Transporter to hire

[taylor172]

hey hey guys,

i need to shift my project car (mk1 golf) to a garage to have the cage fitted and car painted.

However being 23 i cant tow so i need a recovery truck to hire (self drive) on the 16th and 17th november.

im based in stockport/bramhall/ macclesfield area

any one know of anyone local that does something, or any of you guys own one that doesnt mind hiring it out

cheers
Laura

[FlatPack]

Be careful - your licence means you can't drive anything with a MGW over 3.5 tonnes too and I'd expect most car transporters to be more than that.

[taylor172]

normal 3.5t transporters (transit type ones) are OK on standard car licences.

you can also drive a 3.5t vehicle with a trailer attached with a MAM of no more than 750kg

its so confusing haha.

[MalcQV]

I used http://mayneline.co.uk/rates.php
However I suspect the recovery vehicle being 7.5t you probably cannot drive it

[taylor172]

yeah 3.5t max

if anyone has any links etc?

all the companys ive spoken to seem to not to want to hire thier vehicles out lol

[FlatPack]

taylor172 said:

normal 3.5t transporters (transit type ones) are OK on standard car licences.

you can also drive a 3.5t vehicle with a trailer attached with a MAM of no more than 750kg

Or a tow car with a braked trailer with a MAM of less than the unladen weight of the tow car and the MAM of the whole lot is less than 3.5 tons (that's quite confusing...), which is what I do for trailering my track car.

For a one off I'd probably just use www.shiply.com and get someone to take it for me.

[taylor172]

i did look at shiply but its going from manchester to london and im tieing the trip in with seeing friends in that direction. plus i quite like road trips

time alone, time to mull things over if u get me haha

id tow it but i know id get caught and i dont really fancy the sorry mr officer i know nothing about cars speach when i have my own project car on the back haha

[taylor172]

found one.

for anyone that may be interested county van hire in stockport do them.

[AndyLB]

Chorley van hire is another option.

Edited by AndyLB on Friday 29th October 13:15