Non runners and project cars · Oldbury B68
Oldbury non runner transport, quoted before you book
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.
Untaxed and uninsured vehicles cannot legally be driven on the road even for a mile. Transporting them is not a convenience, it is the only lawful way to move them.
We plan Oldbury collections around the A4123 Wolverhampton Road, which is how the truck reaches most of B68, B69 without fighting the ring road. Oldbury is roughly 0 miles from our Oldbury yard.
We move cars with no engine, no gearbox, seized brakes, locked steering or no key at all. Each one changes the loading method rather than the price bracket.
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 Oldbury the usual runs are local drops within West Midlands, deliveries into West Bromwich and Smethwick, 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 Oldbury 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 A4123 Wolverhampton Road 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
- 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
Oldbury transport questions
- Can you move a car in Oldbury that has no key?
- Yes. No key means no steering lock release, so the driver brings skates and puts them under the wheels before winching. The A4123 Wolverhampton Road keeps the truck route simple from our side. Mention it at the booking stage and it changes nothing about the price you were quoted.
- Is it legal to move an untaxed car from a Oldbury 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. Around Sandwell & Dudley station that is a routine job for us.
- 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 Oldbury non runner jobs are exactly that, a failed or lapsed MOT going to a workshop for the work to be done.