Haulage company, Sheffield
Part loads, full loads and pallets on 7.5 to 26 tonne vehicles across Sheffield and Rotherham
Sheffield is around fifty minutes from our Bradford yard down the M1, so a collection from an S postcode is a same-morning job. We run 7.5 to 26 tonne vehicles with tail lifts on dedicated loads — steel, machinery, part loads and pallets — loaded at your works and driven straight to the delivery address.
What needs hauling across Sheffield and Rotherham
The Don valley still moves metal. Steel stockholders, forges, fabricators, tool makers and engineering shops through Attercliffe, Brightside, Tinsley and across to Rotherham generate exactly the loads that need a lorry rather than a van: bar and sheet, castings, fabricated assemblies, machine tools, and single items heavy enough that payload decides the vehicle before anything else does.
Steel is unforgiving about handling. Long bar, heavy single pieces and awkward fabrications do not survive a hub, and often cannot legally be moved on a vehicle sized by volume rather than weight. A dedicated vehicle chosen on payload, loaded once and unloaded once, is both the cheapest way to avoid damage and usually the only practical option.
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 Sheffield
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 Sheffield to | Miles | Luton + Tail Lift | 7.5t Truck | 12t Truck | 18t Truck | 26t Truck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 35 | £138 | £303 | £385 | £468 | £495 |
| Manchester | 38 | £138 | £303 | £385 | £468 | £495 |
| Birmingham | 86 | £207 | £402 | £504 | £597 | £634 |
| London | 161 | £352 | £608 | £751 | £865 | £922 |
| Bristol | 175 | £379 | £647 | £798 | £916 | £976 |
| Glasgow | 252 | £528 | £859 | £1052 | £1191 | £1273 |
Where we collect
Sheffield, Attercliffe, Brightside, Tinsley, Darnall, Rotherham, Chapeltown, Stocksbridge, Dronfield, Killamarsh. Fifty minutes from Bradford on the M1. Same-morning collection is routine; for a late call we will tell you honestly whether it is today or first thing.
Haulage in Sheffield — common questions
Can you carry steel and long loads?
Within the bed length and payload of the vehicle, yes. Give us the longest piece, the total weight and how it is being lifted on and off and we will tell you which vehicle it needs — or that it needs a specialist.
How is a heavy single item priced?
On the vehicle its weight requires, not its size. A dense half-tonne crate may need a 7.5 tonne even though it would fit in a van, because payload is what matters.
Do you cover Rotherham too?
Yes — Rotherham, Tinsley and the whole Don valley are inside our normal same-day radius.
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.