Couriers and shipping...?

A *very* quick browsing session came up with

UPS: "Packages must not weigh more than 70 kilograms (or 150 lbs) or exceed 270 centimetres (or 108 inches) in length or a total of 419 centimetres (or 165 inches) in length and girth combined."

Fedex: "Maximum 274 cm in length (always the longest side)"

Plus others.

I suggest you look a little harder and do some research for yourself.

MBQ

Put it diagonally across a 1.5m x 1.5m box. It should fit.

I very much appreciate that... I have spent over an hour and a half looking but I suspect that you are a much more competant user of the internet than I... Anyhow, grateful thanks...

There's folks on the uk.people.consumers.ebay group who know lots about couriers and shipping.

Try interparcel.com as a good source of quotes. Should be about £7.

Definitely not Screwfix: they bend fluorescent tubes to fit them in the box...

Very long, very heavy parcels & pallets are typically sent by NightFreight (far longer than yours) who use 13.5 tonners.

Just ensure it is well packaged on vulnerable apex/corner, the drivers tend to be tired after clambering around and things really do slide around inside them - no tie-down or partitioning.

CPC of course make anything fit any parcel.

Thanks Scott... INTERPARCEL SEEM TO BE THE BEST OF THE BUNCH... Bless you...

My pleasure.