subject: How Much Can My Courier Vehicle Carry? [print this page] If you're wondering how much you can cram into any specific vehicle that your courier company might be using, you shouldn't worry about it too much. The good thing about the average courier in Phoenix is that they usually have enough different vehicle types to make up their fleet that they can provide you with whatever is going to meet your needs the best. The time when this might be something that you're more interested in is if your company has decided that it is going to be the most economically sound decision for your organization to rent an entire vehicle rather than simply sending a shipment with the courier company. In that case, learning more about the exact carrying capacities might be useful information when deciding what size of truck to rent.
The truth is that this is impossible to determine in any easy way, because every big rig is going to be rated for different amounts that they can tow, and every trailer is going to be rated as to different amounts that they can store. When you're trying to determine how much you can fit onto a single load, the best thing that you're going to be able to do is to sit down and have a detailed consultation with your courier company before you hire them on for anything. The most important thing when doing this is that you can accurately describe both the size and the weight of the cargo that you are going to be shipping. It is common for people to forget that both of these have to be factored in when deciding how much cargo can be placed on any given trailer.
If you're not in the business of shipping large amounts of freight, calculating the package maximums that can be sent in other courier vehicles is much easier. If you deal in very small, easy to handle packages, then you could send anything which weighed less than ten pounds with a bike messenger if you're only shipping within the city, a very affordable option. For slightly bigger packages you could go with a car messenger service, and for anything 25lbs and above, a more standard delivery van. You will have to go to a larger scale delivery van or truck equipped with special equipment if you're going to be shipping anything which weights more than 100lbs in a single container though, as they will require the use of a lift gate.
