sending rolls of fabric

doningtonphil

Hello
So i want to send rolls of fabric by courier.  Length 140, varying height and width depending on quantity of fabric on a roll, but lets say 10cm diameter for now.  Max 5kg.  it seems most couriers have a length limit - for adhoc customers at least.  Can anyone advise who tthey use for such an item?
Many thanks

molerat

Standard Parcelforce will cover that - up to 1.5m length and up to 3m total, your quoted size is 1.8m total.  With a standard 1.4m length you can go up to 40cm diameter.

Sandtree

doningtonphil said:

Hello
So i want to send rolls of fabric by courier.  Length 140, varying height and width depending on quantity of fabric on a roll, but lets say 10cm diameter for now.  Max 5kg.  it seems most couriers have a length limit - for adhoc customers at least.  Can anyone advise who tthey use for such an item?
Many thanks

Cannot answer your Q but do you not have any local tailors? Ours are full of rolls of fabric so they should be able to advise which couriers they are receiving from.

Glad

Is there anything in this MSE article on the main site that might help?

Parcel Delivery: Find cheap parcel delivery - MSE (moneysavingexpert.com)

in_my_wellies

When my mum retired I sold dozens of rolls of fabric for her. When I asked, most people said, "Just fold it up in and put it in a bag." This always seemed a shame to me but they opted for cheaper postage so I did. 

Sandtree

in_my_wellies said:

When my mum retired I sold dozens of rolls of fabric for her. When I asked, most people said, "Just fold it up in and put it in a bag." This always seemed a shame to me but they opted for cheaper postage so I did. 

Would have thought the time/effort to fold 50-100m of fabric would have not been worth it -v- selling it a touch cheaper to cover the extra courier cost. 

in_my_wellies

Sandtree said:

in_my_wellies said:

When my mum retired I sold dozens of rolls of fabric for her. When I asked, most people said, "Just fold it up in and put it in a bag." This always seemed a shame to me but they opted for cheaper postage so I did. 

Would have thought the time/effort to fold 50-100m of fabric would have not been worth it -v- selling it a touch cheaper to cover the extra courier cost. 

Most was 10 - 20m - and she had just retired so had time  and it kept her fit!