Non runners and project cars · Sutton Coldfield B72
Non runner transport in Sutton Coldfield, 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.
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.
Bookings from B72, B73, B74, B75, B76 tend to come from two directions: households near the A38 corridor, and businesses around Kingsbury Road corridor. Both are planned jobs, so the truck arrives in a window you agreed rather than whenever it can.
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 Sutton Coldfield the usual runs are local drops within West Midlands, deliveries into Erdington and Perry Barr, and longer routes joining the network at M6 Toll T3. Long runs are quoted per mile with the return leg included, so the figure does not change on delivery day.
Access at the Sutton Coldfield 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 Kingsbury Road corridor 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
Sutton Coldfield transport questions
- 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 Sutton Coldfield 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. We have loaded plenty of vehicles near Kingsbury Road corridor.
- Can you move a car in Sutton Coldfield 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. Around the A38 corridor that is a routine job for us. 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 Sutton Coldfield 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.