Car Transporter Hire - recommendations needed

[mrscalex]

I have to go to Scotland some when in the next month to pick up the latest project. More details when I land it as it's a good one

My usual recovery guy wants £500 which is the going rate but it's still a lot of money. Using Shiply I can get the cost down to £300 but I don't know how much I trust the guys who quote via this service.

So I'm looking at car transporter hire. It will still cost me £500 for 3 days hire and fuel. But it has the advantage I can combine it with a weekend away with the kids.

I am struggling to find anywhere within 60 minutes of Swindon. It's a very specialised thing.

Can anyone recommend a hire company? I do want a transporter and not a trailer.

Or perhaps someone knows someone with a transporter that might be available for a cheeky borrow with a cash thank you over the Easter weekend if they're having some time off

 

[colb]

Found this hire firm nearest to you is Newport collection point.
http://www.transporterhire.co.uk/index.php

 

[mrscalex]

Found this hire firm nearest to you is Newport collection point.
http://www.transporterhire.co.uk/index.php

Thanks. They are 1 of 2 potentially viable options and I'm actually exchanging emails with them now. But I'd overlooked they say they have a Newport branch (if it's Newport South Wales) which would be better for me than Radstock or Farnborough I'm currently looking at. They also say they have a Devizes branch which would be closest of all but that's closed now. And Evesham has nothing available.

I found another company near Salisbury but they currently have all their daily hires on long term rental. The last 2 units when to the company who recovered the nerve agent vehicles - they had their own units taken off the road by the authorities due to contamination!

 

[5harp3y]

i've used shiply 3 times, each time been hassle free

 

[mrscalex]

i've used shiply 3 times, each time been hassle free

Was it for cars? Do you have the names of the actual operators you’ve used?

 

[5harp3y]

Was it for cars? Do you have the names of the actual operators you’ve used?

Yeah all for cars

One from Essex to Hampshire
One from Surrey to Hampshire
One from Manchester to Hampshire

All over 3 years ago now so no record of them i'm afraid. feedback is a pretty good indicator on the site, and make sure the cover they provide is worth the same or more of the car you are moving.

if the car is driveable is it not worth just flying up and driving back? would cost much less and be fun .... just have breakdown cover

 

[mrscalex]

Yeah all for cars

One from Essex to Hampshire
One from Surrey to Hampshire
One from Manchester to Hampshire

All over 3 years ago now so no record of them i'm afraid. feedback is a pretty good indicator on the site, and make sure the cover they provide is worth the same or more of the car you are moving.

if the car is driveable is it not worth just flying up and driving back? would cost much less and be fun .... just have breakdown cover

Thank you - yes I should look at feedback. The car could probably be made drive-able. But it has no MOT or tax.

 

[5harp3y]

Thank you - yes I should look at feedback. The car could probably be made drive-able. But it has no MOT or tax.

No MOT needed, just book one at home and then drive to it

 

[mrscalex]

No MOT needed, just book one at home and then drive to it

Sadly not. The MOT regulations require you to book an MOT at the nearest point to where the car is stationed.

And the authorities won't fail to see you doing 300+ miles from Scotland to Swindon. The route will be littered with ANPR cameras

 

[Tfp]

Sadly not. The MOT regulations require you to book an MOT at the nearest point to where the car is stationed.

Is this a new thing?

I do it on quite a regular basis, book something in, drive it several hundred miles sometimes.

 

[Bumpa]

When I had to move a car from Aberdeen to Troon (180 miles) I used Anyvan.com. The bids for the job started off high but as the competition hotted up they came down and it was eventually done for £213. I had no complaints at all. The contractor took care of the car and delivered when he said he would. It wasn't on a trailer, but on a proper flatbed car truck.