Best Courrier for transporting milled wood

[sylvaarb]

Hi there

 

I have a customer who would like to buy a few peices of my milled up wood (roughly 8'8" long by 20 inches across by 2 inches thick to make some bespoke kitchen worktops. It's too far for me to deliver (but within the UK). I said I would look into courriers. Who do you recommend?

 

Many thanks

[agg221]

Drop Jonathan (Big J) a pm - he has a good courier for this.

 

Alec

[Big J]

I just use Parcel2go. They seem pretty good, though they did spectacularly lose 5 elm burrs once. Looking at the tracking history, they got split up, each did about 5000 miles, only 3 made it to the destination originally (2 on one delivery, one on another) until a few months later when a very embarrassed chap from Parcel2go called up to say he had two parcels and did I want them back. They did eventually make it to the customer!

 

So apart from that, good. Your boards might be a touch over long, but I tend to round down on measurements quite a bit when sending stuff. So long as it's not too heavy, you should be OK.

 

Jonathan

[Stompy]

8 1/2 foot x 20 inch is pretty huge and I imagine would have a fair bit of weight to it.

 

Might be worth looking at pallet shipping. I used to use Palletline when i sold bits and pieces of machinery in the uk. As long as you have access for a 7.5t truck and can get hold of a pallet this may be the cheapest option. Your dimensions would make it a double pallet so around £60-70 I think.

 

Your limited to about 800 - 1000kg on a pallet so you should be ok

[Big J]

Palletline are less forgiving that Palletways. I take the biscuit a bit on what I put on a 'pallet' and they haven't complained yet. I can see it coming though - I have some 5ft wide chestnut boards to send this week....

[devon TWiG]

. Your dimensions would make it a double pallet so around £60-70 I think.

 

Your limited to about 800 - 1000kg on a pallet so you should be ok

 

--------- Probably nearly double that price now ( I deliver palletised goods for a living ) do not request AM / next day to keep costs down , sometimes if other goods can be stacked on top of yours can be a bit cheaper as well ( saves space )