Some things just cannot go by post, they may be oversize and they may be overweight. In some cases they are both. When that happens you need a courier for heavy items, you also need to decide the urgency of the cargo or freight that needs delivery.

If you have a heavy desk, and it cannot be taken apart and it has to be on the bosses office tomorrow, then you need a same day courier that has a two man team.

As the item is over 30kgs, you will need two people to lift and secure the heavy desk and then deliver and in some cases install it.

A light desk can be flat packed and posted or sent via a pallet network for next day delivery. Posting and pallet networks will deliver to the kerbside or reception area, they do not offer the added extra of installing it and you may wish to do that yourself.

What about really heavy items?

Like a pallet of slabs? Or a bag of bricks? Again non urgent they can go via the pallet networks, but you will need to double check the maximum weights your pallet network will take per pallet. You may find it more economically viable to use the same day courier in this instance, as they charge per distance and not per weight – the van used will be the nearest van to take your capacity of slabs or bricks.

Top Tip – check what the surcharges are before you book with a pallet networks, you may find hidden fuel charges, hidden weight charges and other hidden extras.

Just because it’s heavy, it doesn’t mean it cannot be deliver swiftly, but you will need to source the right courier service for the items that need delivering.

If you need assistance or to talk it through, give us a call -  we’re happy to help

Kevin