Car transporter hire - any opinions?

[pit bull]

Or you could try the way i hire my trailer, I just approached a local tralier hire place and said if I advertise your trailers on my car what discount will you give me currantly I get 50% discount and 9 times out of 10 I get the trailer for 2 days and he only charges me for 1 day still at 50%.
Oh and he charges me £30 per day (result)

[GORDON STREETER]

The best thing that I ever brought was my Dastle race box. Fitted with a roll out side awning/sink/electrics . Also of course you have somewhere to keep the car, as long as you have got a secure place to keep it all !
I've had this one for about 12 years or so and its still worth a bob or two.

[wheadon]

We can't afford a fancy trailer but we really want a box shuttle so we're thinking or building one up. There are quite a few twin axle caravan chassis for sale on ebay at a reasonable price!

[Al Weyman]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

The best thing that I ever brought was my Dastle race box. Fitted with a roll out side awning/sink/electrics . Also of course you have somewhere to keep the car, as long as you have got a secure place to keep it all !
I've had this one for about 12 years or so and its still worth a bob or two.

Does keeping the car on the trailer do the suspension units in? I wanted to do this to get a bit more space in my yard and a mate of mine warned me against it.

BTW on my Brian James Tri Axle trailer there is a full canopy available dunno how much it is probably a fortune but at least it is available if you wanted a covered trailer.

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Does keeping the car on the trailer do the suspension units in? I wanted to do this to get a bit more space in my yard and a mate of mine warned me against it.

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The guy that had it before me kept a Fastback Mustang in it.
I haven't noticed any difference in ride height over the years and apart from a few tyres perishing rather than wearing out, I haven't had any trouble at all.
But in the grand scheme of things they don't travel a great amount of mileage in a year.

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by wheadon

The Dassle race Box starts at £7,995 including vat and I haven't seen any about for sale?

But you aren't buying new sothat doesn't count. I saw a few for sale last summer for around £3K, I'd buy one myself but the one I want is 26ft long and my drive is only 20ft.

[pit bull]

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Does keeping the car on the trailer do the suspension units in? I wanted to do this to get a bit more space in my yard and a mate of mine warned me against it.

Why not modify caravan legs onto it or put 4x bottle jacks at each corner, when it is loaded..

[pit bull]

Originally Posted by falcemob

But you aren't buying new sothat doesn't count. I saw a few for sale last summer for around £3K, I'd buy one myself but the one I want is 26ft long and my drive is only 20ft.

Buy the 6' of pavement from the council outside you house, problem solved

[minifox]

why not hire someone like stradale corsa? pick you and your kit up and drop you at the race weekend/test day. and then collect you at the end?
http://www.stradalecorsa.com

[Tim Falce]

I wonder if they do the artic on a self drive basis.

[Kalvin]

You can indeed hire a car transporter on a daily rental basis. It costs £80.00 a day and a small fee of £0.10 per mile for the distance you travel. www.sterlingauto.co.uk

[Dom]

i'm hiring this season while i save for a new brian james job. it's costing me about £70 per weekend.

[Colin McKay]

I would say that was a bargain.

[Park Lane Self Drive]

Hi mate, just replying to your question about car transporter hire.
We hire 3.5t beaver tail transporters out at £90 a day. Any longer term can be negotiated.. Get in touch if you ever need one and i'll sort one for you. FYI they carry upto 1500 kg (kerb weight) and can be driven on any full uk licence as they are just vans......