Hey,
My friend is looking at a house with an access road that is 2.6 meters wide, walled on both sides.
Would all Luton removals vans get through a gap that size, inc. wing mirrors? Or is it pushing it? Can’t work out how restrictive that width limit will make living there!
UK law says max width of a vehicle body in UK is 2.55m, or 2.6m if a fridge.
So a (non frigo) vehicle will fit through a 2.6m gap, so long as the mirrors are folded in.
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But if it is a long entry with twists and turns? Then it is more doubtful.
As a word of advice? Back it in.
That is easier than driving in and then finding the reverse out is impossible.
If a long access road is 2.6m wide, with hard sides? Then look for a 7.5 or similar with less than the permitted width, or get some good sack trucks and porters lined up.
Thank you, appreciate it! Would something like this make buying the house a bad idea? We’re talking a few hundred meters of this width, but only a small double walled section, the rest is open verges.
Worth asking too, do you understand what a Luton van is? If not, they come in all sizes of lorries from Transit vans to, back in the day, 8 wheelers.
The Luton is simply the load space over the top of the cab, nothing to do with vehicle size, but you have the reliable advice above, so good luck. 
If you hire a van and do it yourself and scratch the paintwork or worse you can expect a big repair bill.
Best bet really is get man on a van or removal company tell them the restrictions then it’s there problem
Best bets probably 7.5 t mirrorless truck. As if walls not to hight the camera should be above the wall.
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End of day ask person your buying house from how they managed with delivers etc
How long is the access rd? at a guess that is going to mean pushing the bins to the far end of it every week
Well noticed !
If a “normal sized” bin lorry travels the lane every week then other trucks should have little trouble. If a “small” bin lorry is used or if the bins are pushed to the end of the lane then other trucks are likely to have issues too.
As a suggestion @golem could find out when the bin lorry is due and watch what happens.
as some said get a proper removal company local to the area they will have all the proper kit. When my mother moved to wales she found a company that delt with the local farms they had a quad bike with a trailer if needed.
if your wanting to run a business from there with regular deliveries get a proper yard with proper access
All good points esp. re twists and turns and to add to that, don’t forget to look up. The access might be 2.6m wide at head height, but are there trees/ powerlines/ gutters/ air-con units impinging on that width?
(ex-removals bloke experience)
…and balconies!
Balcony? You posh git 
well I was thinking more of abroad really! It was commonplace in European backstreets and villages to encounter balconies jutting into the very space you wished the roof of your lorry to occupy.
Or to arrive at your destination with bits of balcony on your trailer roof!
Been there, done that.
Our shops have awnings or verandahs that align with the kerb.
I detoured through the CBD, late one night, to buy smokes from one of the few purveyors, I knew would be open. Having completed the purchase, I got back into my truck without looking up. As I pulled away the world started falling onto my cab and trailer, which had a 20’ container on the middle pins. Somehow the container had snagged the awning, showering me with bits of tin and signage. I, of course, had to stop to see what on earth had happened. I cleared the stuff that had fallen onto my trailer and was about to slide my business card under thedoor of the shop with the damaged awning, when the cop on observation duties, across the road, wandered over asking what I was doing. When I told him, he took the card from my hand and wrote far too much detail on the back, before putting it under the door.
A few days later concern got the better of me, so I phoned the shop to enquire about the situation.
The owner told me that I was more honest than the first bloke who hit it and left it hanging over the road. Much relief.