Anyone got a trailer?

[bulldog5046]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

afriad your going to get a bit stung trying to move it, i managed to find someone to move the Marea for £100 to do 100mile trip (stoke-on-trent to Bristol).

i found a website on google that emails lots of transport companies and then they get back to you, i had a few quotes for £120 and i talked talked one down to £100.

best of luck,
Ry

 

[chaos]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

well yeah .. whats your point?

The majority of the breakdown trucks don't have the capability of towing a car with all its wheels off the ground. If the car's wheels are on the ground when it's being towed, then it legally needs to have valid MOT/tax.

 

[rallycinq]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

I also think that if you tried it on wth the AA or RAC type recovery they would get suspicious of a car without a tax disc.

Cheers

SPD

 

[x Alex x]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

The majority of the breakdown trucks don't have the capability of towing a car with all its wheels off the ground. If the car's wheels are on the ground when it's being towed, then it legally needs to have valid MOT/tax.

every recovery truck i've been towed with is a proper flat back, plus the AAs regulations state you just need a liscense to drive the car

 

[beau]

for 170 miles you'll be able to get someone to do it for about £150ish.

ebay.

iv used em at least 6-7 times, different people every time, who evers closest to where i or car is.

 

[Stu DemonD]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

every recovery truck i've been towed with is a proper flat back

When the AA recovered my Stilo, due to a gear actuator fault, my car was towed. They never used a flat-bed!

 

[newfiatowner1]

quick update i won the car cheap and was told the car runs and drives so i thought id be able to collect it myself now found out it doesnt.best price i got so far is 108 think im leaving it though look for something closer though

 

[chaos]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

every recovery truck i've been towed with is a proper flat back, plus the AAs regulations state you just need a liscense to drive the car

I suggest you reread the AA's regulations.

http://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/uk-breakdown/breakdown-cover-terms-conditions-february-2009.pdf

Page 16 'General Rights To Refuse Service' clauses 3c and 3d state...

c. in its reasonable opinion, Your Vehicle was, immediately before the relevant breakdown or accident, dangerous, overladen, unroadworthy or otherwise unlawful to use on a public road;

d. in its reasonable opinion, and other than solely as a result of a failure on the part of the AA, the giving of service would involve a breach of the law (including, without in any way restricting the type of breach being referred to under this sub-clause, a breach of the AA’s health and safety duties);

 

[x Alex x]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

I suggest you reread the AA's regulations.

http://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/uk-breakdown/breakdown-cover-terms-conditions-february-2009.pdf

Page 16 'General Rights To Refuse Service' clauses 3c and 3d state...

thats not what it said in my cover book, i'd be verrryy surprised if anyone has been asked for any docs or anything.

i don't care enough to reread it though

 

[bulldog5046]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

When the AA recovered my Stilo, due to a gear actuator fault, my car was towed. They never used a flat-bed!

i've been towed on a rope by the RAC, thats some scary crap when you have huge 4 pots that really dont move without the vaccume assistance! i really wasnt happy about that or the fact the woman got a crowbar out of the van to try open my bonnet denting my brand spanking new radiator

i also had a random recovery company come out and recover the turbo when i blew the engine, he had a tow where they just lift the front end up, wasnt overly pleased but atleast i got taken home that time.

no recovery companies have ever impressed me much, i dunno why i pay the money for it TBH

 

[x Alex x]

Re: help please!!!!!Trailer anyone

i've been towed on a rope by the RAC, thats some scary crap when you have huge 4 pots that really dont move without the vaccume assistance! i really wasnt happy about that or the fact the woman got a crowbar out of the van to try open my bonnet denting my brand spanking new radiator

i also had a random recovery company come out and recover the turbo when i blew the engine, he had a tow where they just lift the front end up, wasnt overly pleased but atleast i got taken home that time.

no recovery companies have ever impressed me much, i dunno why i pay the money for it TBH

total off topic but don't see you on here much anymore, hows the marea tubby coming, read the thread a few times, looks mint