Once the long evenings arrive, a trampoline or a climbing frame quickly climbs the family wish list, and our van hire in Warrington makes van hire for garden play equipment the sensible way to get a large, boxed kit home without a fight. Trampolines, swing sets, playhouses and climbing frames come in long, heavy cartons that no estate car will take, and collecting one yourself beats waiting on a delivery date in the middle of the school holidays when the children have already spotted it online. With a fleet of more than seventy vehicles, van hire for garden play equipment is a common summer job for us, and there is no deposit on most of the vans you might choose for it.
Getting a Big Boxed Kit Home Safely
Garden play equipment is deceptively large once boxed. A trampoline frame alone can be well over two metres in its packaging, and a climbing frame arrives as several long, weighty cartons that quickly fill a load space. These are exactly the items that need a proper van rather than a roof rack and a hopeful set of bungee cords, and a van lets you bring the whole kit in one trip so assembly can start the same afternoon while the enthusiasm is still high. Doing it yourself also means you are not tied to a courier’s window on a sunny Saturday, free instead to collect first thing and have the frame up before lunch.
Height and length make the difference
For most play equipment our long wheelbase high roof van is the natural choice, with the length to take long frame boxes and the height to stand taller items without forcing them at an angle. The whole fleet stays within 3.5 tonnes and drives on a standard category B car licence, so even the larger vans need nothing more than your ordinary licence. If you are collecting from more than one shop, the extra room means you can gather everything in a single run rather than going back and forth, which is a real saving when the equipment is spread across a couple of retail parks on opposite sides of the town.
Loading long, heavy cartons
Long boxes ride best flat along the floor with the weight spread rather than stacked high, and a couple of straps stop them sliding forward under braking. Keep the heaviest cartons low and toward the front, and pad any corners that rest against the van walls so nothing rubs through the cardboard on the way home. If you are new to larger vehicles, our guide to what size van you can hire on a normal UK licence is a reassuring read before you book, and our team will happily talk you through handling a longer van if it is your first time in one.
Handy for the whole borough
Our central depot beside Asda at Cockhedge is an easy reach from the retail parks where play equipment is sold. Customers around Great Sankey van hire and the west of town are only a short drive from collection, and the free secure parking lets you leave your own car safely while you fetch a kit that the children will be playing on by teatime. A quick local pickup, a single careful run to the shop and back, and the garden is transformed for the rest of the summer.
One trip instead of several
The biggest practical advantage of a van for garden play equipment is simply doing the job once. A large trampoline, a climbing frame and a playhouse together would mean repeated trips in a car, if they fitted at all, with each run eating into a sunny day and testing everyone’s patience. A van collects the whole lot in a single visit, so you can move straight from collection to assembly while the weather holds and the children are itching to help. That single-trip approach also tends to work out kinder on fuel and far easier to plan, because you are not shuttling back and forth across the town between retail parks. If the equipment comes from more than one shop, the extra room means you can call at each in turn and still bring everything home together. It is worth measuring the gap at your gate or side passage before you set off, since a boxed frame is long and you will want a clear path from the van to the garden. Our team can suggest a van with a sensible margin of space so nothing has to be wedged or forced, and so there is room to lay the longest cartons flat and strapped rather than stacked. With the right vehicle the whole errand is calm, quick and finished in an afternoon.
Booking ahead for the holidays
The summer holidays are our busiest weeks, so reserving early is the best way to get the van you want. On selected vehicles a booking made two weeks or more in advance qualifies for the advance discount on our van hire special offers page. There is no deposit on most vehicles, both short and long term hire are available, we open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4pm, and you bring your photocard licence and a DVLA check code at collection rather than a credit card. To pick the right van for your garden play equipment, call our Warrington team on 01925 396 222.
