Auction logistics · Tipton DY4
Planned auction to dealer delivery for Tipton
Release paperwork, site rules and a collection window. We handle the auction end so the car reaches your address without a storage bill.
Buyers who have won a car at auction and need it off the site before storage charges start.
Auction cars are unknown quantities. Half of them start, some do not, and a few have flat tyres from standing. Booking transport removes the gamble of turning up with trade plates and hoping.
Tipton sits in Sandwell MBC across DY4, and most auction delivery bookings here start on a residential street rather than a yard. Around Tipton railway station the approach is usually straightforward, so a collection window is easy to hold.
Where a lot will not start, the winch handles it and the collection window does not change.
How a booking works
- 1Send the lot detailsAuction site, lot number, registration and your release reference.
- 2We check site rulesCollection hours and gate requirements differ by site and we confirm them before travelling.
- 3Fixed quotePriced on site to destination, agreed before the driver is assigned.
- 4CollectionPaperwork at the gate, condition recorded, then loaded whether it starts or not.
- 5DeliveryDelivered to your yard or address with photographs sent through.
What moves the price
- Site location
- Some auction compounds are on the motorway network, others are awkward to reach and slower to clear.
- Release timing
- A car that is ready at the gate loads faster than one still being processed.
- Whether it starts
- Winching an unstarted lot adds a few minutes rather than a different price bracket.
- Storage clock
- The faster it clears, the less the site charges you, which is usually the real saving.
From Tipton the usual runs are local drops within West Midlands, deliveries into Dudley and West Bromwich, and longer routes joining the network at M5 J2. Long runs are quoted per mile with the return leg included, so the figure does not change on delivery day.
Access at the Tipton end
Before the day we check whether a long deck truck can reach the address. If it cannot, we agree a nearby loading point on A4037 or a side street with room, and move the vehicle the last few yards. Multi storey car parks almost always need this, because the clearance is below truck height.
Before collection day
- Have the release note issued before the collection day
- Send the lot number with the booking
- Confirm the site's collection cut off time
- Tell us if the car is known not to start
- Give a delivery address that can take a truck
- · Release note and gate pass handled at the site
- · Lot number carried on the job reference
- · Condition recorded as found, before it leaves the yard
- · Delivery confirmation with photographs
Tipton transport questions
- Do you deal with the release paperwork?
- The driver handles the gate process, but the release itself has to be issued to you by the auction house first. Send us the reference and we do the rest.
- Can you deliver to a Tipton home address rather than a trade yard?
- Yes, as long as the street can take a flatbed and there is somewhere legal to unload. Tell us about parking restrictions when you book.
- Will I get photographs of how it looked in the compound?
- Yes, recorded as found before it moves. With sold as seen stock that record is worth having. The A4037 keeps the truck route simple from our side.
- Do you collect from outside the West Midlands?
- Regularly. National auction runs back to Tipton are priced per mile with the return leg accounted for.
- Can you clear a lot before storage charges start?
- That is the point of booking early. Once the release note is issued we can usually collect within two working days and deliver to Tipton straight after. Around Tipton railway station that is a routine job for us.