Help please! Moving a car, GLoucs. to Bridgewater.

[neilrr]

Does anyone know of a good, cheap car transporter in either of these areas. Roughly SE of Gloucester straight down the M5 to Bridgewater? It's 71 miles according to Google maps & both ends of the journey are within about 3 miles of the M5. The car, a 190E 2.3-16, is a non runner.

I've been given a silly "we don't want the business " quote from a firm suggested by BCA in Bridgewater & am shopping around.

Anybody with a trailer or the means to move a car fancy earning a few quid in the next week?

 

[Dieselman]

Look on ebay, there are usually several vehicle transporters looking for work.

 

[bolide]

Bear in mind that anyone who runs a recovery company and who uses a recovery truck to move cars is transporting vehicles illegally (and therefore possibly uninsured) unless they are effecting a bona fide recovery

VOSA can stop, and increasingly are stopping, recovery trucks and other commercial vehicles moving cars. They are also stopping 4x4s with trailers and checking plates, weights & tachos

This is one reason that legitimate vehicle moving companies charge good money

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[Dieselman]

Bear in mind that anyone who runs a recovery company and who uses a recovery truck to move cars is transporting vehicles illegally (and therefore probably uninsured) unless they are effecting a bona fide recovery

VOSA can stop, and increasingly are stopping, recovery trucks and other commercial vehicles moving cars. They are also stopping 4x4s with trailers and checking plates, weights & tachos

This is one reason that legitimate vehicle moving companies charge good money

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

Doesn't this depend on how the truck was taxed. The only difference between a transporter and a recovery truck is the tax dispensation.

 

[Kompressor_Dude]

And is it not the company offering the service that is liable?

 

[Benzowner]

Is the car roadworthy and are you in the RAC or AA..........................if you get my drift Roadworthy not running maybe?

 

[ADY1983]

Are you selling a car in the Bridgewater Auction then?

I do know a guy but he is just past Taunton and usally busy, he chared me £50 for a 60 mile round trip, so probably not the cheapest but if you get stuck you can have his no.

 

[neilrr]

Ady,

I'm moving my 2.3-16 restoration projectr to a 190 specialist who's just across the motorway from BCA.

Yes please, can I have your guy's number?

 

[ADY1983]

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[big x]

BCA Bridgewater charge me £35 to pick a car up or deliver to Chard.Is this a fair price ? I've never shopped around

adam

 

[neilrr]

What an eye opener this has been. This involves moving a non running 190E 71 miles, 65 of which are on 1 motorway. Easy access and pick up at both ends.

I've been quoted as high as £300 + VAT & as low as £90 cash in hand. The highest was a cowboy advertising low, low rates on gumtree. The lowest quote will do it tomorrow on his run home from delivering a new BMW from a Bristol BMW dealer to a BMW dealer in Newcastle - it's an easy earner for a guy going home with an empty truck. I found this man through Ady's guy, Mike. Thanks Ady!!

Ebay has some pretty cheap vehicle recovery operators who charge a flat 50p per mile, just none in the area I need.