Haulage company, Leeds
Part loads, full loads and pallets on 7.5 to 26 tonne vehicles across Leeds
We are a West Yorkshire haulier twenty minutes from Leeds, running 7.5 to 26 tonne vehicles with tail lifts on dedicated work — your load, your vehicle, straight there. Part loads and full loads, collected the same day where the hours allow, with the driver’s direct number on the job and photo proof at both ends. No groupage, no hub, no trailer shared with somebody else’s freight.
What needs hauling across Leeds
The industrial belt south and east of Leeds — Hunslet, Holbeck, Cross Green and Stourton — is where the haulage demand sits: builders merchants, steel stockholders, printers, shopfitters and manufacturers moving pallets, machinery and part loads that are too heavy for a van and too urgent or too awkward for a pallet network.
The jobs that reach us are usually the ones a network has refused or let down: over-height pallets, badly stacked loads, single heavy items, deliveries to a site with no forklift, or stock that simply has to be there tomorrow rather than in three days. A dedicated vehicle with a tail lift solves all four, and the price is the drive rather than a tariff.
The fleet, by payload
Weight decides the vehicle before size does. A dense half-tonne crate can need a 7.5 tonne even though it would fit in a van. Every one of these carries a tail lift, so a site with no forklift is not a problem.
| Vehicle | Payload | Pallets | Load space |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luton + Tail Lift | 1 t | 6 | 4m × 2m × 2m |
| 7.5t Truck | 2.5 t | 10 | 6m × 2.4m × 2.4m |
| 12t Truck | 5.8 t | 14 | 7m × 2.4m × 2.4m |
| 18t Truck | 9.5 t | 16 | 8m × 2.4m × 2.4m |
| 26t Truck | 15 t | 18 | 8.2m × 2.5m × 2.5m |
Haulage prices from Leeds
Road miles were measured by routing each city’s central postcode, not estimated, and the prices are what our own quote engine returns for that distance and vehicle. Ex-VAT, one collection and one delivery in normal hours; extra drops, waiting time and out-of-hours work are shown on your quote before you book.
| From Leeds to | Miles | Luton + Tail Lift | 7.5t Truck | 12t Truck | 18t Truck | 26t Truck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 44 | £138 | £303 | £385 | £468 | £495 |
| Birmingham | 120 | £273 | £496 | £616 | £719 | £765 |
| London | 195 | £418 | £702 | £864 | £987 | £1053 |
| Bristol | 209 | £445 | £740 | £910 | £1037 | £1107 |
| Glasgow | 220 | £466 | £771 | £946 | £1077 | £1150 |
Where we collect
Leeds city centre, Hunslet, Holbeck, Cross Green, Stourton, Seacroft, Morley, Pudsey, Garforth, Rothwell, Armley, Yeadon. Bradford to Leeds is twenty minutes, so a Leeds collection is usually same-day and often within the hour for anything up to 18 tonne. For a 26 tonne we will confirm availability before we commit you to a time.
Haulage in Leeds — common questions
How quickly can you get a lorry to Leeds?
Twenty minutes from our Bradford yard, so same-day is normal and inside the hour is realistic for anything up to 18 tonne. Ring with the weight, the pallet count and whether there is a forklift at each end and we will confirm on the call.
Can you take a single pallet to Leeds?
Yes, though if it is one light pallet and not urgent a pallet network will be cheaper. Where a dedicated vehicle wins is when it is fragile, over-height, going somewhere with no forklift, or needed tomorrow rather than next week.
Do you do regular contract runs around Leeds?
Yes. A fixed route with the same vehicle and driver is cheaper than booking ad hoc, and the driver learns the site, the access and who signs. Tell us the days and the drops and we will price the route.
What do you need to know before quoting a haulage job?
Five things, and they settle almost everything: the weight, the footprint and height, how many pallets or items, how it is being loaded and unloaded at each end, and whether either site has a forklift. A job with no forklift at delivery needs a tail lift and a pram truck, which changes the vehicle and the price. Guessing at these is how a lorry turns up that cannot do the job.
What size vehicles do you run?
Luton with a tail lift (around 1 tonne, 6 pallets), 7.5 tonne (2.5 tonnes, 10 pallets), 12 tonne (5.8 tonnes, 14 pallets), 18 tonne (9.5 tonnes, 16 pallets) and 26 tonne (15 tonnes, 18 pallets). Artics are arranged through our partner network rather than our own fleet.
Can you deliver where there is no forklift?
Yes, with a tail lift from the Luton upwards. Tell us at booking that the delivery site has no handling equipment and we will send a vehicle that can unload on its own. It is the single most common reason a haulage delivery fails on arrival.
What about drivers’ hours on a long run?
We plan to the legal limits rather than hoping. If a run will not fit inside one shift we quote it as a two-day job up front and say so. The alternative is a driver running out of hours on your delivery, which costs you the day anyway and costs us the licence.
Do you route for lorries or just use a satnav?
Larger vehicles are routed for weight limits, low bridges and width restrictions, not by car satnav. That matters more than people expect around old mill towns and canal bridges in West Yorkshire, where a 26 tonne cannot follow the obvious road.
Dedicated or groupage?
Everything we run is dedicated — your load, your vehicle, straight there. Groupage is cheaper per pallet and slower, and it means your freight shares a trailer and gets handled at a hub. If your load is fragile, urgent, awkward or has been refused by a pallet network, dedicated is usually the only thing that actually works.
Weight, pallets, and whether there is a forklift
Those three and the two postcodes are all we need to price it on the call. The quote you get is the price invoiced.