On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:45:29 GMT, Richard Porter
wrote:

The date being 17 Nov 2007, David Taylor
decided to write:

Positive or negative earth mini, the described connections would not be
a good idea...

Just connect +ve to +ve and -ve to -ve. That's all there is to it.

Indeed. So connecting +ve to -ve as suggested might be sub-optimal,
no?

--

Ian D

Car transporter trailers are available from HSS hire shops.
www.hsshire.co.uk. They cost £92.50 for a day but you will get that money
back with an early mini. Your local branches are hampstead, east finchley,
staples corner etc. Give them a call as they often do deals for a few hours
or weekend hires. I have used their transporters before without any
problems. Just take some ID and your credit card, but remember to call a
few days in advance to ensure that the transporter is in stock.

Failing that your local recovery firm may well do the job for cash in hand
if you ask nicely. The worst they can say is no.

georgina Smith ("georgina Smith" ) gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Car transporter trailers are available from HSS hire shops.
www.hsshire.co.uk. They cost 92.50 for a day

....about twice the price of a small local trailer rental place. Knowing
HSS, they probably charge extra for tiedowns, too.

"Adrian" wrote in message
reenews.net...
georgina Smith ("georgina Smith" ) gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Car transporter trailers are available from HSS hire shops.
www.hsshire.co.uk. They cost 92.50 for a day


There are plenty of people with transporters around the London area offering
delivery from 80p/mile upwards. Check Ebay for Classic car transportation. I
used one guy a couple of years ago to bring a golf to Wycombe from Hemel,
cost me about £35. So much easier than faffing about with trailer hire etc.

Mike P

"DougP" wrote in message
...

"johngood_____" wrote in message
...
Many thanks for all the most useful advice. We will not be able to
sell it from
the garage which is in Clapham. We have to get it to where we live
which is near
Finchley Central.

snip

Whether its possible to start it or tow it is irrelevant. To drive it
or tow it is at best illegal, at worst very dangerous.

Absolutely correct. It's not exactly a couple of miles down a deserted
country road, either.

You need that trailer.

Four warnings about hiring a trailer for this job:

1) A driver who passed his test after 1 Jan 97 is unlikely to hold the
right licence to tow such a trailer

2) Many cars are not rated to tow a typical hired trailer with even a
mini on it. The may be capable of it in the sense of "will still reach
a good speed" or even "can brake it to a stand", but Officer Dibble will
be more interested in the manufacturer's views on the matter.

3) Hired trailers are often in dreadful condition.

4) Towing trailers isn't everyone's idea of fun, particularly if tight
manoeuvering is involved.


There are plenty of companies who will move it for you.
I'd do it myself for you, but the 125 miles to the starting point might
kill the job on price. Watch out for headline-grabbing low prices: I
don't know anyone who'd do an five mile collect/deliver for £4, even if
one end was next to their depot. Make sure the car rolls and is
reasonably accessible - or at least warn the firm doing the job.
Unearthing a car from under a pile of junk, then having to skid it round
a parked caravan, can be done, but tests the patience of firms who've
tried to quote a fair price.


--
Kevin Poole
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On Nov 19, 2:13 pm, "Autolycus" wrote:

I'd do it myself for you, but the 125 miles to the starting point might
kill the job on price. Watch out for headline-grabbing low prices: I
don't know anyone who'd do an five mile collect/deliver for £4, even if
one end was next to their depot.

I enquired about this exact scenario recently (ok it was three miles
and I live half a mile from the garage) and got quoted almost a
hundred pounds. That was also on a "you can pick it up any time you
like on any day" basis.

johngood_____ wrote:
Many thanks for all the most useful advice. We will not be able to sell it
from
the garage which is in Clapham. We have to get it to where we live which is
near
Finchley Central. We are going over on Sunday morning to see if we can
manage to start it or tow it.

If the mini is positive earth, would we connect our jump leads from our
Corolla (negative earth)
like this: corolla +ve battery to mini earth and corolla -ve battery to
mini +ve battery ?

Also if the handbrake has been left on and has rusted on to the rear brake
drums, I'm at a bit of a loss to know how to free them, since we wont be
able to get the drums off to get at them?

If we need to get a car trailer, where might be a good place to get one
from,
any ideas on that one please? Thanks for all your kind help.




As other have said +ve to +ve, -ve to -ve. A neighbour of mine did it
the wrong way round and was very lucky he had the usual cheap crap
leads, one of the clip joints smoked and the cabling insulation was
melted in places. IIRC he did have to swap his battery afterwards in the
car used for jumping. The car needing the jump had a brown positive
lead IIRC and that confused him, he didn't actually check the battery
markings. In my experience the cheap jump leads are a waste of time if
the problem battery is totally flat. I got the problem car going with my
HD leads and a spare battery.

David Billington wrote:

In my experience the cheap jump leads are a waste of time if
the problem battery is totally flat. I got the problem car going with my
HD leads and a spare battery.

I made my own jump leads from four heavy duty clips and two runs of arc
welding cable. They are capable of jump starting a car with a
completely flat battery, but I haven't found any ready-made sets that will.

Jim

Jim Warren wrote:
David Billington wrote:

In my experience the cheap jump leads are a waste of time if the
problem battery is totally flat. I got the problem car going with my
HD leads and a spare battery.

I made my own jump leads from four heavy duty clips and two runs of
arc welding cable. They are capable of jump starting a car with a
completely flat battery, but I haven't found any ready-made sets that
will.

Jim
I managed to buy a ready made set but they do amount to just what you
made, if I couldn't have bought them I would have made my own as well.
BTW they are also a good length, about 3m IIRC so can jump a car when
parked next to each other and the batteries on opposite sides. They are
about 20 years old now, I wouldn't want to price them up these days with
the price of copper being what it is.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:13:56 -0000, "Autolycus"
wrote:




Unearthing a car from under a pile of junk, then having to skid it round
a parked caravan, can be done, but tests the patience of firms who've
tried to quote a fair price.

Sounds like you've done that yourself Kevin!

I know I've done it with some I've picked up - in one case I had an
extra subframe with short engine to drag onto the trailer. The bruises
were there for weeks!
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