Non runners and project cars · Wednesbury WS10
Planned non runner transport for Wednesbury
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.
Wednesbury sits in Sandwell MBC across WS10, and most non runner transport bookings here start on a residential street rather than a yard. Around the Metro line the approach is usually straightforward, so a collection window is easy to hold.
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 Wednesbury the usual runs are local drops within West Midlands, deliveries into Walsall and West Bromwich, and longer routes joining the network at M6 J9. Long runs are quoted per mile with the return leg included, so the figure does not change on delivery day.
Access at the Wednesbury 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 A461 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
Wednesbury transport questions
- Will you take a car with no MOT to a garage?
- Yes. A large share of Wednesbury 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 WS10 run most weeks.
- Can you move a car in Wednesbury 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 A461 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 Wednesbury 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 the Metro line that is a routine job for us.