jocave Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Just after a rough idea of moving a 24ft boat by road from the Lancaster to closer to home ,possibly the Llangollen,Shropie,or Bridgewater, as I don't have a confirmed mooring/location yet I can't get an exact quote but just wondering a ball park figure??, the couple of companies I have asked for a quote to the Llangollen have yet to reply, I've never done this before so no idea of costs involved, any idea of a rough price or any recommended moving firms would be a great help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, jocave said: Just after a rough idea of moving a 24ft boat by road from the Lancaster to closer to home ,possibly the Llangollen,Shropie,or Bridgewater, as I don't have a confirmed mooring/location yet I can't get an exact quote but just wondering a ball park figure??, the couple of companies I have asked for a quote to the Llangollen have yet to reply, I've never done this before so no idea of costs involved, any idea of a rough price or any recommended moving firms would be a great help.. Naughty Cals ya girl for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timx Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 5 to 7 hundred ball park. Depending on who you get to move it and how. Tony tug boat I would reccomend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, Timx said: 5 to 7 hundred ball park. Depending on who you get to move it and how. Tony tug boat I would reccomend. Thanks Tony was one who I emailed, im hoping wherever it ends up has a slipway or there is one not too far away to save on crane costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 29 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Naughty Cals ya girl for this one. Has she got a tow hook on that new Mini? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnietucker Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 47 minutes ago, jocave said: Just after a rough idea of moving a 24ft boat by road from the Lancaster to closer to home ,possibly the Llangollen,Shropie,or Bridgewater, as I don't have a confirmed mooring/location yet I can't get an exact quote but just wondering a ball park figure??, the couple of companies I have asked for a quote to the Llangollen have yet to reply, I've never done this before so no idea of costs involved, any idea of a rough price or any recommended moving firms would be a great help.. Not sure of your distances, but I had a 22ft boat brought up, by road, to Glasgow from Peterborough and that was about £1k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 54 minutes ago, ronnietucker said: Not sure of your distances, but I had a 22ft boat brought up, by road, to Glasgow from Peterborough and that was about £1k. Blimey didn't think it would be that much, distance would be a lot less in my case though, was that slipways both ends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timx Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Ask around your area for slip way costs, as they could vary from £10 to £100, boat clubs may help you out at reduced rates in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnietucker Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 1 hour ago, jocave said: Blimey didn't think it would be that much, distance would be a lot less in my case though, was that slipways both ends? Definitely, as Timx just wrote, try and get someone near the boat to do the moving. Mine was £1k as it was a loooong drive down from Glasgow and back. There was a slipway at pickup, but on delivery, it was up on sticks for cleaning before a launch using a massive four-wheeled crane thing that looked like giant-sized meccano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, Timx said: Ask around your area for slip way costs, as they could vary from £10 to £100, boat clubs may help you out at reduced rates in my experience. Slip way at the home mooring is no problem, I'm two berths down from one and the marina has the facilities to lift the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasputin Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) Where is your current mooring, just gathering info for a move to the Lancaster canal in a couple of years. The slipway charges for the marina at Ellesmere and the marina on the Prees branch were only about £10 last year Edited November 16, 2017 by rasputin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted November 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 Its in Moons bridge at the moment, they usually have a few empty places but you might struggle if you have a long boat, Barton Grange is probably better if that's the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted November 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 Right I've found a mooring on the Llangollen so now just looking for somebody who can move it for us, slipway both ends so should make things easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Norman Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) Try actually ringing Tony Tugboat! He is out and about most days. I couldn't get him by email either. He will also give an even better price if he can make your shift a part of another move. Cost me £350'ish to shift a 25 foot Hampton from Norfolk to Thorne which is in the region of 320 miles. Edited November 16, 2017 by Mr Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted November 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 23 hours ago, Mr Norman said: Try actually ringing Tony Tugboat! He is out and about most days. I couldn't get him by email either. He will also give an even better price if he can make your shift a part of another move. Cost me £350'ish to shift a 25 foot Hampton from Norfolk to Thorne which is in the region of 320 miles. Thanks ,all sorted now ,found someone that was recommended by the marina, he's doing it for £250 which is less than I was expecting so pretty happy with that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted December 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Gulp hope nothing falls off it on the M6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted December 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Only casualty was the smoke alarm and the co alarm that fell off and destroyed themselves, these were on my winter to do list anyway and cheap enough to replace, no idea how old the originals were so due a change anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgreg Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 So you didn't get up to the Glasson branch after all; I'll stand down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted December 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Unfortunately not, pretty dissapointed that we didn't spend more time up there but the wife's health meant that we needed to move it closer to home, cheers for the offer and sorry I didn't get back to you to update you on the situation , it took almost 4 months to get a bss test ,after a disastrous failure and unable to get the guy back to check it again after the work was done.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgreg Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 7 minutes ago, jocave said: Unfortunately not, pretty dissapointed that we didn't spend more time up there but the wife's health meant that we needed to move it closer to home, cheers for the offer and sorry I didn't get back to you to update you on the situation , it took almost 4 months to get a bss test ,after a disastrous failure and unable to get the guy back to check it again after the work was done.. No problem. You'll find those narrow locks on the Llangollen much easier and it's an equally beautiful canal (albeit a little busier!). Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted December 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Cheers Richard sent you a pm to explain the situation, really appriciate the offer though, gutted that we had to leave the Lancaster as the bits we had managed to visit were truly stunning, hopefully we will be back one day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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