I now have to get a reasonably light but bulky wheelchair in and out of the back of my Defender.
So I ring up a supplier of small cranes designed for such purposes.
Me: "Do you make these things, 40Kg lift capacity"
Then: "Yes Sir"
Me: "Can you sell me on please?"
Then: "No sir, we have to fit it ourselves"
Me: "Why, it's only simple?"
Them: "Health and Safety sir, you might sue us if you fitted it incorrectly and someone was injured"
Me: "That's rubbish, the Health and Safety regs state that if I fit it and it goes wrong it's my fault, besides, it isn't rocket science, it's a winch.
Them: "Well sir there's two day course to learn how to fit them, they are wired direct to the battery you know"
Me: "It's a Land Rover Defender, there's a special fuseway for a winch."
Them "Well we won't sell you one anyway.
Me: "OK, what'll it cost for you to fit it?"
Them: "Six hundred quid, you bring your car to us, no loan car, it'll take all day, take it or leave it."
Me: Faints dead away...
Anyone know where I can buy one, or something like one?