Does anyone have a flat bed trailer in Gloucestershire?

[Mrs406]

Hi everyone!

Hope you don't mind me posting this here, I am wondering if there is a kind soul with a flat bed, car transporter trailer here willing to lend it me for a day, in Gloucestershire!
My car currently is in Southampton and untaxed.
My plan was to get insurance Tuesday and get buses / trains down there to bring her back but the cost of the bus and train tickets - well put it this way, I'm glad I was sitting!

I have looked up hiring one locally, the nearest place to us needs a deposit of £200 (with fuel costs on top of that, it's not something I can afford at the moment) and a hiring place on route wants £500 as a deposit!

Ideally, we'd need it straight after morning drop off at school and returning it by 3pm
Can collect from local areas, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham, swindon, Chippenham, Malmesbury _ I really hope someone can help x

[trem1]

read this post elsewhere and it cant be a coincidence surely
Hope you get sorted

[Mrs406]

read this post elsewhere and it cant be a coincidence surely
Hope you get sorted

Ha - really? Caravanner are we ;)

[trem1]

read this post elsewhere and it cant be a coincidence surely
Hope you get sorted

Ha - really? Caravanner are we ;)

tis quite possible i may have a caravan...................And yourself ?

[Mrs406]

read this post elsewhere and it cant be a coincidence surely
Hope you get sorted

Ha - really? Caravanner are we ;)

tis quite possible i may have a caravan...................And yourself ?

Yup, all my life!

[lozz]

have you not looked on ebay ?

some of the Recovery chaps charge less than it wouid cost to hire a trailer,

see link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=r ... m270.l1313

[Mrs406]

Already looked, nearest is Coventry - Absolute miles away x

[lozz]

Did you buy the car off a dealer/trader

if you bought it off a dealer, some of them will tax the car for you -and then you can just Temp cover the car for the day to bring it home,

[waue1978]

Well, if it's any help to anyone, I'm in Andover which is a stones throw from Southampton. Will be happy to take part in a "relay" if needed.

Failing that, I looked into buying a car to break a w hile ago & it was going to cost £90 to get it transported from Suffolk. Could be worth looking into a couple of car transporting/recovery options. Previously I would have suggested Shiply.com, but I got burned by them...

[mjb]

What about driving down to pick it up with a mate and a tow rope/bar? Just be aware the 406 towing eyes have under 50% chance of fitting in the bloody holes...