Large parcel deliveries
Discussion
We have been in business for about 10 years now so fairly familiar with all the courier firms but with some recent stock being bigger than normal I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.
The boxes are about 200 x 25 x 100cm and 35KG. Normally Parcelforce would take this but they have a 30KG max, so we went to APC who we use often and they are lax with the 30kg max however they wont take anything over 160cm in length.
We could repack but that would be time consuming and would mean taking new products out of their original packaging and putting them in old boxes.
Tuffnells were another option but from past experience they aren't great.
Fedex/TNT wont help, neither will UPS and DPD.
Are there any other courier firms who offer a 1-2 day UK delivery on something of this size, recently we have had to use some smaller firms from Shiply who have been very good and a nice personal touch but about double what APC etc charge.
The boxes are about 200 x 25 x 100cm and 35KG. Normally Parcelforce would take this but they have a 30KG max, so we went to APC who we use often and they are lax with the 30kg max however they wont take anything over 160cm in length.
We could repack but that would be time consuming and would mean taking new products out of their original packaging and putting them in old boxes.
Tuffnells were another option but from past experience they aren't great.
Fedex/TNT wont help, neither will UPS and DPD.
Are there any other courier firms who offer a 1-2 day UK delivery on something of this size, recently we have had to use some smaller firms from Shiply who have been very good and a nice personal touch but about double what APC etc charge.
We use DX for two man delivery of large, bulky items to the customer’s preferred location in the house / garden. They offer other services as well so I’m sure they’d be able to provide what you need. A couple of mishaps (as with all couriers in my experience) but overall very good and reliable.
Since Covid, the couriers really don't want to handle out of gauge items. They all want lots of nice small, light parcels with teddy bears in them.
We used to ship oversize packages with TNT, including pipe bundles up to 3 metres long, then they started slapping a £60 surcharge on - DHL do the same.
Now we use Tuffnells for the large stuff, but they have a minimum invoice value per week, so you need the quantity going through to make it worthwhile, and we have more breakages with Tuffnells than any other courier, so only ship items that are robust.
We used to ship oversize packages with TNT, including pipe bundles up to 3 metres long, then they started slapping a £60 surcharge on - DHL do the same.
Now we use Tuffnells for the large stuff, but they have a minimum invoice value per week, so you need the quantity going through to make it worthwhile, and we have more breakages with Tuffnells than any other courier, so only ship items that are robust.
i've used these guys for years who have a Palletline franchise. Never had an issue with size, weight, item getting lost etc.
https://csellis.co.uk/
https://csellis.co.uk/
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