COURIERS & TAXI TRUCKS
COURIERS
Metropolitan Courier Services.
The driver who collects your consignment will deliver it. Transit times will take up to approximately 4-5 hours for the Standard service, up to 2-3 hours for the VIP service and a direct drive (no stops) for the Express service.
The vehicle dispatched will be a van, utility or truck.
For small packages or envelopes 1 to 25 kgs
For small cartons, parcels and bundles 26 to 75 kgs
For boxes, cartons and various packages 76 to 250 kgs up to 1.5m3
For skids, pallets and various packages 251 kg to 1000 kgs up to 1.5m3
NOT exceeding 1.2 metres long, 1.2 metres wide and 1.6 metres high
Standard, VIP or Express Service, service times online.
PALLET SERVICE
Metropolitan Pallet Services.
Book in your pallet deliveries by 3:30pm the prior workday for pick and delivery the following workday.
Transit times will take approximately 4-8 hours for the Same Day service.
TAXI TRUCKS & SEMI TRAILERS
Metropolitan Taxi Truck Services
From 1 to 12 tonnes or 1 to 14 pallets and 15-24 pallets for Semi trailers.
Metropolitan Semi Trailer Services are available for full loads and oversized freight.
The driver who collects your consignment will deliver it.
Semi Trailers are to be booked in as an hourly hire services and are exclusively used from pick to delivery to minimize cost and improve efficiency.
Our taxi trucks not only come in a range of vehicle sizes but also come in a variety of different body types:
Open trap tops/flat tops
Perfect for transporting Chep, Loscom or plain palletised goods
Lengths of steel, scaffolding or timber, rolls of carpet, automotive products
Open tray tops/flat tops gates on all 3 sides of the tray
Perfect for the above plus any loose items
Tautliner or curtain side trucks with a rear barn doors
Provides additional security and weather protection
Perfect for transporting Chep, Loscom or plain palletised goods
Perfect for pharmaceutical products, plastics, paper products, dry foods, corrugated packaging, sporting goods
Tautliners or curtain sided trucks with hydraulic tail lifts
Provides additional security and weather protection
Perfect for transporting Chep, Loscom or plain palletised goods
Perfect for pharmaceutical products, plastics, paper products, dry foods, corrugated packaging, sporting goods which require to a tail lift vehicle to unload the goods
Vehicle Guide
CS1 – 25KG Various items up to 25 kgs that will fit on the front seat of a car Standard, VIP or Express Service, service times online.
CS1 – 75KG Various items up to 75 kgs that will fit in the back of a station wagon Standard, VIP or Express Service, service times online.
CS3 – 250KG Various items up to 250 kgs, maximum space 1/4 of a 1 Tonne van . Standard, VIP or Express Service, service times online. NO SKIDS OR PALLETS in CS3
TTS1 – 1 Tonne Tray/Utility, Van 1 pallet or various items up to 1000 kgs & 2.0m3 NOT exceeding 1.2 metres long and 1.2 metres high Standard, VIP or Express Service, service times online.
TTS2 – 2 Tonne Tray, Tautliner, Tail lift, Van Load size capacity – 2 pallets lengths of 2.4m/9ft – 2,000 kgs
TTS3 – 3 Tonne Tray, Tautliner, Tail lift, Van Load size capacity – 3 pallets lengths of 3.6m/9ft – 3,000 kgs
TTS4 – 4 Tonne Tray, Tautliner, Tail lift Load size capacity – 8 pallets & lengths of 3.6m/12ft – 4,000 kgs
TTS6 – 6 Tonne Tray, Tautliner, Tail lift Load size capacity – 10 pallets & lengths of 4.8m/16ft – 6,000 kgs
TT8 – 8 Tonne Tray, Tautliner, Tail lift Load size capacity – 12 pallets & lengths of 6.0m/20ft – 8,000 kgs
HH12 – 12 Tonne Tray, Tautliner, Tail lift Load size capacity – 14 pallets & lengths of 7.2m/24ft – 12,000 kgs
HH22 – Semi Trailers Flat Top, Tautliner, Mezz Dec Load size capacity – 22-32 pallets & lengths of 13.2m /40ft – 20,000 kgs
HH34 – B-doubles Flat Top, Tautliner, Mezz Deck Load size capacity – 34-44 pallets & lengths of 19.2m /60ft – 36,000 kgs2
| CODE | MAX KG | CAPACITY OF SERVICE CODE | Length | Width | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS1 | 25kg | Front Seat | 0.6m | 0.4m | 0.5m |
| CS2 | 75kg | Rear of Wgn | 0.6m | 0.8m | 0.5m |
| CS3 | 250kg | 1/4 1T Van | 0.6m | 1.0m | 1.0m |
| TTS1 | 1,000kg | 1 Pallet | 1.2m | 1.2m | 1.6m |
| TTS2 | 2,000kg | 2 Pallets | 2.4m | 1.2m | 1.6m |
| TTS3 | 3,000kg | 3 Pallets | 3.6m | 2.4m | 1.6m |
| TTS4 | 4,000kg | 8 Pallets | 4.8m | 2.4m | 1.8m |
| TTS6 | 6,000kg | 10 Pallets | 6.0m | 2.4m | 1.8m |
| TTS8 | 8,000kg | 12 Pallets | 7.2m | 2.4m | 1.8m |
| SDPAL | 1,000kg | Pallet | 1.2m | 1.2m | 1.8m |
| SDSKID | 250kg | Skid | 0.6m | 1.2m | 0.6m |