Guides
Choosing the
right vehicle.
Match the vehicle to the load and your delivery stays fast — and fairly priced. Here's the quick guide.
Light loads: motorcycle and small van
For documents and small parcels, a motorcycle is fastest through traffic and the keenest price — typically up to around 20kg. A small van steps that up to roughly 400kg and larger boxed items, still as the most economical dedicated option.
If it fits on a passenger seat or a couple of boxes, this is your range.
Bigger loads: Sprinter and Luton
A Sprinter or long-wheelbase van is the everyday workhorse — around 1,000–1,200kg and three to four pallets. When the load is heavy, palletised or awkward, a Luton with a tail-lift (about 1,000kg and four pallets) lets you load from the ground, with two-man crews available.
Tail-lift and crew make all the difference where there's no forklift.
Full loads: 7.5-tonne and artic
For full or heavily palletised loads — up to around 2,500–3,000kg and roughly ten pallets — a 7.5-tonne moves it in one dedicated run instead of several smaller trips.
And for the very biggest consignments, an articulated lorry carries up to around 44 tonnes and roughly 26 pallets — a full load in a single dedicated trip, curtain-sider or box.
Not sure? Give the weight, dimensions and number of items and a good operator will match the smallest suitable vehicle, which keeps the price down.
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