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[Simeon]

Hi everyone,

I need help transporting a Disco 1 from Wales back to Warrington.  Its not far, about 35 miles.

It can be driven a short distance to load/unload.

I am willing to collect/drop off the trailer or you could bring it which ever is easier.

if anyone can help it would be appreciated.

Thanks
Simeon.

[Matt Reeves]

Hi Simeon

I know someone who would probably do it for a reasonable rate.

PM me if you prefer.

Matt.

[w3526602]

Hi Simeon,

My philosophy, if starting from scratch, would be to find out what a posh professional would charge.

That way you have a price to get under.

When I was doing general haulage (with a 1957 S1 and horse box trailer, anything from a pig to a piano), I'd charge the local Young Crims £5 to collect their motor cycles from the police station to their home in the next street, less than a mile.

My longest professional journey was taking a LWB S1 project from the Swansea Valley, to somewhere way North of Blackpool . I started with a full tank, refilled twice, and arrived home with an empty tank . Memory says I covered 460 miles, but I can't remember what I charged.

 By that time I had a rather nice car transporter trailer , but still the S!, which I used to collect my own newly purchased Hillman Imp from Dover (Alexa says that is about 280 miles) .... plus return, the same day.

Unfortunately, I no longer have a suitable trailer, nor do I live near you.  Me? I would Google CAR TRANSPORTERS NEAR ME.

Good luck.

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[Peter Holden]

Simeon, contact Graham Briers, he wont lend you his trailer but he will move it for you and he is in the area, he lives near teh Anderton boat lift

Peter

[Matt Reeves]

Simeon, contact Graham Briers, he wont lend you his trailer but he will move it for you and he is in the area, he lives near teh Anderton boat lift

Peter

It was Graham I was thinking of Peter! I highly recommend him to anyone wanting to get a vehicle moved, he knows Land Rovers and has a very "can do" attitude when it comes to shifting project vehicles, even those held together with scaffold poles and ratchet straps...

[w3526602]

Hi,

If personal recomendations don't work, a Google for CAR TRANSPORTERS NEAR ME produced ...

... https://www.shiply.com/lp/land/car-transportation-company

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[Ironchicken64]

Hi,

If personal recomendations don't work, a Google for CAR TRANSPORTERS NEAR ME produced ...

... https://www.shiply.com/lp/land/car-transportation-company

602

This is a good way to go. The quotes start high but after a while they start to get more reasonable, although with current fuel prices it might not be the case.
Either way it's a good way to move stuff.

[DogDave]

Another (different) recommendation - I have used Paul Hobbs transport previously. Very good service and in my opinion reasonably priced. Think he’s based Preston sort of area.

[Bronze Green]

Graham would be a good choice as he’s pretty local. I have used Paul Hobbs three times and would recommend him if Graham is unavailable. Paul is on the Wirral.

[The Shed]

Hi,

If personal recomendations don't work, a Google for CAR TRANSPORTERS NEAR ME produced ...

... https://www.shiply.com/lp/land/car-transportation-company

602

Shiply can provide some good prices but check what you are paying for in advance. My daughter hired a company through shiply to move her furniture from flat to flat.
They charged an extra £25 on the day to drop a bed at a charity shop on the way. But worse, they did not tell her that her move was part of many. They collected her furniture at 10 am but arrived at new flat 15 miles away at 5 Pm !

[Simeon]

Thanks for all the responses,  I have an option to get it towed back and that will do the job, its only 35 miles to tow it and I can avoid any motorways.

Simeon.

[Old Hywel]

…I have an option to get it towed back …

So it’s road legal then?

[Alan Drover]

Is it legal now to tow on a loose rope 35 miles?

[AlexB]

I towed my first Dormobile back from North Yorkshire on Mick's A frame in some snow

It was strange to see the steering wheel whizz round on it's own

But it worked

And probably not legal but nobody died

[diffwhine]

I'll stand corrected, but I don't think there is any limit on the distance you can tow on a rope here in the UK. A lot of other countries will not permit any towing with a rope, insisting on a fixed bar solution. I've certainly towed vehicles far further than 35 miles over the years without a problem and one was actually as a favour for a mate who was a traffic cop and needed to move his broken Land Rover S3 from West London down to Andover for engine repairs...