Hiring a towing vehicle

[ecm]

I'm with a student club and in the last couple years we have been having great difficulties organising trips with our boats because we can't find any company that hires vehicles with towbars.

Does anybody have any suggestion of places in or around Bristol we could try? I'm trying to organise a trip for September, any help would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks very much,
Elena

 

[Csail]

When i was buying mine i'm sure these did them
http://www.bidwellsselfdrive.co.uk/mini bus.html
Other option is ask local scout group etc.

 

[RobF]

I did quite a bit of research on this - and the answer is that there aren't many organisations that will hire a towing vehicle. Generally they will hire a vehicle WITH driver as they perceive this to be a lower risk.

Some potentially useful URLs
http://www.shb.co.uk/hef.html
http://www.harfords4x4.co.uk/H4x4_Hire.html
http://www.boat-transportation.co.uk/contact.htm

 

[MrCramp]

If my Discovery was on the road, and I was near Bristol, I might well be inclined to offer a tow to a student group. What sort of boats are you looking to tow and where to/how far? Local rowing clubs are likely to have minibuses with tow bars. If you post a few more details you might get a free tow from someone, you never know. Most blokes would jump at a chance to get out of gardening/shopping duty to do something boat related.

Sorry I cannot help you out. Good Luck.