Anyone near LYTHAM ST ANNES, Lancashire, ? I need to get some bits to Hampshire

Dr_evil said:

It'll be under the cover of darkness


I have gaffer tape and A3 paper sheets as well

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ratty said:

I'll be driving down in daylight hours.

Is the landy taxed mot'd and insured?

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Dr_evil said:

In cumbria its always dark


No its a fecked project

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Dr_evil said:

I thought if it was being used as a trailer it didn't need to have tax or test ?


Was going to borrow an A-frame and low range it slowly over the fell road to the V8 garage

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ratty said:

If it's on a public highway it needs tax, mot and insurance.

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Dr_evil said:

Fair enough, I was told that as long as it was a trailer rather than being towed it was fine. Or can you not bung trade plates on it to get round that as well ?

Might see if I can borrow some as I'd be recovering it to the garage that would end up storing it/renting me a ramp etc to change the gearbox over once it runs plus I'm allowed to store it on their lot and tinker there

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Dr_evil said:

Makes more sense now, so the only way you can actually properly transport an uninsured car with no mot and tax is on a full length trailer ?

Yep. Technically a recovery vehicle (unless 3.5 ton or under) cannot recover it either unless it is running on an operators licence. A recovery vehicle cannot recover a non broken down vehicle either unless on O licence or under 3.5 tons.

Although I'm sure many will use a tow pole etc

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ratty said:

many still use ropes...... and then wonder why they get stopped by plod.

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Dr_evil said:

Surely if you're going down the M6 in your truck it'd be easier for Stu to meet you at the junction ? just a thought

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ratty said:

I probably won't know until the day before but I'm guessing it will be weds or thurs.

If you guys can keep an eye on the threads cos I'll post it up as soon as I know the day.

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Dr_evil said:

Wait so if its private and under 3.5 used as a trailer i.e. on a tow pole or suspended on an A-frame thats fine ? But over that and for professional use it has to be taxed, insured, mot'd or on a full flat bed ?

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ratty said:

No. Recovery vehicles over 3.5 ton are taxed as 'recovery'. Because of this they can only recover brokendown and accident damaged vehicles. To recover non brokendown vehicles the truck has to be taxed as a goods vehicle and run on an operators licence.

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fett said:

thanks for all the offers guys, my geography of the north is too poor to tell if we are close to a workable plan?

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300tdistu said:

right im not going to sasbob this week so will be in blackpool all week

are you still coming up the m6 ratty ??

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