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From the workshop floor to your customer, whatever the size

Fabrications, machinery and finished pieces rarely come in standard boxes. Price them instantly, book a collection from your unit and get on with the next job.

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WorkshopsPrice any shape in seconds and book between jobs.

Sound familiar?

  • Nothing is a standard size

    Every job is a different shape and weight, so every job used to mean a new quote.

  • Small team, no logistics desk

    The person booking the courier is also on the tools.

  • Heavy kit, careful handling

    Machined surfaces and assemblies need a carrier that takes heavy items as standard.

How Tuffnells helps

  1. Quote any shape in seconds

    Enter length, width, height and weight and see every service priced at once.

  2. Up to 150kg and 6.5m

    Fabrications, cabinets and machinery handled as standard, not as a special request.

  3. Book in a couple of minutes

    Book online between jobs. No calls, no waiting for a quote by email.

  4. Collected from your unit

    Collected from your door and tracked to your customer's.

What you typically send

Every item is priced on its own size or weight, whichever is greater, and shown line by line before you pay.

  • Fabricated sub-assembly

    150 × 60 × 40cm, 71kg

  • Tool cabinet

    120 × 60 × 40cm, 52kg

  • Steel lengths, bundled

    400 × 15 × 15cm, 40kg

  • Boxed spares

    40 × 30 × 30cm, 9kg

The services that fit best

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  • Next working day

    By 6pm the working day after collection, for customers waiting on a part to finish a job.

  • Economy

    Two to three working days after collection at the lowest price, for finished pieces that aren't urgent.

  • Two-person delivery

    Two crew carry a tool cabinet or fabrication into the room your customer chooses, as an add-on to either service.

More on heavy parcel delivery, bike courier.

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Workshops

Fabrications, tool cabinets and machinery

How we help workshops

Price any shape in seconds, then get back on the tools

Nothing you make is a standard size, so every job used to mean emailing measurements and waiting for a quote. Enter length, width, height and weight and see the price straight away. Book online between jobs and we collect from your unit.

The problem

Emailing measurements and waiting for quotes

With Tuffnells

Priced and booked online in a few minutes

  • Instant price for any shape
  • 150kg per item
  • 6.5m longest item

Worked example

Bundled steel lengths, 400 x 15 x 15cm, 40kg. By size it works out at 18kg, so it's priced on its real weight: 40kg.

Worked example using our size or weight rule. Get the live price for your item.

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Common questions

More answers in the help centre.

Ready to ship with Tuffnells?

Priced line by line, collected from your door. Apply for an account for contracted rates.

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