The largest box-body van you can drive on a category B licence — full-volume load, ground-floor access where it matters.

A Luton is a 3.5-tonne chassis-cab — usually Ford Transit, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, or Peugeot Boxer underneath — fitted with a box body that extends forward over the cab roof. That cab-overhang gives the Luton its name and around 12 to 18 cubic metres of usable load space, roughly twice the volume of a high-roof large van. Single-cab is standard; tail-lift, low-loader, and curtain-side conversions are common.

Domestic removals (three- and four-bedroom houses), commercial relocations, furniture and appliance retailers running deliveries, event and exhibition crews moving stand kit, haulage businesses on multi-drop palletised work, and trades doing major stock movements between sites. The reason to choose a Luton over a large LWB van is usually a combination of total volume and load type — bulky, light loads stack well in the tall box body.

Removals operators with seasonal demand pattern usually run on flexi hire — easier to scale up in summer, hand back in winter. Established haulage and furniture-delivery businesses with year-round routes typically take long-term hire (12 to 36 months). Tail-lift Lutons specifically often come on contract hire with maintenance bundled because the lift itself needs scheduled servicing.

Tail-lift Lutons are essential when loads are heavy (white goods, palletised stock) or the destination has no loading dock. Low-loader Lutons drop the load floor closer to the road for car or motorbike transport. Standard Lutons (rear barn doors, no lift) load faster when the team is two-up and the cargo is light enough to lift manually. Tell us the load type and access in the enquiry so we introduce a supplier with the right configuration on fleet.