Building Materials Delivery from Merchant to Site – Same Day by Direct Drive

• Bagged cement, mortar and tile adhesive
• Plasterboard and gypsum fibreboard
• CW and UW drywall profiles
• Insulation boards and rolls
• Tiles in cartons
• Waterproofing, primer and sealant
• Tools, plugs and fixings
• Interior doors and frames
• Drainage pipes up to the load length

• Tile adhesive for an old building in Cologne-Ehrenfeld

  A tiler realises mid-morning that twelve bags of tile adhesive are missing. The merchant in Cologne-Ossendorf puts the bags out at the trade counter, and Maxmove drives them in a compact van – 300 kg is within the payload – to a side street in Ehrenfeld. A restricted no-stopping zone applies there: loading and unloading is allowed but must happen without delay. The order states floor, contact person and that a second person helps carry the bags up.

• Drywall material for an office building in Hürth

  For a fit-out in Hürth-Efferen, a drywaller urgently needs 20 plasterboards measuring 1.25 × 2.60 m and a bundle of CW studs 3 m long. The boards together weigh more than half a tonne, and the studs are longer than the load floor of a standard van. So a Sprinter L2 with a 3.2 m load length goes. Unloading is by hand at the goods lift; that is on the order, together with the merchant's picking reference.

• A pallet of cement to Bonn-Duisdorf

  A merchant in Bonn-Beuel needs to deliver a pallet of 40 bags of cement to a shell build in Bonn-Duisdorf, but the crane lorry is booked up. 40 bags at 25 kg plus a pallet of around 25 kg come to more than 1,000 kg – more than the Sprinter L2 may carry as booked. The pallet therefore goes in the 3.5-tonne box van. On site a forklift or telehandler must be ready; otherwise the bags are unloaded one by one by hand, which then goes on the order.

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• Weight beats load space

  Building materials hit the payload limit long before the load space is full. A bag of cement weighs 25 kg, a 12.5 mm plasterboard at least 8.5 kg per square metre – so one board of 1.25 × 2.60 m weighs a good 27 kg. Bookable payloads are 400 kg in the compact van, 900 kg in the van, 1,000 kg in the Sprinter L2, 1,200 kg in the 3.5-tonne box van and 3,000 kg in the 7.5-tonne truck. State the actual weight from the delivery note; otherwise not all of the quantity may be able to travel.

• Long items and load length

  Depending on the manufacturer, CW studs come in lengths from 2.60 to 4.50 m and plasterboard from 2.00 to 3.00 m. The load length decides: 2.6 m in the van, 3.2 m in the Sprinter L2, 4.2 to 4.3 m in the 3.5-tonne box van. Anything longer does not belong in a closed van but on an open flatbed – request that as a special transport. Under Section 22 StVO, long bundles must be stowed so they do not shift even under full braking.

• Dangerous goods and loose bulk

  Unsecured loose bulk such as open sand or gravel is excluded; bagged goods are fine. Take care with construction chemicals: PU foam and spray cans are aerosols, propane cylinders are ADR class 2 gases, and solvent-based primers can be flammable liquids. Under Section 410 HGB the sender – that is, your business – must inform the carrier in good time and in text form of the nature of the hazard. Declare such items before booking; standard bookings must not contain undeclared dangerous goods.

• Unloading on site

  Under Section 412 HGB, unloading falls to the sender's side unless agreed otherwise or customary – on site, that means the customer with a forklift, telehandler or their own people. Maxmove does not provide lifting equipment; you can book a second person to help carry. In a restricted no-stopping zone (sign 286) loading and unloading is allowed, in an absolute no-stopping zone (sign 283) it is not. In Cologne, a reserved no-stopping zone for site deliveries must be applied for at least 21 days in advance.

1. 01

   Book with the customer order

   Your sales team books the drive with the order: yard or trade counter, site, picking reference, weight and longest item. The instant price and earliest pickup window are shown straight away.

2. 02

   Loading at the yard

   Your yard loads safely with the forklift – heavy bags at the bottom, long bundles flat. The driver checks the load securing before leaving.

3. 03

   Drive with live tracking

   The tradesperson and site manager see in live tracking when the material will arrive, so nobody waits at the kerb or phones the merchant to chase.

4. 04

   Handover at the unloading point

   Unloading at the agreed point, recipient signature, photos of goods and unloading point. File the proof with your invoice to the customer.

• Small rush orders without the crane lorry

  Your crane lorry stays planned for full loads. Single pallets, bagged goods and boards go by direct drive as soon as the customer orders at the counter – even when today's route is already full.

• A delivery service for your trade customers

  Your customer no longer has to drive to the trade counter, and their fitter stays on site. You know the delivery price before booking and can invoice it with the material; a [business account](/business) gives you invoicing.

• Documented up to the unloading point

  Signature, time stamp and photos show when and where goods were unloaded. That settles questions about shortfalls or goods supposedly never delivered before they turn into a complaint.