Help (van driving 1st October)

[damerell]

This has become moot.

I had been planning to move house on the 1st October. Today is the last day on which I could give notice on my existing flat and not pay for a needless overlap.

I had arranged for a friend of mine to drive a van. Over the last few weeks we have had an interaction like this;

"If you pick a definite date I'll be able to stop work sending me away."
"OK - 1st October."
"Work are sending me away" - this last _last night_.

Therefore if someone can _definitely_ be available on the 1st October I would be estatically happy. The journey's about 20 miles and would possibly be 2 tripsworth of a 3.5 tonner. I can arrange people to load and unload and will do as much van hire work as possible, and will buy big dinner for whoever does it.

Anyone?

Comments

[gerald_duck]

I'm not definite, but I'm pretty likely and I've driven 3.5t vans plenty of times before.

[mtbc100.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, I suppose you don't cover airfare too.

[karen2205]

In general, be aware that most van hire places insist you've held a full driving licence for three years before they will allow you to hire a van.

[hazyjayne.livejournal.com]

I could be (and before you comment on my lack of recent driving, I am doing some this weekend, plus I am driving up to Stoke and back the weekend of the 16th, so I will be practiced). HOWEVER although I have had a licence for more than three years I might not be eligable because I am under 25 or they might charge you more because of that.

So basically, put me down as a last resort.

[aldabra]

That's a weekend? 50/50 that I'm free. Haven't driven one of those before, and am constitutionally nervous, but could probably manage it. Put me down as a backstop if you can't round up anyone else.

[chi-ryu.livejournal.com]

1st October is a Sunday.

I can definitely do it should you want to, though be warned the only 3.5T van driving experience I will have had is from my own move this Tuesday (over 2 days I'm shifting 3 people up to London, including one from Poole and one from Basildon)! Naturally, someone with a little more experience might be a better choice, but the offer is there... and I'll try and keep that day free as a "just in case" if you like.

I'm also an over 25er, who passed his driving test 10 years ago, so I have category C1 entitlement (not that you need it for a 3.5T) - in principle this means I am licensed to drive up to a 7.5T, but I've never driven anything like that size of van before...

*waves hand*

[shermarama]

Put me on your list as well if you like. I will have just moved into my new house the week before, I think, and I will be starting work at the new job the day after, but the Sunday is free.

I have had a licence for aaages, am sufficiently elderly, and have driven 3.5 tonners a lot. Avoid Merc Sprinters if you can, they have poor suspension and wallow like pigs.