Ian Quance, bereavement services and cemeteries manager at Exeter City Council, said: "It can be a problem. Larger people take up more space. If the worst comes to the worst, we will keep the family away and the coffin will be taken in on a truck. It is not the most dignified way out. With a very large person, of about 30 stone, it looks like a small wardrobe going down. It is not possible to get enough bearers to do it."