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Van

Small van

4.4 m

Illustrative image: plain black small panel van outside modern business units — Illustrative image

Payload: about 500 kg
Pallets: up to 1
Load length: about 1.5 m
Load height: about 1.1 m
Overall: ~4.4 m long, 1.8 m high
Tail-lift: No

Best for: Parcels, documents, urgent spares

Quote for a small van

Van

Short wheelbase van

5.0 m

Illustrative image: plain black short wheelbase panel van outside an office building — Illustrative image

Payload: about 800 kg
Pallets: up to 2
Load length: about 2.4 m
Load height: about 1.3 m
Overall: ~5.0 m long, 2.0 m high
Tail-lift: Rarely

Best for: Boxed goods, small trade deliveries

Quote for an SWB van

Van

Medium wheelbase van

5.5 m

Payload: about 1,000 kg
Pallets: up to 3
Load length: about 3 m
Load height: about 1.7 m
Overall: ~5.5 m long, 2.5 m high
Tail-lift: Rarely

Best for: Multi-drop runs, trade supplies

Quote for an MWB van

Van

Long wheelbase van

6.0 m

Illustrative image: plain black long wheelbase high-roof van in an industrial estate yard — Illustrative image

Payload: about 1,000 kg
Pallets: up to 4
Load length: about 4 m
Load height: about 1.9 m
Overall: ~6.0 m long, 2.7 m high
Tail-lift: Sometimes

Best for: Long items such as pipe, timber or flooring

Quote for an LWB van

Van

Luton van

6.9 m

Illustrative image: plain black Luton box van outside a warehouse at sunset — Illustrative image

Payload: about 1,000 kg
Pallets: up to 5
Load length: about 4 m
Load height: about 2 m
Overall: ~6.9 m long, 3.3 m high
Tail-lift: Often

Best for: Bulky but light goods, often with a tail-lift

Quote for a Luton van

Lorry

7.5 tonne lorry

8.0 m

Payload: about 2,500 kg
Pallets: up to 10
Load length: about 6 m
Load height: about 2.1 m
Overall: ~8.0 m long, 3.5 m high
Tail-lift: Often

Best for: Pallets and part loads

Quote for a 7.5 tonne lorry

HGV

Rigid HGV (12–32 t)

10.0 m

Illustrative image: plain black eight-wheel rigid lorry with a curtainside body in an industrial estate yard — Illustrative image

Payload: about 5,000–20,000 kg
Pallets: up to 14
Load length: about 8 m
Load height: about 2.1 m
Overall: ~10 m long, 3.9 m high
Tail-lift: Often

Best for: Heavy part loads, building materials

Quote for a rigid HGV

HGV

Articulated lorry (44 t)

16.5 m

Illustrative image: plain black tractor unit and three-axle curtainsider trailer in a distribution yard — Illustrative image

Payload: about 26,000 kg
Pallets: up to 24
Load length: about 13.6 m
Load height: about 2.7 m
Overall: ~16.5 m long, 4.0 m high
Tail-lift: Sometimes

Best for: Full loads and long lengths

Quote for an articulated lorry

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The whole range

Small van4.4 m

Short wheelbase van5.0 m

Medium wheelbase van5.5 m

Long wheelbase van6.0 m

Luton van6.9 m

7.5 tonne lorry8.0 m

Rigid HGV10.0 m

Articulated lorry16.5 m

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Specialist vehicles & bodies

Through our partners, subject to availability.

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Tail-lift

Available on: Luton, 7.5 t and rigid
Sizes: partner confirms

Drops where there’s no forklift or loading bay. A platform lowers goods to the ground.

Ask for tail-lift

Specialist

Curtainsider / tautliner

Illustrative image: plain black tractor unit and curtainsider trailer with the curtain open showing palletised goods — Illustrative image

Available on: 7.5 t, rigid and artic
Sizes: partner confirms

Fast side-loading by forklift. The most common lorry body for pallets.

Ask for curtainsider / tautliner

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Hardsided (box body)

Illustrative image: plain black tractor unit and hardsided box van trailer in a distribution yard — Illustrative image

Available on: Luton, 7.5 t, rigid and artic
Sizes: partner confirms

Fully enclosed and lockable. Good for weather-sensitive or high-value goods.

Ask for hardsided

Specialist

Flatbed

Available on: Rigid and artic
Sizes: partner confirms

Long, awkward or crane-lifted loads such as steel, timber and machinery.

Ask for flatbed

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Crane / HIAB (brick crane)

Illustrative image: plain black eight-wheel rigid lorry with a rear-mounted loader crane and a load of bricks in a warehouse yard — Illustrative image

Available on: Rigid and artic
Sizes: partner confirms

Lifting bricks, blocks and heavy items off on site, without a forklift.

Ask for crane / HIAB

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Moffett (truck-mounted forklift)

Illustrative image: plain black tractor unit and curtainsider trailer with a truck-mounted forklift on the rear at a builders’ merchant — Illustrative image

Available on: Rigid and artic
Sizes: partner confirms

Unloading pallets on building sites and rough ground, placed where you need them.

Ask for Moffett

Specialist

Drawbar

Available on: Rigid with trailer
Sizes: partner confirms

Extra deck length and volume where an artic can’t get in.

Ask for drawbar

Specialist

Brick wagon & drag (crane)

Illustrative image: empty plain black eight-wheel flatbed rigid with a loader crane at the rear, towing an empty three-axle dropside drawbar trailer — Illustrative image

Available on: 8-wheeler rigid + drag, with crane
Sizes: partner confirms

Bricks, blocks and building materials to site, with a crane to offload both bodies where there’s no forklift.

Ask for brick wagon & drag

Specialist

Traction only

Illustrative image: plain black tractor unit without a trailer in a distribution yard — Illustrative image

Available on: Artic tractor unit
Sizes: partner confirms

A tractor unit and driver to move your own trailer.

Ask for traction only

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DRVX Transport is arranged by DRVX LTD (company no. 17519121), acting as a booking agent. Every job is carried by one of our vetted partner carriers, who hold their own operator licences and goods-in-transit insurance. The partner confirms the price with you, contracts with you for the carriage and invoices you directly. DRVX LTD does not operate goods vehicles. We don’t arrange hazardous (ADR), temperature-controlled or international work.