Non runners and project cars · Halesowen B62
Non runner transport in Halesowen, booked in advance
A vehicle that cannot be driven is not an emergency, it is a loading problem. Winch, skates and a bed solve it on a date that suits you.
Owners of cars that do not start, do not steer, or are not road legal, being moved on a planned date.
A non runner is only difficult if it turns up as a surprise. Told in advance, the driver brings the right kit and the job is a twenty minute lift rather than an hour of improvising.
Bookings from B62, B63 tend to come from two directions: households near M5 Junction 3, and businesses around Coombs Wood. Both are planned jobs, so the truck arrives in a window you agreed rather than whenever it can.
Where the wheels will not roll, skates go under and the car is moved sideways onto the loading point before the winch takes over.
How a booking works
- 1Describe the stateDoes it roll, does it steer, is there a key, are the brakes seized.
- 2We pick the kitWinch, skates or both, decided before the truck leaves rather than on your driveway.
- 3Fixed quotePriced on the loading method and the distance, agreed before booking.
- 4LoadingWinched on slowly with the condition already recorded, allowing for damage that was there first.
- 5Placed, not parkedAt the other end we put it where it needs to sit, because it cannot be moved again by hand.
What moves the price
- Loading method
- A straight winch is quicker than a skate job, and quicker means cheaper.
- Where it sits now
- A car at the back of a garage or against a wall needs pulling out before it can be loaded.
- Ground surface
- Gravel, grass and soft ground all slow a winch pull compared with tarmac.
- Distance
- The same mileage logic as any other transport job, with a little extra time at both ends.
From Halesowen the usual runs are local drops within West Midlands, deliveries into Dudley and Stourbridge, and longer routes joining the network at M5 J3. Long runs are quoted per mile with the return leg included, so the figure does not change on delivery day.
Access at the Halesowen end
Access matters more on a planned job than people expect. Where the collection point is a multi storey or an underground bay, the height barrier decides everything: a flatbed will not follow you in, so we agree a ground level loading point nearby and move the vehicle out to it. Around Coombs Wood the yards are usually wide enough to load on site.
Before collection day
- Clear a straight pull line if you can
- Tell us if the steering is locked
- Say whether the handbrake is seized on
- Move anything parked directly in front of it
- Decide exactly where it should sit on arrival
- · Confirmation of what does and does not work before the day
- · SORN status noted where the vehicle is off road
- · Condition record allowing for existing damage
- · Clear delivery instructions for a vehicle that cannot be repositioned
Halesowen transport questions
- Is it legal to move an untaxed car from a Halesowen address?
- On a truck, yes. Driving it on the road would not be. A vehicle declared SORN can be transported freely, which is why planned transport exists.
- The wheels are seized, is that a problem?
- Not with skates. Each seized wheel goes on a skate and the car is rolled onto the loading point sideways if it has to be. The A458 keeps the truck route simple from our side.
- Can you get a non runner out of a garage?
- Usually. We need a straight enough pull line and room for the winch to work. Send a photograph of the garage and the approach when you book and we will tell you honestly before the day.
- Will you take a car with no MOT to a garage?
- Yes. A large share of Halesowen non runner jobs are exactly that, a failed or lapsed MOT going to a workshop for the work to be done.
- Do I need to be there?
- Someone should be, at least at the collection end, because a non runner cannot be repositioned once the truck has gone. Collections across B62, B63 run most weeks.