Hiring a van

npsmama

Please can someone give me some advice.

I need to hire a van.
It's to transport a 5ft square playhouse and 11ft long beams.

Can anyone advise me as to what size I need?

also what is a reasonable excess?

I contacted one compnay this morning who said the excess would be £750 :eek: and if we damaged the roof we would have to pay for the whole vehicle! :eek::eek:


tahnk you very much

LandyAndy

Sorry to state the obvious but...

You know the dimensions of the load so ring a few van hire companies and ask their advice. They are more likely to know than we are.

Excesses will vary but £750 doesn't sound too bad to me. Just don't crash.;)

As for roof damage, if you're insured , you're insured.

Would you be better hiring a 'man with a van'? No hassle with the vehicle and an extra pair of hands.

langfangcharlie

Ive just hired a van, and got it from a small local company 75 quid for the day, 75 quid deposit plus i paid about a tenner for collision Damage waiver (CDW) means you can write the van off and there is no excess. worth its weight in gold, i wouild never hire a vahicle without this as the larger companies will find a scratch and charge you for it ie full excess

ormus

salford van hire charge about 50 quid for a luton van with 9 quid CDW. per day.
the normal excess is 300 quid for an average van.
7.5 tonners is excess of 600 quid.

gundo

Jut my 2p worth but I've always used U-drive and I've never had any problems. I've never bothered with the CDW but if you're worried about it then it's probably worth the piece of mind.

andrew-b

How about using a cheapy man and van type company. Then you don't have the hassle of loading/unloading, collecting van and taking it back, nor the worry of damaging it. Probably work out cheaper than hiring too.

Andy

Hitch

Sounds like you want a dropside transit or similar (sprinter, lt...)
Make life easy to put the playhouse on and you dont need to worry too much about length.

I have booked through here before.

http://www.sixt.co.uk/

£72 for a dropside, including the ldw.