Our Fleet & Drivers

A car carrier is not one kind of truck. Getting a vehicle from A to B intact depends almost entirely on the right equipment turning up, which is why we ask what seem like fussy questions before we quote.

What we run, and what each is for

The last row is the one people do not expect. Door-to-door work on a tight suburban street is frequently done by a smaller unit feeding a line-haul truck at the depot, rather than by threading a full-size carrier down a cul-de-sac.

How vehicles are secured

• Rated straps over the tyres, so the load path runs through the wheels and suspension rather than the chassis
• No chassis hooks and no wheel-arch clamps: nothing metal touches the vehicle
• Soft straps on anything valuable, as standard rather than on request
• Hydraulic lift instead of ramps where clearance is marginal, so approach angle never becomes a problem
• Purpose-built wheel chocks for motorcycles, with straps over the frame, never compressing the forks
• Restraint checked at every driver break, which is a fatigue-management requirement as well as good practice

The drivers

Employed, not subcontracted. That distinction does the same work on the road that owning the trucks does commercially.

• Inducted on our loading and restraint procedures, not just licensed to drive a truck
• Working to Heavy Vehicle National Law fatigue rules: mandated rest, recorded in a work diary, and not negotiable regardless of what anyone is paying
• Responsible for the condition report at both ends, and named on it
• Reachable through us, so you are never chasing a stranger for an update

Maintenance

Scheduled servicing to manufacturer intervals, pre-trip inspections by the driver before every departure, and defects recorded and rectified rather than nursed to the end of the run. A truck that breaks down mid-corridor with ten customers’ vehicles on it is a far more expensive problem than a service.

What we do not do

We do not post your vehicle to a load board. We do not subcontract line haul to whoever is cheapest that week. We do not quote a figure we intend to revisit once the vehicle is already on the truck.

If we cannot carry something ourselves — an unusual oversize movement, or a corridor we genuinely do not run — we will tell you that and point you at someone who can, rather than take the booking and work it out later.