This section is mainly intended to be used if you are sure of how much space you need. It is more suited for booking short distance jobs at an hourly rate rather than at a fixed price.

For a fixed price quote it may be better to submit a full list. Otherwise you may book too much space (and then pay too much) or book too little space and then risk that your items won't fit into the space allocated.

Please note that the space you will need to book will be more than the physical volume of your goods, because not all space can be filled.

Interstate trucks are usually at least 2700mm high. So you need to book just under 3 cubic metres of space for every square metre of the truck's floor area that you want to take up.

More space booked means more room to spread the load and less stacking of goods but generally costs more.

For HEAVY loads please allow 6 cubic metres per tonne.

Please note that trucks normally come with two men and a fridge trolley as workers. They will not be equipped to move heavy items like pianos, billiard tables or similar unless we know about it in advance. So please let us know or use the Item List option to obtain a fixed price that includes loading listed pianos, billiard tables and so on. (Surcharges normally apply)

METRO MOVES and other local short distance moves: If you know roughly what truck size you need for your short distance Metro Move you can more comfortably book by selecting a truck size instead of completng a list.

For Metro Moves the hourly rate for large and small trucks is not all that different and we are MUCH cheaper than the big name brands anyway, so just pick a truck a little bit larger than you need (if it can fit in your driveway), or a smaller one if it can't. We can sometimes send two little trucks (same price as a one large one) - and that might be the best option as they can often get closer to the door and so save loading and unloading time even if they need to do two trips.