A staircase delivery van has one job that most vans cannot do well. It has to carry long, finished timber flat and straight without a single knock. Stair strings, handrails and newel posts are expensive, and a dented edge shows on the first day. So when joiners and DIYers ask...
Upcycled Furniture Collection Runs for Makers Selling Before the Busy Season
An upcycled furniture collection day is where a maker's profit is won or lost. You buy a tired dresser for the frame and spend a week on paint and handles. Then you hand it to a buyer. A single scuff on the way undoes that week. When makers ask about...
Moving a Large TV Safely in a Hire Van From Warrington
Moving a large TV is one of those jobs that looks simple until you lift the screen. Modern sets are thin, wide and surprisingly fragile. The glass panel can crack if it flexes, and it flexes easily when you carry it flat. So when people ask about van hire in...
Black Friday Furniture Collection Without the Long Delivery Wait
A Black Friday furniture collection lets you grab the deal and skip the delivery queue. Sofas, wardrobes, beds and dining sets all go on sale at the end of November. Then the delivery slots fill up and some buyers wait well into the new year. Collecting it yourself gets the...
Garden Sauna Collection in Winter Using a Flatbed or XLWB Van
A garden sauna collection is a popular winter job, and it is easy to underestimate. Kits arrive as long timber staves, heavy bundles of boards and a separate heater. A second-hand barrel sauna may even come fully built. Either way, the van you pick decides how smoothly the day goes....
Moving a Range Cooker Safely With a Tail Lift Hire Van
Moving a range cooker takes more planning than almost any other appliance. A range is wide, tall and far heavier than a standard cooker. It also has to be disconnected properly before anyone shifts it. Customers ask us about these jobs during house moves and kitchen refits all the time....
Steel Sections Collection From the Stockholder in a Hire Van
A steel sections collection sounds simple until you see the lengths on the stockholder's racks. Box section, angle, flat bar and channel all come in long bars, and they are heavy for their size. Fabricators, gate makers and keen DIYers all face the same question. Which van gets the steel...
How to Plan a Warehouse Racking Move With a Hire Van
A warehouse racking move is one of the most awkward jobs a small business takes on. Uprights are long, beams are heavy and every bolt seems to vanish halfway through. Even so, plenty of firms do it themselves when they move to a bigger unit. We supply van hire in...
Self Build Van Hire for Every Stage of Your New Home
Self build van hire looks very different at each stage of a project. Early on you move blocks, sand and drainage pipe. Later it is timber, then boxes of fixings, then plasterboard and first fix materials. Most self builders also collect from several merchants in one day. We run van...
Arcade Machine Collection With a Tail Lift Van From Warrington
Arcade machine collection is a job collectors look forward to and then worry about all the way home. You have won the auction or agreed a price with a seller. Now a heavy, top-heavy cabinet with a glass screen needs moving. Pinball tables and jukeboxes bring the same headaches. Many...