Best vehicle to move bricks

[TROOPER88]

Hi
We are having a double garage built in the next month or so and have been on the look out for reclaimed London bricks.

I have found a guy selling 2300 bricks as they have just demolished a property; they are much cheaper than going through a regular merchants.

I need the bricks moved 15 miles. They are not on pallets but they have offered to help load.

I am after advice as to what would be the best way of transporting them; I could hire a suitable vehicle (which would be a what??) or pay someone to sort it all for me??

Any thoughts would be much appreciated, thanks.

[Jo Po]

Transit Tipper/Pick up. Most commercial hire places do them.


And sorry, Whats a London brick? Just curious.

[Kevin VRs]

Have you calculated the weight at all? 2300 bricks must weigh a fair bit. For that I would say probably a 7.5 tonne truck would be required to move in one load.

[Cock Womble 7]

Jo Po said:

And sorry, What's a London brick? Just curious.

This.

[grahamr88]

Kevin VRs said:

Have you calculated the weight at all? 2300 bricks must weigh a fair bit. For that I would say probably a 7.5 tonne truck would be required to move in one load.

Between 4.5 and 5.5 tonnes, depending on how much moisture they've absorbed, plus a bit more for any mortar still on them. For a 15 mile journey, it's probably best to just hire the cheapest LWB van or tipper you can, and doing it in two or three trips. You'll be glad of the breaks from loading 800 odd bricks anyway!

[TROOPER88]

The weight is something that makes me think that the right vehicle is essential.

I know you can hire the open back trucks with the sides that drop down. The problem with this would be since the bricks are not tieD down on a pallet they could move and the sides are not high enough to prevent any falling off.

If someone has a link to a suitable vehicle rental page that would be great; at leat then I would know the exact name of what I am after.

Cheers

[Lost soul]

I can not beleive some of the questions people ask on here

[davepoth]

Flatbed tipper may well be the easiest thing - If you get a 3.5 GVW truck I doubt you'd get above the level of the load bed sides before you had put a tonne on there.

[treehack]

A big Ifor Williams cage sided trailer and a 4x4. 2 trips, job done.

[Odhran]

MX5?

[seagrey]

TROOPER88 said:

The weight is something that makes me think that the right vehicle is essential.

I know you can hire the open back trucks with the sides that drop down. The problem with this would be since the bricks are not tieD down on a pallet they could move and the sides are not high enough to prevent any falling off.

If someone has a link to a suitable vehicle rental page that would be great; at leat then I would know the exact name of what I am after.

Cheers

If you stacked enough bricks on a flatbed that they were higher than the side boards then its likely that your overloaded and the truck will probably be on the bumpstops anyway.

[fido]

Toyota Hilux single Cab Pick Up (as per Top Gear series).

[soad]

Lost soul said:

I can not beleive some of the questions people ask on here

Ditto

[TRUENOSAM]

Land Rover Defender. Simple

[S1_RS]

Odhran said:

MX5?

335D, Mapped?

[HedgehogFromHell]

Depends on the bricks. If lego bricks, then i'd use a Gwhiz. If Duplo or Mega Blocks, i'd go for a 335d that's been mapped (to cope with all the extra tonnage)

Edited by HedgehogFromHell on Sunday 13th March 15:32

[tim0409]

This brings back bad memories of attempting to move bricks in a Renault Kangoo.....

I bought the van at a car auction as I was building my own house and it seemed like a good idea and was cheap. Only downside was it was an ex fish van. The cargo area had been lined with insulation and then covered in glassfibre - even after removing it all a faint smell of fish remained until the day I sold it.

Anyway, I was short of bricks one day and decided I could get a pallet forklifted into the back - problem solved. All was well until I had to brake unexpectedly whilst approaching a mini roundabout. I stopped and the bricks kept on moving, taking out the passenger seat in the process. It could all have been much worse as I later heard from a builder that his friend attempted a similar thing and wound up with some serious injuries. You live and learn......

[jsg612]

I could imagine a Defended being able to put up with the load, however on multiple trips. A 7.5ton wagon would be perfect if you can get access to one.

[Deva Link]

tim0409 said:

All was well until I had to brake unexpectedly whilst approaching a mini roundabout. I stopped and the bricks kept on moving, taking out the passenger seat in the process. It could all have been much worse as I later heard from a builder that his friend attempted a similar thing and wound up with some serious injuries. You live and learn......

Truck drivers don't like carrying steel pipes for the same reason...

[AndrewW-G]

Given the weight of them, shirley the only answer is somebody elses / a hired van or tipper, unless of course the OP doesnt mind making several trips