To tow or not to tow?

[marekp]

Hello all. New to the forum, so not quite sure if this is the right place, but wondering if there might be some good advice out there?

I have a little wooden sailing boat sitting on a trailer in Sussex and want to move it home to the North Norfolk coast so I can finally get it sea worthy again.

I don't have a tow bar currently and am planning to change my car in the next few months, so I'm wondering whether anyone knows of a place to hire a car with a tow bar for a couple of days? It doesn't seem economical to pay a few hundred quid to install the tow bar a few months before changing the vehicle...

The old wreck of a boat was built by Grandad and now has sentimental value only, so I'm trying to get it closer to home to finish the restoration without having to spend big £££s on tow transport.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, and hope as a newbie I found the right place to post this

[marekp]

Thanks for the reply. The trailer is quite light, under 750 kg including the boat, but good point - I guess I'd need to find someone who has it specifically set-up for towing hire. On location, to clarify - I live in Norfolk, so would plan to drive it from here, down to the boat in Sussex, then bring it back home and drop the tow vehicle back to its start point in Norfolk.

[marekp]

Thanks, I'd not heard of Shiply before. I'll take a look at that and see what kind of quotes come back.

I'm probably going to have to go down to Sussex myself anyway before it is moved to get a few things ready, so it might still make sense to do the journey myself if I can find a suitable tow vehicle.

[marekp]

Thanks, I'll see if I can get a quote from them.

[marekp]

Thanks, I'm covered on the license and have towed several times before, just no longer have the car with the towing set-up (a sorely missed Saab Aero...).