Heavy Item Delivery — Anywhere in the UK
Too Heavy for a Courier, Too Awkward for a Standard Flatbed
If a parcel courier has refused it and a standard flatbed cannot offload it, we can deliver it. Self-loading HIAB flatbed, one operator, end-to-end handling — from the seller's address to the spot you want it placed.
Get a Free QuoteWhy Heavy Items Are Different
Most domestic and small commercial deliveries are optimised for items a person can lift, or items a tail-lift can roll off. The moment a load passes somewhere in the region of 250 kilos, or is large enough that two people cannot manhandle it through a gate, the standard logistics network starts to look the other way. Sellers refuse to ship. Couriers refuse to insure. Standard flatbeds will deliver kerbside but will not place the item anywhere useful. That gap is exactly what this service is built for.
The vehicle is a 26-tonne rigid flatbed with an on-board hydraulic crane. The crane is part of the lorry, not a separate machine — meaning the same driver who collects your item also lifts it on, drives it to its destination, and lifts it off into the position you want. If the seller's yard has a forklift, brilliant; if not, we use the on-board crane to pick the item up anyway. The same is true at the delivery address. There is no expectation that you have lifting equipment at either end of the journey.
Customers tend to find us when they have already had a frustrating week trying to organise the move themselves. A hot tub bought from a dealer 200 miles away, a safe being relocated between offices, a stand-by generator being delivered to a rural site, a vintage motorcycle going to a buyer, a garden building that arrived on a pallet and needs lifting over a fence into the back garden. The thread connecting all of them is that the item itself is fine — it is the lifting at each end that is the problem. We are the lifting.
The service runs nationwide. Most jobs are quoted against a simple data set: collection postcode, delivery postcode, weight, rough dimensions, and any notes about access at either end (overhead cables, archways, gravel driveways, locked gates). With that we can give a fixed price, a date, and a sensible arrival window. Larger or more complex items can be handled under our specialist transport or nationwide HIAB delivery services.
Common Heavy Loads
A representative selection of items we deliver and place each month:
- Hot tubs and swim spas — lifted over fencing into rear gardens
- Garden rooms, log cabins and pre-built sheds
- Domestic and commercial safes, including relocations between premises
- Standby and prime generators — lifted onto bases or concrete pads
- Industrial machinery up to crane capacity (workshop equipment, presses, compressors)
- Vintage cars, classic motorcycles and project vehicles needing careful lifting
- Stone, granite and marble worktops; sleeper packs; raised-bed kits
- Large planters, statues and ornamental stonework for landscaping projects
- Pallets of materials where the destination has no forklift
- Awkward one-offs that other hauliers will not quote on
Why Customers Use Us
ALLMI CSCS Certified
Every operator holds current ALLMI CSCS credentials. That matters on commercial sites and gives domestic customers confidence that the lift is handled by a trained operator.
LOLER Certificated Crane
Our crane is examined to LOLER on schedule and the paperwork is up to date. Useful if a site requires evidence before allowing the vehicle on.
50+ Years of Awkward Loads
Family-run since 1975. There are not many heavy or unusual loads we have not seen at least once before.
Fully Insured
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover on every booking — protecting both the item being delivered and the surrounding property.
Get Your Heavy Item Moved
Tell us what it is, where it needs collecting from, and where it needs to go. A quote usually follows within a couple of hours.
Request a Free QuoteGet a Free Heavy Item Delivery Quote
Ready to discuss your project? Contact us for a free, no-obligation quote.
Email Us
info@aarnoldtransport.comCall Us
07769 299566Our Location
Based in Kent, serving Medway and the wider South East
