Whats the best way to do this ?
I want to stick a tow rope on it and do it that way but the Mrs refuses to do this. (Hmmm!)
Options are:-
Any ideas of the costs of these options?
Paul.
Get someone with a pair of balls to help you.
Si
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Tow pole.
Call someone from your local area and ask them for a price. Find a small trader in the Thompson or whatever. If the garage isn't too far away, you should be able to get it done for 50 quid or thereabouts. Or call the garage it's going to, they probably have someone they use, ask how much recovery will add to the bill.
Steve
Take out the basic RAC / AA cover and get them to do it for you.
One on a towing-bracket and the other to be bolted to his front bumper, you mean?
Has he told us how far his car has to be moved? This must surely influence the decision as to method used and the likely cost.
Perhaps the OP has breakdown cover, and already used it to get the vehicle home?
Basic cover wouldn't help in any case, assuming the vehicle is at home. You would need Home Start at least.
Chris
*Wince*
Cost me 40 quid to hire a car trailer with a winch on it for a day. Couldnt really be easier.
Yep much better than a rope as you don't have to cope with the yo-yoing effect of the stretching rope when the following car doesn't brake precisely in synch with the towing vehicle. Can be scary for the unwary!
But for a one-off probably not cost-effective I'd have thought.
What about the 3rd option - paying the garage who are doing the work to come and collect it?
David
1) Not alot. They're not that expensive to buy. 2) Do you have any mates?
When towing, the towed vehicle should always do the braking (insofar as this is possible - but it usually is). Keeps the rope tight.
And while on the topic of towing, the towed vehicle should NOT put its hazards on, just leave its ignition on. It is then in a position to indicate right or left as the case may be. This is much more helpful to following cars than those damned hazards which are often just a red herring when you see just one rather than both and think the car is going to make a trun.
Rob Graham
but much more scary for the person in the following car as it feels way "too close".
I'd use a rope. Have the Misses drive the towing car and tell her to drive smoothly and not to go over 30. Work out the route beforehand to avoid T-junctions (the long way might be easier?). Be prepared to brake the rope. All lights and hazards on.
hazards on.
I suggest not hazards
Rob
Hmmm.
Not if: you can find someone to hire you a car trailer; you passed your test long enough ago to tow a large trailer; you are happy towing something 20ft long and 7'6" wide; your car is equipped for towing; your car is rated by the makers to tow the weight of the trailer (say 650kg) plus the weight of the other car.
When I was admitting that I did car collection work, I'd have done a local collection for £40 or less.
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Definitely. Bloody stupid driving along with your hazards on - you're unable to indicate your intentions to other drivers properly, which is far more important than trying to show them you're on tow - which hazards don't indicate anyway.
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No - please - not the hazards. Seen from in front it can give a false idea of where the car's going because the lead car may be blocking the view of one side. Seen from behind you get no advance warning of what the car's going to do.
Hazards OFF on a moving vehicle, it's the law. Besides which how do you indicate? And I bet you ratchet the handbrake as well.
A Railman
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Who, here, has had the ratchet wear out on a handbrake in the last twenty years?
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