Moving heavy load

[foxoles]

I'm having a delivery of 12 sheets of 2.4x1.2m plasterboard.
The problem is, the delivery vehicle can't get close to my property due to a narrow bend + tree overhang.

So if the driver dumps the load on the shared road/drive I have had to carry them individually about 100 metres previously. This time I wondered if the palletted sheets could be lowered onto this dolly and trundled most of the way?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/600kg-Heavy-Duty-Hand-D...f:0

I estimate the sheets weigh about 300kg in total.

Would it work, or the other thought was to tie a rope to the pallet and just drag it closer with my car

[Rosscow]

I’d go to a different supplier.

We have a dedicated plasterboarding company locally that deliver small orders in a small truck.

[mintybiscuit]

Got a friend with a roof rack ??

[sunbeam alpine]

That dolly doesn't look very strong. Maybe OK on a perfect surface, I reckon you'd lose a wheel on a rough drive.

What sort of delivery vehicle are you expecting? Your description suggest that the Fire Brigade might also struggle to get to you!

I'm in Belgium - over here a lot of DIY stores have delivery vans which you can hire for very little money (some are free if you have their loyalty cards). Doesn't the UK have anything similar?

[Bill]

The camber would see that dolly stuck in the verge in no time. Do you know anyone with a trailer. Or get something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HU2OBNS/ref=asc_df_...

[alfie2244]

Smaller sheets?

[sidekickdmr]

Change 12 sheets to about 90, and 100m to about 300m and a woodland staircase and you have the exact same issue I had

All you need is a roof rack and a sheet of ply the same size to strengthen the base

[V8RX7]

Buy a board carrier - about £9

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand+Tools/d10/Cl...

Makes carrying boards easy

[Mr Pointy]

But a cheap sheet material trolley? There are loads of different types available:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Drywall-Cart-Plasterboa...

[paulwirral]

Hire yourself a van and pick them up yourself , you could get the plaster and other things you need while you've got it . Just do a bit of forward planning

[SiH]

I think I've got most of the bits of kit that have been mentioned in the thread so far. The little trolley with the pneumatic wheels is great but not for long things or boards like this. You won't be able to load the boards properly and still lift the handle. The Roughneck board carrier is fine but you'll need to be able to reach over the board to grab the handle and you're still carrying the full weight of each board (and can only carry one at a time).
I'd go for something like this...

Sack truck

They can carry a lot of weight and I've used mine to cart around loads of stuff. Definitely one of the best garden things I've bought and the relatively big wheels mean you can get over some pretty rough ground.

[magooagain]

Just pick them up and carry them. Sorry if you are handicapped.

[CAPP0]

I've got a dolly similar to that, it currently has at least 500kg of engine & gearbox sitting on it and has been moved around with that load on quite a few times, inc slightly uneven surfaces. They're very strong.

However, under a full sheet of plasterboard, that's a small area to support a long load and it's not going to be very stable.

As per above, if it's 12 sheets and 100 yards, just carry them, if you're able (if you're able-bodied, you'll be fine). Or get a mate. Much less hassle than roof racks/van hire. In London where there are office fittouts going on all week every week you'll often see labourers carting these in two at a time.

[227bhp]

magooagain said:

Just pick them up and carry them. Sorry if you are handicapped.

This ^^ 12 sheets of plasterboard? MTFU you snowflake ponce.

Edited by 227bhp on Monday 12th November 15:59

[Rosscow]

227bhp said:

magooagain said:

Just pick them up and carry them. Sorry if you are handicapped.

This ^^ 10 sheets of plasterboard? MTFU you snowflake ponce.

Harsh.

100m is a fair distance to shift 300kg of plasterboard for some people (OP may be getting on in life, have a bad knee, back, shoulder, etc.)

I stand by my post - there will be a local supplier with smaller vehicles capable of getting up the drive if your shop around.

[227bhp]

Rosscow said:

227bhp said:

magooagain said:

Just pick them up and carry them. Sorry if you are handicapped.

This ^^ 10 sheets of plasterboard? MTFU you snowflake ponce.

Harsh.

100m is a fair distance to shift 300kg of plasterboard for some people (OP may be getting on in life, have a bad knee, back, shoulder, etc.)

I stand by my post - there will be a local supplier with smaller vehicles capable of getting up the drive if your shop around.

Someone's still got to get it off the van and into the building.
Harsh, but true. I'm pushing 50 with arthritis in my spine, I could easily carry it one sheet at a time 100m, it's only the length of a football pitch. Even more easily with one person at either end the sheet.
A 1.2 x 2.4 x 12mm sheet of pb only weighs 20kg.

Edited by 227bhp on Monday 12th November 18:42

[megaphone]

Go and 'borrow' one of those barrows from Wickes or similar, designed to take sheet material.

Or just man up.

[Slagathore]

If you're working alone, go for smaller sheets.

I know it's more expensive, but if it's something like a ceiling you're boarding out, it is soo much easier with smaller sheets.

If it's just to move them on your own and someone else/2 people are hanging them, then probably better off full sheets.

[21TonyK]

Get a board carrier and smaller boards if the weight is a prob.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/roughneck-plasterboard-...

[foxoles]

Thanks for all the suggestions........I think.

Well I "manned up" as many of you thought I should, I'm pushing 60 by the way, and got a Roughneck board carrier.
So, I walked roughly 2 miles, half off which while carrying an extra 25kgs - about a third of my body weight.

I'm still alive, although I think I have one arm longer than the other now - which might come in useful in picking the drywall screws off the floor without bending down.