All about Fosters Haulage
We are a family owned and run Haulage business founded in 1990 by Kevin Foster. We rapidly gained many loyal market-leading customers through our 1st class distribution service and our renowned reliability.
We are constantly expanding the business to accommodate the quantity of work required by our customers which is testament to our reliability and their satisfaction.
We specialise in urgent, same day, next day and timed deliveries within the haulage sector. Many of our vehicles are equipped to take delicate, unusual sized or shaped loads.
We have a selection of vehicles that include Mercedes flat beds, curtainsiders, tilt and a Vito High Top. We can also supply larger or specialist transport up to 20 Tonnes if necessary.
We are the business
We provide our customers with complete satisfaction and confidence in our service.
A great many of our customers have been with us since 1990 and the vast majority of our work comes from recommendations.
Our dedicated team pride themselves on great customer service and will go above and beyond to make sure your goods are delivered on time and without problems.
You will never speak to an answer phone or call centre. All our phones are manned by people. We encourage contact with our customers and are proud of the personal touch we maintain.
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Large Curtainsider
Length 4.5 metres (14ft 9in)
Width 2.2 metres (7ft 3in)
Height 2.2 metres (7ft 3in)
22 cubic metres
Carrying capacity 800kgs
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Vito High Top
Length 1.7 metres (8ft 2in
Width 1.7 metres (5ft 7in)
Height 1.75 metres (5ft 9in)
7.44 cubic metres
Carrying capacity 800kgs
2 standard 1.2 metre pallets
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Tilt/Curtainsider
(covered)
Length 4.4 metres (14ft 5in)
Width 1.9 metres (6ft 3in)
Height 2.1 metres (6ft 10in)
17.5 cubic metres
Carrying capacity 1200kgs
4 standard 1.2 x 1 metre pallets
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Flat Bed
Length 4.3 metres (14ft 1in)
Width 2.1 metres (6ft 10in)
Carrying capacity 1300kgs
6 standard 1.2 x 1 metre pallets
Removable sides
Our Services
We can offer all our customers a high quality service for high value palletised goods, manufactured products, documents and parcels.
- Outstanding urgent, same day, next day and timed deliveries.
- Door to door delivery with no trans-shipment of your goods, ensuring that they arrive in perfect condition.
- Professional, uniformed and polite drivers to deal with all your customers.
- The flexibility to deal with your emergencies at short notice.
- Flat beds for unusual loads.
- Chapter 8 compliant
- Railway compliant
- We can carry lengths of flange and unistrut eg. 5 mtrs, 6 mtrs
- Specialist loads
- Outstanding record of reliability and excellent customer feedback.
- High security against damage, with full goods in transit insurance.
- A long standing market leading customer base to provide references.
- Competitive rates.
- Experienced and capable managers.
- Strong financial controls.
- Uk and Ireland
- Loads up to 20 tonnes.
- A swift and efficient service
Community
Apprenticeships
So far we have trained two mechanics to NVQ Level 3 with the assistance from the Governments Apprenticeships Scheme, both of which are still with us.
For more information on the Government Apprenticeships Scheme click here.
Charities
Fosters Haulage have supported various local charities with Charity fundraising events and donations including:
Speakeasy,
Donnas Dream House and
The Tyler Longden Leukaemia Trust
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Theresa Johnson
TBA Textiles Ltd
Fosters Haulage has dealt with our transport requirements for over twenty years. We cannot recommend them highly enough.
Kevin the owner of the company is a logistical stalwart. He began his transport haulage business at relatively young age. We’ve seen him grow from a quiet young man dealing with the problems of a fledgling company to a very confident, knowledgeable businessman.
No job is too small for Fosters Haulage and if a job is too big Kevin and his team always knows a man that can and arranges everything required for a flawless delivery or collection.
We continue to appreciate the efficiency and effectiveness of Fosters Haulage on a daily basis and we look forward to continuing our long standing business relationship with Kevin and his wonderful team.
Fosters Haulage is the way forward for all your transport needs!!!!!
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Adrian McDermid
Concept Bedrooms & Kitchens
We have been using Foster’s now for over 7 years of trading. They have always been very efficient and very friendly. Anything we have needed to be collected or delivered they have always been there for our Company. As long as we keep trading we will always use Foster’s and have highly recommended them to everybody we know.
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Andrew Guilfoyle
Andrew Guilfoyle Plumbing and Heating
Foster's have always provided excellent service for my business.
From one parcel to a van load, they take excellent care of your possessions and their staff are always courteous.
I have always found them to be professional, efficient and cost effective, and would have no hesitation in recommending them to other business or private users.
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Robert Brunsden
I have been dealing with Fosters for many years. Fosters offer competitive rates and a first class service.
They are reliable and have never let us down. We have had urgent situations when we have called on Fosters at night and weekends and they have always been there for us.
The staff are always eager to help out – day or night, with excellent customer service. The staff are courteous and professional in their business approach in servicing our freight requirements
Fosters have always gone that extra mile for us when needed - over and above the call of duty.
Fast Motorway Access
Our operating centre is based in Bury, Gr. Manchester, Lancashire within 1 mile of the M66 Junction 3 ensuring fast access to the motorway network. We have a permanent full time mechanic to oversee all our servicing and maintenance schedules ensuring that all the vehicles are road worthy at all times.
- All our fleet of vehicles are inspected and serviced regularly at our fully equipped garage and any repairs are done immediately in our repair centre.
- We have a regular maintenance schedule for each vehicle ensuring the continuation of your deliveries.
- All repairs and maintenance schedules are done overnight ensuring down time on vehicles is kept to minimum.
- Our offices are based in Radcliffe, Gt. Manchester and deal with all correspondence.