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8 Lutons, curtain, box and flatbed

The everyday vehicle for one to eight pallets. Curtain-sided for loading from the side, a box for goods that stay closed in, and a flatbed for long items that will not go inside.

8 Pallets on the 5-metre bodies
1,300kg Highest payload, the flatbed
5 With a tail lift
One of the curtain-sided Lutons in the DH Courier fleet, with a tail lift, parked beside a lake on a delivery

Which body the load needs

Every Luton carries up to a tonne except the flatbed, and up to eight pallets on the longest bodies. What differs is how the load goes on and what it is protected from. The system offers the bodies that fit the load; ask for a particular one if the site needs it.

For loading from the side

Curtain-sided

The everyday Luton. The curtain opens the length of the body, so a forklift puts pallets straight on from the side and long items go on flat. Body heights from 2.03 to 2.30 metres.

6 to 8 Standard pallets; eight on the two 5-metre bodies
1,000kg Maximum payload

Tail lift available: say at booking whether there is a forklift at each end.

For enclosed freight

Box, with tail lift

A closed body for goods that should stay dry and out of sight. Loads through the rear, with a tail lift for sites with no forklift. The body narrows to 1.90 metres at one point.

6 Standard pallets
1,000kg Maximum payload

Ask for the box when the load must stay enclosed.

For over-length items

Flatbed

An open 4.2-metre bed for long items that will not go inside a van. Five and six-metre lengths of pipe travel on it when they are packaged for the road. The highest payload of any van in the fleet.

4.2 × 2.0m Open bed; loads are measured, not counted
1,300kg Maximum payload

Give the dimensions and the weight with the booking.

Priced before it is booked

  1. 1
    Two postcodes, the pallets and the day The system works out the distance from the postcodes.
  2. 2
    The vehicle and the full price Base, extra stops and VAT, shown before you commit to anything.
  3. 3
    Book the collection Nothing is charged until you confirm.

The system selects the smallest van or Luton the load needs, and tells you if a tail lift or curtain side is required for the site.

Price a Luton run · one to eight pallets, up to 1,000kg

HGV work, or more than eight pallets or a tonne? Request a haulage quotation

Price a Luton job online

Two postcodes, the pallet count and the day. The full price shows before anything is booked.

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