In order to make sure that you get your wood pellets, charcoal and briquettes when you need them, our delivery company has advised us that they will be using 18 tonne lorries for all our deliveries.
This will improve delivery times which will also help to keep our costs down. An 18 tonne lorry is approximately: 15m long, 2.6m wide & 4.5m high
Special Circumstances
For hard to reach places, or those areas or roads that are unsuitable for big lorries, a smaller 7.5 tonne lorry can be used instead. A 7.5 tonne lorry is similar in size to a bin lorry, so if you get your bins emptied, then there’s room for a 7.5 tonne lorry.
A 7.5 tonne lorry measures approximately: 8.0m long, 2.5m wide & 3.7m high
For places that are even harder to reach, a long wheelbase van may need to be used instead. This will be similar to a long wheelbase “Transit” style van, and approximately: 7m long, 2.5m wide & 2.8m high
Whilst all vehicles will have a tail lift, the capacity of the tail lift of an 18 tonne lorry is much greater than a large van. This means that your order could arrive in several shipments, eg, if you’ve ordered 2 tonnes which needs to be delivered by a large van. Therefore it’s essential that there is enough space for this size of large lorry to deliver and manoeuvre.