Transit vans
What’s the first thing you think of when you think of a van? My guess is that it will be a Ford Transit van! This is the most common vehicle of choice for the infamous ‘white van man’ and there must be tens of thousands on the roads of the uk and millions worldwide.
Our stone fireplaces have been delivered in transit vans for 30 years! We’ve use various carriers and haulage companies, but they nearly all stayed loyal to the good old transit. We don’t really trust the bigger carriers to deliver a stone fireplace, as invariably they are shunted from depot to depot, and handled by lots of different workers who don’t really care about the things that they’re shunting around. We used to get whole corners knocked off a stone fireplace where some gung-ho forklift driver had crashed into it for example!
No, we use efficient, small ‘man-and-van’ operators. They load your stone fireplaces up at our works, and unload them at your door. No intermediate drop offs or different people mis-handling your purchase. These guys are happy to help, and will put your fireplace where you want it, as long as you provide some muscle to help them.
So next time you get a delivery from us, or any other small carrier… have a look what he’s driving, and I bet it’s a ford transit!