Heavy-low: how a van is actually loaded

The load is a stack

Everything in a van carries the weight of whatever is on top of it. Put the heavy things — white goods, wardrobes, tool chests — on the deck, where the load runs highest, and they bear it without complaint. Put the light and fragile things up top, where the cumulative load runs down to almost nothing.

Do it the other way round and the boxes at the bottom take a beating they were never meant to.

Why we survey first

We can’t write a load plan we haven’t seen. A survey — over video or in person — tells us the crew size, the van and the order things go in. That produces one fixed price, and it means the awkward lift or the tight staircase is our problem to solve, not a surprise on your invoice.

The last box in is the first box out

A good load plan reads backwards too: the things you’ll want first at the new place go in last, near the doors. It’s a small thing that saves an hour of shuffling at the other end.

Ready to move? Get a fixed quote and we’ll write the plan.