Truck Hire in Kent and Medway

If the job involves loading heavy or awkward items without ramps, the Ford Luton 3.5 Tonne Box with Tail Lift keeps the load enclosed and uses the lift to bring it level with the deck; remember the 3.5-tonne figure is the vehicle's gross weight rather than what it can carry, so check the plated weight, driver entitlement and payload before confirming.

For loose materials that need tipping out rather than unloading by hand, the 3.5 Tonne Tipper Transit Truck is built for site and trade work, available once the plated weight, driver entitlement, load type and tipping terms are agreed, and again the tonnage reflects gross weight, not payload.

Recovering another vehicle is a specialist job on its own, and the 3.5 Tonne Recovery Truck is offered only with the driver, insurance, payload and vehicle-use checks that this kind of work requires; the 3.5-tonne rating is gross weight rather than payload.

Stepping up to heavier handled loads still moved on and off with a lift, the 7.5 Tonne Box Truck With Tail Lift may call for C1 entitlement alongside operator and use checks, and its 7.5-tonne figure again describes gross weight rather than what can be loaded.

Pallet freight moving between warehouse and site is better suited to the 7.5 Tonne Curtain Side Truck, whose sides open along the length of the body for forklift loading, subject to the same C1 entitlement and operator checks and with the tonnage describing gross weight, not payload.

Open materials that get loaded and unloaded from the side rather than the back suit the 7.5 Tonne Dropside Truck, again subject to C1 entitlement and operator checks, with the 7.5-tonne rating describing the vehicle's gross weight rather than its payload.

The 7.5 Tonne Tipper Truck is a heavier tipper for site work, made available once operator and driver terms are met, with the tonnage figure denoting gross vehicle weight rather than payload.

Longer commercial runs that involve time away from base are served by the 7.5 Tonne Sleeper Tail Lift Truck, which pairs a sleeper cab with a tail lift for handled loads, subject to the operator and driver checks that apply at this weight, and the 7.5-tonne figure is gross weight rather than payload.

Moving into regulated commercial logistics, the 18 Tonne Box Truck carries goods in an enclosed body at a gross weight of 18 tonnes rather than that figure being the payload, and it comes with the licence and operator checks that apply to vehicles of this class.

Palletised freight on larger commercial jobs suits the 18 Tonne Curtainside Truck's side-loading body, again rated at 18 tonnes gross weight rather than payload, with the corresponding licence and operator checks confirmed before hire.

Larger loads under regulated haulage rules call for the 26 Tonne Curtain Side Truck, a step up in gross weight to 26 tonnes rather than payload, with licence and operator requirements at this class checked before booking.

At the top of the range, the 44 Tonne Sleeper Truck is built for heavy-vehicle movements, with its 44-tonne figure denoting permitted train weight for an articulated combination rather than payload, and it's only available once the licence and operator requirements for this class are confirmed.