Heavy parcel delivery for items up to 150kg
Send single items up to 150kg each, from machinery parts and engines to treadmills and boxed equipment. The price is shown before you book, and we collect from your door.
A heavy goods courier, item by item
Standard parcel couriers often stop around 30kg. We take single items up to 150kg each, and one consignment can hold several heavy items, up to 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres in total.
Heavy items are usually dense, so most are priced on their actual weight. A 40 x 40 x 30cm gearbox weighing 60kg works out at under 10kg by size, so it is priced at 60kg. Heavier items cost more because they take more handling. That handling is in the price, and so is fuel.
Delivery is to the door as standard. For anything one person can't lift safely, add two-person delivery and two crew carry it into the room your recipient chooses.
Heavy items we carry
Anything up to 150kg per item. Weigh each one before you book so the price is right first time.
Machinery parts
Motors, pumps, castings, bearings and spare parts for production lines.
Engines and gearboxes
Drained of fuel and oil first, as we don't carry dangerous goods.
Gym and fitness kit
Treadmills, rowing machines, weight benches and boxed plates.
Boxed equipment
Compressors, generators without fuel, workshop tools and catering kit.
Stone, tiles and samples
Boxed tiles, stone samples and heavy building products.
Several heavy items at once
One consignment up to 1,000kg, each item priced on its own line.
Related: two-person delivery, large items, oversized and awkward items.
Who sends heavy parcels with us
If you make, repair or sell dense goods, from machinery parts to gym kit, this is the service for you.
How heavy a parcel you can send
- Weight per item
- Up to 150kg
- Length per item
- Up to 6.5m
- Other two sides
- Up to 3m each
- Per consignment
- 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres
Several items can travel as one consignment, each priced on its own line. Measure the longest side and weigh each item before you book.
How a heavy parcel is priced
Every item is priced on its size or weight, whichever is greater. We work out its volumetric weight (length x width x height in cm, divided by 5000) and compare it with the actual weight. How volumetric weight works.
Fuel is included, so there is no separate fuel surcharge. You see the full price, line by line, before you book. Prices exclude VAT, which is added at payment.
If an item turns out bigger or heavier than declared, the consignment is re-priced at the actual size and weight.
- Next working day or pick a day collection
- Standard price
- Your area day collection
- Costs less
- Later today collection
- Costs more
- Two-person delivery
- Costs more
- Regional surcharge, per end
- Rate card
- Standard cover
- Included in the price
Every amount is shown as its own line in your price before you book.
Heavy parcel questions
150kg for a single item. A consignment can hold several items, up to 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres in total.
It depends on the weight or size of each item, whichever is greater, and the journey. Fuel and handling are included and the full price is shown before you book. Enter your postcodes and items on the booking page for a live price in seconds.
Delivery is to the door as standard. For anything one person can't lift safely, add two-person delivery when you book and two crew carry it into the room your recipient chooses. It shows as its own line in your price.
Yes, up to 150kg. Drain the fuel and oil first: we don't carry dangerous goods, including fuel and other flammable liquids.
Pack it to survive normal handling, in a strong box or crate that won't split under the weight. Weigh it once it is packed, so the weight you book is the weight we collect.
The consignment is re-priced at the actual size and weight and the difference is charged. Weigh each item before you book to avoid this.
More answers in the help centre.
Other services
All services- Large itemsBig boxes, cartons and long, heavy or bulky goods up to 150kg, priced on size or weight.
- Next day courierCollected from your door, delivered by 6pm on the next working day.
- Business courierOne account for your team, weekly invoicing once verified, rate cards and CSV batch.
- CollectionLater today, your area day, next working day or any weekday in the next 30 days.
- Two-person deliveryTwo crew carry heavy and bulky goods into the room your recipient chooses.
- Northern Ireland, Highlands and islandsSurcharge zones, postcodes and extra days for remote areas, set out in full.
- Long parcel deliveryTubes, pipes, timber and rolls up to 6.5m long, priced on size or weight.
- Bike courierBoxed bikes, frames and wheels, collected from your shop and tracked to your customer.
- Oversized and awkward itemsDoors, panels, display stands, signs and crated one-offs that won't box neatly.
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