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Jun 18, 2015 20:06:20 GMT
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Would anyone have any idea how much it would cost roughly to send a big item on a pallet?
I am looking at a car door, going 180 miles across England.
Just thought someone on here must have done something similar, cheers
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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Jun 18, 2015 20:35:21 GMT
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We use 'Panic Transport' for palletised stuff. Never done anything as small as a door, ot's usually an engine or similar, and that's around £50-80 depending on size/weight
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Jun 18, 2015 20:35:49 GMT
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depends what size pallet. i looked into getting an engine shipped to me about 160mile, full size pallet was about £65 plus vat.
look on google for pallet firms.
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Jun 18, 2015 20:41:56 GMT
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Just waiting on the seller giving me his postcode, its hard to get a quote without it.
Could be an excuse for a road trip depending on the pallet price.
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Jun 18, 2015 22:47:48 GMT
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Possibly around £40
I use the local Palletways agent (although prices do vary)
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Jun 25, 2015 23:18:03 GMT
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If its a car door why does it have to be on a pallet?
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Jun 29, 2015 20:42:28 GMT
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Paisley Freight will ship it, not on a pallet too!
Can't remember what their prices are, but they have a website.
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Jun 29, 2015 21:06:27 GMT
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If its a car door why does it have to be on a pallet? Because it goes flat with nothing on it . I would not take much for a skin to be dented or a corner bent by being chcuked about . Couriers don't f about , they do not have time |
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Jun 29, 2015 23:27:48 GMT
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The only problem is if they're loading it on with a forklift or pallet truck they will pile a load of other parcels on top to get the job done quicker.
Colin
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Jun 30, 2015 16:57:37 GMT
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They don't . The go in the back of a truck with a curtain side , nothing stacked .
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Dez
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Sending an item on a palletDez
@dez
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Jun 30, 2015 17:12:06 GMT
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i wouldnt use a pallet.
if you think normal couriers are incompetent, you aint seen nothing til you get to pallet freight. ive used them 6 times. they lost 2 of them, one disappeared for two months then 'reappeared', only it was something else (of higher value thankfully, so i gave up trying to sort it at that point as they were very insistant it was what id sent!) 2 turned up damaged/the load dislodged despite it being physically screwed down and palletwrapped, and only one made it ok.
a bike box with some foam on the edges of the door and fully insured through a normal courier, or paisley freight if you want to be sure will be half the price of a pallet, and more likely to make it in one piece. i regularly send bikes with them on a next day service for £25 and have never had a problem.
plus, a door will overhang a standard pallet so itll get bashed anyways, and theyll charge you more for the priviledge.
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Jun 30, 2015 17:28:04 GMT
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Pallets do and quite frequently get stacked. You purchase a pallet based on the space it takes up on a wagon.
Full pallet, 1/4 height.
Half pallet, full height - generally 1000mm.
Then there are oversized pallets.
The options are endless.
Anyway, I wouldn't send anything of value by pallet. It will be knocked, bashed, and if they supply the pallet it will be little more than a couple of bearers hung together on a prayer.
Send it Paisley Freight - they specialise in odd shaped items.
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Jun 30, 2015 17:52:02 GMT
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Every truck i use with work just has a single layer , even if its only 6 inches high on the pallet . I have never seen a truck stacked unless specified , and its usually loaded by the company sending it anyway , not at a depot .
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You are limiting your choices by putting it on a pallet!
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My Parcelforce driver takes small pallets . Truck always 1/4 full , lots of space , nothing stacked or any chance of bashing .
They do a good service and are professional .
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We use Palletways extensively for work. £30 for a quarter pallet any where mainland UK. Hard to beat, never had anything go missing.
Allot of the time is mirror finish stainless sheet coming back from the lasercutters, not marked at all. Quarters normally top of the stack, so nothing on top.
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lilbob
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Every truck i use with work just has a single layer , even if its only 6 inches high on the pallet . I have never seen a truck stacked unless specified , and its usually loaded by the company sending it anyway , not at a depot . they are loaded by the sender then unloaded once the driver gets back to their yard it then gets fork lifted/shunted/bashed around by who ever is driving the fork lift it will then be rammed on to a different truck to its onwards destination and its not unknown for pallets to be drop or fall off the forks as said above if its fragile/easy to dent send via a van courier no palleted on a curtain sider |
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don't bother then - i have personally seen drivers getting it on two wheels to cause maximum damage to goods , as well as unloading the pallets and giving them the peoples elbow [ ] off the top of there trucks . Its not uncommen to see them playing football with them , or seeing how many they can jump in a 7.5 ton truck Evel Kineval style .
I wouldnt trust any of them , they will postivly 100% smash anything to bits , its in there job description .
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