.
5. Double-check that nothing that can be removed is protruding from the boat. The boat will normally be shrink-wrapped by the transport company for added protection, and protrusions can cause the shrink-wrap to tear.

Heather

Heather Thomas lives and works as a small business owner in Destin, Florida with her husband and 3 children. She writes about all aspects of her Destin boat rental company, from boating to social media to shipping :)

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Some things just cannot be posted…

January 6, 2011 By

They have to be couriered instead.

This is perfectly demonstrated by Swansea Dog Trainer, Simon Jones who wrapped his dog to make a point.

Next time you send something by post and are having difficulty wrapping it, think to yourself… can the goods actually be sent by post?

They may have to be couriered instead.

Kevin

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A day in the life of your parcel

November 26, 2010 By

Each day we are lucky enough to gain new customers looking for dedicated courier services. They are customers that are sick to death of replacing items damaged or lost by the parcel system and when looking at alternatives that start to understand the value of a same day courier. In this blog post we thought we would explain a ‘typical day’ for the parcel itself. If you understand how the parcel is interacted with you can prepare for safer delivery.

The day in a life of a parcel

The item is wrapped and the courier is booked. (one pair of hands).

The parcel is collected and loaded into the delivery vehicle (one pair of hands, one potential drop). The driver may notice if you have labeled the package with instructions.

The parcel is in the van whilst other packages are collected and loaded in (potential damage in transit, possible damage from other packages).

The delivery van arrives at the depot and the van is unloaded (several pairs of hands, potential throws, potential drops and potential kick the parcel across the room).

The parcel are then sorted into cages by hand, or on a conveyor belt and then picked off by the sorting teams.

Each team collects the parcels for their area and they are thrown into the cages or vans. (More hands)

These vans then deliver to the local warehouses and they are again sorted local routes and the parcels encounter another set of hands. (A few more hands)

The packages are now delivered locally and it is at this point that the driver will definitely notice if there are labels saying “Fragile” or “this way up”. That may be a little too late for the fragile ornament you are sending aunt Agnes for Christmas.

As you can see from the breakdown of the parcels ‘day’ many people touch and interact with the parcel.

The delivery system has to be as fast as possible and that may be it’s faster to throw a small box than walk it across the room. The sorters are under a lot of pressure and many are conscientious workers. As in all jobs you will find there are people who take short cuts, and there is nothing we can do about them, it’s down to the delivery company to pay proper rates to their workers and to value them.

What can you do to prevent parcel breakages?

Package with care.

  • Strong outer boxes
  • Polystyrene chips (or similar) to absorb impact
  • Tape the seams of the box with parcel tape

Understand the way that the parcel travels and you can factor in the packaging to make it stronger and more robust.  A robust package is more likely to arrive intact. If you find you are spending so much money on packaging that it’s no longer cost effective to deliver then have a look at hiring a same day courier for the day. Less hands, more efficient delivery.

Sarah
PS if you need packing advice, have a search around the blog, we share lots of advice.

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Moving your entire commercial kitchen by courier service

June 3, 2010 By

Most  mobile catering companies I know have their own vehicles and they use a courier service as a back up when moving their commercial kitchen equipment. Moving a commercial kitchen is a structured ordered system that the staff of mobile catering companies are proficient in. catering kitchen

When we move mobile catering equipment I have always found that all I need to do or have one of our drivers do is safely load and unload the vehicles – the staff know how to dismantle the items and what order they need to be loaded, so that when unloading the items such as stainless steel work surfaces come off the vehicles first. Then the equipment that is unloaded can be stacked onto the work surfaces.

In these scenarios the courier service is left to do what it does best – driving the equipment to it’s end destination.

Moving a fixed commercial kitchen is much rarer, often we move one or two items such as the oven or the grill or the fridges.

The fridges do have to be measured before booking a vehicle – sometimes they are too tall for a normal van, they need a curtain side vehicle or to be laid on their side, which we all know unsettles their gases and can cause problems later on.

Dishwashers are loaded with ease, take care to strap down the rinsing shower if it has one (normally on a pass through dishwasher) and tape the trays internally so they don’t move around and scratch the interior. It always pays to check the Dishwasher has actually been unloaded first ;-) although we have moved some loaded ones and not broken a thing, it cannot be guaranteed to deliver things in the centre of a dishwasher safe every time.

Ice machines, bottle coolers and hotplates are all smaller items that can be co loaded onto smaller vehicles with ease. Vegetable racks and pots and pans are best crated up for delivery, we recommend tea crates or plastic packing crates for this, and if you don’t have any then they can be hired locally.

The heavy parts aside from commercial kitchen equipment I have found is the crockery. A busy catering kitchen has a tonne of dishes, plates and glassware that needs to be packed and moved safely – get someone who is good at packing to do this. The safe delivery of crockery always comes down to how well it is packaged.

One final tip, when moving a commercial kitchen listen to what the chef has to say, they know their equipment inside out – how to dismantle it, how to pack it and how to store it.

If you are looking to move your commercial kitchen, give us a call we are always happy to help.

Kevin

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