monkie Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Does anyone have any recommendations of a courier service they have used for transporting an engine and gearbox on a pallet within the UK? I want to price up whether it is economically viable to pay a courier to do the heavy work or just hire a van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Shiply come to mind but only because I have seen it mentioned before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Used these a fair few times, always fine: https://www.nationalpallets.co.uk/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkie Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Thank you both. From the indicative pricing on their website it certainly looks well worth it vs the hastle and cost of doing it myself. I will get in contact with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) Theres a chap calld Fizzy on the Migwelding forum. He runs a pallet delivery business. Dont know if you are a member on there Phil? Always nice to put trade via the faces on the forums. I dont know his business name as he doesnt inappropriately advertise it! I frequently travel Cornwall to London if thats any help for a pickup en route. (Having said that, having one fully working land rover to do it in seems hard work at the moment!) Edited February 27, 2021 by reb78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkie Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 21 hours ago, reb78 said: Theres a chap calld Fizzy on the Migwelding forum. He runs a pallet delivery business. Dont know if you are a member on there Phil? Always nice to put trade via the faces on the forums. I dont know his business name as he doesnt inappropriately advertise it! I frequently travel Cornwall to London if thats any help for a pickup en route. (Having said that, having one fully working land rover to do it in seems hard work at the moment!) Thanks Richard. It's for collecting the defender 200Tdi engine and stumpy gearbox from Ian in Stoke when he's put his BMW engine in the 110. You go along the A303 don't you? After lock down, let me know when you're passing Yeovilton and we can get a coffee for a break in your journey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 9:31 PM, reb78 said: Theres a chap calld Fizzy on the Migwelding forum. He runs a pallet delivery business. It's called Speedshift https://speedshift.co.uk/. I've used them a couple of times in the past most notably sending the gearbox out to @Blanco. It's worth noting that they do require all gearboxes etc., to be drained of oil because if they drip and contaminate stuff underneath or dirty the lorry you're liable for everything that gets covered whether it affects it or not. What Vince actually suggested which is quite sensible (I didn't do it because I'd already packaged everything up) was to stable / nail a piece of old carpet to the top of the pallet, that way any drips that might happen get caught before they go through to stuff underneath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Those sort of precautions for oil containing items (albeit drained) are very common nowadays as requirements, quite understandable too, of course. There are some that won't send any vehicle components at all, which is really helpful...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkie Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'm thinking it'll just be for straightforward to hire a van and drive up myself. I'll put some pads down in the van to catch any spills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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