Pallet delivery from Reading on a dedicated vehicle: one to twenty-six pallets, loaded at your premises and delivered direct with no pallet network in between. That matters when the goods are fragile, over-height, badly stacked, out of gauge or simply too urgent for a network’s overnight trunking — and it matters even more when the network has already refused them.
Tell us the number of pallets, the footprint, the height and the weight, plus whether either end has a forklift. Those five things decide the vehicle, and getting them right on the phone is what stops a wasted journey.
We bring the right vehicle to Reading: a Luton with a tail lift for a single pallet at a site with no handling equipment, a 7.5 tonne or 18 tonne for multiples, up to 26 tonne for a full load.
The pallets stay on the vehicle they were loaded onto. No cross-docking, no re-stacking, no "damaged in transit at the hub" — the three things that go wrong most often on network pallets.
Road miles below were measured once by routing each city’s central postcode, not estimated, and the prices are what our own quote engine returns for that distance and vehicle. Prices are ex-VAT for a single collection and delivery during normal hours; out-of-hours, weekend and extra-stop charges are shown on your quote before you book.
| From Reading to | Miles | Luton Box | Luton + Tail Lift | 7.5t Truck | 18t Truck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 41 | £132 | £138 | £303 | £468 |
| Bristol | 78 | £181 | £192 | £380 | £568 |
| Birmingham | 113 | £243 | £260 | £476 | £694 |
| Manchester | 193 | £384 | £414 | £696 | £980 |
| Leeds | 205 | £405 | £437 | £729 | £1023 |
| Glasgow | 397 | £743 | £808 | £1257 | £1710 |
Bracknell, Wokingham, Newbury, Slough, Maidenhead, Windsor, Henley, Thatcham and the rest of South East, with RG1 and the surrounding districts covered. If your postcode is not listed it is almost certainly still covered — this is the main areas, not the limit.
Thames Valley businesses compete for courier attention. Standard firms use London hubs — your job can wait.
Yes. A single pallet on a dedicated Luton with a tail lift is a common job — particularly when it is fragile, urgent, or going somewhere with no forklift.
Yes, on Lutons and on the 7.5 tonne upwards. Tell us if either end has no forklift and we will send a vehicle that can handle it on its own.
Usually. Over-height, out-of-gauge, poorly stacked and labelled dangerous goods are all common reasons for a network refusal and none of them stop a dedicated vehicle — though for dangerous goods we carry only Limited Quantity, Excepted Quantity and under-threshold loads.
Roughly: one to two on a Luton, up to eight on a 7.5 tonne, up to ten on an 18 tonne and up to fourteen on a 26 tonne, depending on footprint and weight. We confirm it against your actual dimensions before booking.
Collection postcode, delivery postcode, and roughly what is moving. The quote you get is the price invoiced — no booking fee and no fuel surcharge added afterwards.
