Car transport trailer for hire

[W103_A5H]

Hopefully next weekend I am picking up my 'project' so I need to hire a car transport trailer. I have looked on a few websites but most don't give you prices and say "ring us for a quote".

I was just wondering if anyone knew of anyone in the Berkshire area that are cheap to hire from, or if anyone has a trailer I could maybe borror for Saturday next week?

Any help would be great, thanks! :y:

[Sam]

I would check your license, if you passed after 1997 means tighter restrictions on what you can tow. Have a look at hiring a transporter. Im using www.transporterhire.co.uk for my trackday next week.

[e8_pqck]

I have used them around 4 times now - easy to use and pretty nippy! can get pricey on fuel though. They also did me a half day option when i wanted it for a day and a half.

Cheapest though is hiring a trailer - i used rothwell trailer hire in Leeds for £35 for the day which was an absoloute bargain as my car at the time had a towing eye. i know your not near Leeds, but im sure there will be plenty of similar priced trailer hire people near you.

[W103_A5H]

What are the resctrictions? Its only a small car no bigger than a saxo lets say so it wont way more than a tonne I think.

As for hiring a transporter they are about double the price of hiring a trailer.

I will check both places out though, thanks!

[Sam]

The MAM of the Car + the MAM of the trailor (stamped max weight) cant weight more that 3.5tonne, BUT the trailor MAM cant be more than the cars MAM.

e.g.
2006 Renault Megane has a MAM of 1200kg, so I (with a license after 1997) can only tow a 1.2tonne trailor. Have a look on the gov site.

[Harv]

The MAM of the Car + the MAM of the trailor (stamped max weight) cant weight more that 3.5tonne, BUT the trailor MAM cant be more than the cars MAM.

e.g.
2006 Renault Megane has a MAM of 1200kg, so I (with a license after 1997) can only tow a 1.2tonne trailor. Have a look on the gov site.

^^This!

I think the plated weight of the trailer also comes into it. Quite confusing when I was looking into it :geek:

[W103_A5H]

Cheers, I will have a look now! :y:

[Mike_Roberts]

Wrong.... The MAM of the trailer cannot exceed the UNLADEN weight of the towing vehicle. And the MAM of both cannot exceed 3.5T

[W103_A5H]

On the website it says: A trailer over 750kg MAM as long as it is no more than the unladen or ‘kerb’ weight of the towing vehicle (with a combined weight of up to 3,500kg in total)

My mate drives a mondeo (he is goin to be the one towing the trailor) and wieght of his car is 1484 kg so we cant tow any more than that correct? So car + trailer cant go above that?

[Mike_Roberts]

*MAM of both tow car and trailer must not exceed 3.5T combined
*MAM of trailer must not exceed unladen weight of towcar.

[Sam]

Wrong.... The MAM of the trailer cannot exceed the UNLADEN weight of the towing vehicle. And the MAM of both cannot exceed 3.5T

Sorry your right, i was typing quickly and thinking of other things.

On the website it says: A trailer over 750kg MAM as long as it is no more than the unladen or ‘kerb’ weight of the towing vehicle (with a combined weight of up to 3,500kg in total)

My mate drives a mondeo (he is goin to be the one towing the trailor) and wieght of his car is 1484 kg so we cant tow any more than that correct? So car + trailer cant go above that?

The stamped weight (MAM) of the trailor cant exceed 1484kg.

[Mike_Roberts]

Correct :) amazing the amount of people that think they're ok because "I'm under 3.5tonnes". It's fine til you get stopped by a keen copper or you've caused an accident...

Hence why I've done my trailer test. You need a fairly select trailer, tow vehicle and load to keep within the limits of a braked trailer with no trailer license.

[W103_A5H]

Thanks for the help lads!

[Ross]

What a load of bollocks this new licence thing is. And someone told me the licence is like £1500 or something, including lessons!

Thank god I'm old.

The law seems clear though depending on when you passed.
https://www.gov.uk/towing-with-car/driving-licence-rules-and-what-you-can-tow

Passing next year it seems it gets even tighter.

[Sam]

What a load of bollocks this new licence thing is. And someone told me the licence is like £1500 or something, including lessons!

Thank god I'm old.

Its not that much, depends on the test center but its around the £500 mark.

[Kebabman]

I paid £400 for it, all in. Couple of days intensive training and the test. Missed out by 6 months on not having it on my licence!!! Well worth doing though, the laws on what you can and can't tow are such a ball ache it's worth paying the money and getting it sorted just for piece of mind...

[MuZiZZle]

What a load of bollocks this new licence thing is. And someone told me the licence is like £1500 or something, including lessons!

Thank god I'm old.

The law seems clear though depending on when you passed.
https://www.gov.uk/towing-with-car/driving-licence-rules-and-what-you-can-tow

Passing next year it seems it gets even tighter.

I heard they are taking away "grandfather rights" ?

so everyone will have to sit the test? did I hear ballz?

[Ross]

I heard they are taking away "grandfather rights" ?

so everyone will have to sit the test? did I hear ballz?

lol good luck with that :p

[MuZiZZle]

lol good luck with that :p

???

I'm only young, so I have to do a trailer test, but I heard somewhere that everyone may have to do the test soon?

did I just imagine it?

[KrisB]

I know a guy with a flatbed who's VERY reasonable.