Have you used a pick up / delivery firm

[Chris_Pallet]

Hiya,

Has anyone used / recommend a pick up delivery for a large item, specifically a old school heavy planer?

It's 100 miles away and owner unable to pallet etc as too heavy.

Thanks for any suggestions

 

[Myfordman]

Not personally but make sure there is adequate insurance in place having seen write-ups here of machines falling off pallet during loading/unloading.

Landylift get good feedback

 

[robgul]

I sold some granite kitchen worktops to someone about 150 miles away and she arranged collection with shiply.com - I think you post a requirement and independent "man and a van" chaps bid for the job. All worked very well with excellent communication etc. I made it clear that the stuff to be collected was outside, that it was heavy and there would be no assistance available to load and that transport was at the buyer's risk (goods already paid for!). Bloke came, loaded, drove away - simple. My purchaser received the goods the same afternoon.

 

[Jake]

Shiply is great but I wouldn't trust their couriers with a machine lift. They tend to be undermanned and underprepared for heavy stuff, with not that much lifting experience. You might find a specialist I suppose, but you get a lot of bids who turn out to not know what they are taking on if it gets more awkward than an easy lift.

 

[spanner48]

¥ou could try a parcel courier, such as Parcel2Go. I use them when buying tools where the seller won't post. It works well about 2/3rds of the time. The rest: problems. I had a heavy chest of drawers picked up and delivered here. All fully insured. It arrived shattered: every joint broken or started. Claimed on the 'insurance'; got told the insurance was "invalid", because one of the small print clauses excluded furniture from damage claims. Finally took them to the Small Claims Court, and eventually got paid. But: what a hassle!

 

[charadam]

You could try this guy, he has a great reputation.

https://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/ind...cle&id=8:landylift&catid=18:traders&Itemid=20

 

[marcros]

for some things I have used anyvan or Shiply. I find it more of a nuisance trying to coordinate everything though- the collection address wants to know when the courier is coming, the courier wont commit to anything...

I have just hired a van through hertz. I got it from 4pm to 945am for £50, then 30p per mile which includes fuel. all in it cost me £82 to collect something that was 250kg in weight. anyvan were £107, local bloke and van £90odd, but the seller was only available for collection at random times, eg Tuesday 6-9pm. the easiest solution all round was to collect it myself in the end.

for a planer thicknesser I would work out if you can load it, take a mate and hire a van.

 

[robgul]

for some things I have used anyvan or Shiply. I find it more of a nuisance trying to coordinate everything though- the collection address wants to know when the courier is coming, the courier wont commit to anything...

I have just hired a van through hertz. I got it from 4pm to 945am for £50, then 30p per mile which includes fuel. all in it cost me £82 to collect something that was 250kg in weight. anyvan were £107, local bloke and van £90odd, but the seller was only available for collection at random times, eg Tuesday 6-9pm. the easiest solution all round was to collect it myself in the end.

for a planer thicknesser I would work out if you can load it, take a mate and hire a van.

That's what I'd do - get a tail-lift truck - and if you can a pallet and pallet truck to take with you. Probably cheapest option.

 

[clogs]

tail lifts and vehicles....make sure u got the correct D/lic.....
remember the weight of the tail lift down grades the carrying capacity of the truck...
easy to need the next size up truck....
also dont overload it visibly...Plod loves overloaded trucks...

 

[johnnyb]

tail lift and pallet truck makes most stuff really easy.