Oldest removal firm of Leeds invests £100k in new vehicle

A historic Leeds firm has invested more than £100k in a new vehicle as it looks to begin its 16th decade.

Turnbulls Removals celebrated its 150th birthday this year, having been first established in 1867. During the last century and a half, the company has moved more than half a million households across the country and internationally, transporting well over 20 million boxes and tea-chests.

The new Scania vehicle is the latest in over 200 trucks which the company has owned, transporting entire households.

Fay Chapman, office manager at Britannia Turnbulls, said: “In 150 years of history, Turnbulls has got through quite a few removal lorries – but it’s still always exciting to get the latest, most up-to-date models.

“It’s hard to believe the combustion engine hadn’t even been invented when the company first launched – the job must have been considerably harder with a horse and cart!

“Despite the slowing property market, it has been a busy year for the company and the time was right to make an investment in a new vehicle, to allow us to continue to grow as we enter 2018.”

Turnbulls, which is a member of the British Association of Removers (BAR), also famously moved Sir Edmund Hillary’s kit to the Himalayas during his first expedition to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.

Now known as Britannia Turnbulls, the company started with a horse and cart and then steam powered vehicles, before the combustion engine had even been invented.

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