Need to transport a bike to get some work done, so need a van for 48hrs. Any recommendations, seems to be circa £180 for a transit size van? Do I need a transit/vanaro or would a size down work?
Haven’t got any ramps, so need to buy a set now. Not risking the planks of wood
So many fail videos on insta have scared the crap out of me so it’s a ramp. Hertz do an hourly rate, but then it’s £0.35 a mile. Having to 200 mile round trip, it’s no cheaper.
Wife’s already suggested I can also pick up a couple of those Costco olive trees, so expect I’ll be making full use in 48hrs.
You want a swb transit/vivaro at minimum.
I’ve used enterprise with good results, though @me_groovy and @The_Sleeper recently tried and didn’t get on with them.
Dont use Sixt, i tried them once and managed to fail the credit check when collecting it, so they just said no last minute (and then i checked my credit score when i got home and it was rated “great”).
Someone at work uses longmarsh a lot, and thinks they are great.
I broke a £10 indicator lens on an enterprise transit van. Then took £2000 from my credit card and said they’ll pay me back the balance after the repair.
That was a week ago. I’ve no control over if they say they need to replace the whole mirror.
Thanks all, I’m North London but appreciate the hire suggestions. Going with Enterprise and a Renault Master I think, looking at the medium vans the 1.3m internal height is worrying me re loading. The ramp is the most worrying thing for me, haven’t used one for ages and only with a smaller bike.
I hired Boris (above) to help me load the bikes under their own power because the bed height was really tall. You’ll need a step. Certainly a friend to help you.
@T_cat not that many folks who can remap a 990 KTM these days. Part of my reasons for not riding it much has been the well known crap throttle response especially at low speed/part opening.
I’ve used enterprise vans for IKEA shops and moving furniture and was ok, but I returned the van no issues. Check the van throughly and mark items even if it’s within the enterprise acceptance (but close to the edges)
I did have an issue when renting a car recently where they tried to convince me the Corsa they were giving me was the same as the focus size I had requested.
As me_groovy says, if you break something you are at their mercy.
I always take out separate excess insurance for hire cars as a way to insure me against needing to pay their ridiculous fees for excess protection, but how useful it would be if I had needed to, no idea. It used to be cheap but I think insurers have realised this as prices have gone up a lot
I always make before and after videos, collecting and dropping off. This time last year Italy Car Rentals in Turin airport tried to stick one of the car’s many scratches on me. I showed them the collection video with the scratch clearly showing. They then tried to accuse me of changing the date on the video. Before resorting to whacking them one, I pointed out the collection video showed it was recorded in a collection bay, different to the drop-off bay.
I do have annual excess insurance, and I know I would have been covered, I could have walked away without the aggro, but I wasn’t letting them have that.
Well decided as the weather is excellent that I will just ride to Peterborough and back. As tempting as it was to build a ramp like the Sleeper, and pretend I am Dougie Lampkin (age related ref) I might as well enjoy an early am ride out!