Long parcel delivery for lengths up to 6.5m
Tubes, pipes, timber, trim and rolls of flooring up to 6.5m long, sent as single items. You get a price in seconds, we collect from your door and you track it to theirs.
A courier for the long items parcel networks refuse
Standard parcel couriers often refuse anything long. Couriers call these items IDW: irregular dimensions and weight. We take them as standard: single items up to 6.5m long, with the other two sides up to 3m each and a weight up to 150kg.
Long items are usually light for their size, so most are priced on size rather than weight. A 400 x 15 x 15cm tube weighing 8kg works out at 18kg by size, so it is priced at 18kg. Fuel is included, and there is no separate line for the length.
Wrap each length or bundle so it travels as one item, protect the ends and fix the label to the largest side. Then have it ready at your door on the collection day.
Long items we carry
Anything up to 6.5m long, with the other two sides up to 3m. Each item is priced on its own line.
Tubes and pipes
Plastic, copper and steel pipe, ducting, poster tubes and cardboard cores.
Timber and mouldings
Lengths of timber, skirting, architrave, trim and worktop edging.
Rolls
Carpet, vinyl and flooring rolls, fabric bolts and rolled matting.
Rods, rails and poles
Curtain poles, handrails, aluminium extrusions and threaded bar.
Signs and display boards
Long signs, banners on poles and boards for shop fits.
Exhausts and long parts
Exhaust systems, roof bars and other long, light car parts.
Related: large items, oversized and awkward items, heavy parcel delivery.
Who sends long parcels with us
If you send lengths every week, as a flooring or DIY merchant, sign maker, trade supplier or manufacturer, this is the service for you.
How long 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 long 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.
Long parcel questions
6.5m for a single item, with the other two sides up to 3m each and a weight up to 150kg.
Pack it as slim as you safely can. Long items are usually priced on size, so a narrower box or tube brings the price down. A 400 x 15 x 15cm tube weighing 8kg is priced at 18kg. The same tube in a 400 x 30 x 30cm box is priced at 72kg.
Wrap it so it survives normal handling, protect both ends and tape any bundle together at intervals so it travels as one item. Fix the label to the largest side.
Yes. Next working day delivers by 6pm on the working day after collection, for long items as for any other. Deliveries to or from remote zones take longer, and the booking page shows your delivery date before you pay.
Yes. One consignment can hold several items, up to 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres in total, and each item is priced on its own line.
The consignment is re-priced at the actual size and weight and the difference is charged. Measure the longest side 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.
- Heavy parcel deliveryMachinery parts, engines and gym kit up to 150kg per item.
- 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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