Moving Vehicles Safely Across County Antrim
Vehicle Transportation in Antrim
Vehicle transportation in Antrim starts with one question: can we get to you and work safely once we are there. Antrim is a genuine motorway town: two motorways meet at its edge, and a large share of the callouts here are on motorway or trunk road rather than in the town itself.
Prices are confirmed by SMS in advance rather than settled on the hard shoulder. Call 07575 313 405, tell us where you are and which road you are on, and we will tell you what happens next.
What Vehicle Transportation in Antrim Covers
- Planned Vehicle Moves: Transporting a vehicle between addresses on a scheduled date rather than as an emergency.
- Garage and MOT Transfers: Moving a vehicle to and from a garage, a body shop or a test centre.
- Purchase and Sale Deliveries: Collecting a newly bought vehicle or delivering one you have sold.
- Non Runner Transport: Moving vehicles that cannot be driven, including projects and SORN vehicles.
- Flat Bed Transport: Carrying the vehicle with all four wheels off the ground where that is the right method.
Roads and Recovery in Antrim
Before anything is loaded in Antrim, we need to know which road you stopped on. The area is served by the M2, the start of the M22, the A26 toward Ballymena and the A6 toward Randalstown and Toome. Antrim sits on the M2 and M22 corridor, motorway and trunk road for the most part. With two motorways and two trunk roads running through it, this is the corridor where a breakdown is most likely to be a motorway one, and where getting people out of danger comes ahead of everything else. Antrim is a genuine motorway town: two motorways meet at its edge, and a large share of the callouts here are on motorway or trunk road rather than in the town itself. None of that is unusual for the area, but it does shape the visit.
Neither the M2 nor the M22 permits us into a running lane. A vehicle stopped in one is a matter for the PSNI and DfI Roads before us, and we follow once the lane has been protected. Because two motorways meet here, telling us the junction number or the direction of travel is far more useful than a street name. That is the sort of thing worth saying when you ring rather than leaving us to find out.
For vehicle transportation specifically, a planned move is the one job where we know the vehicle before we arrive, so it is worth getting the details right in advance rather than at the kerb. We would rather ask two extra questions on the phone than send the wrong unit to Antrim and have to send a second one.
Where a Vehicle Can Be Left in Antrim
A vehicle cannot be left on a motorway hard shoulder. It is not a parking place, it is a refuge, and a car left there can be removed by the road authority at the owner’s cost. On the A26 and A6 there are laybys, but a layby on a fast trunk road is still not somewhere to leave a car unattended for days.
Whatever happens, the vehicle is still subject to the normal rules: tax and insurance on a public road, no obstruction of an entrance or footway, and no ignoring a parking restriction because the car will not start. Where the only realistic spot is private land, the owner has to agree to it. We will give you a straight view at the roadside rather than leave you guessing.
Electric, Low and Larger Vehicles in Antrim
Some vehicles need a different approach entirely, and it is better to know which before you are standing at the roadside. Electric vehicles travel on a flat bed with all four wheels off the ground, which is straightforward on a planned move because we know in advance. The extra kerb weight is the part worth flagging when you book, since it affects what else can go on the same unit.
On a planned move the awkward vehicles are the ones nobody mentions: a lowered car that will not clear the ramp angle, a van with a roof rack that changes the height, or a project that has not moved in years and may not roll. Say so at the booking stage rather than on the day.
Give us the make, model and rough age when you ring about vehicle transportation in Antrim, along with whether it is electric or hybrid, automatic or manual, and whether it is carrying a load. Getting that right on the phone is the difference between one journey and two.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you collect a vehicle I have just bought?
Yes. Give us the collection address, the destination, and the seller’s contact details so we are not left standing at a closed gate. If anyone other than you is handing it over, tell us who.
Can you transport a vehicle with no MOT or tax?
Yes. A vehicle being carried on a flat bed is not being driven on the road, so its own tax and test status does not apply in the same way. If it is being moved because it cannot legally be driven, transportation is exactly the right service.
How quickly can you reach Antrim?
We do not publish a blanket response time, because it would not be honest: Antrim is reached by the M2, the start of the M22, the A26 toward Ballymena and the A6 toward Randalstown and Toome, and the real answer depends on the traffic on those roads at that hour and on where our nearest available unit is when you ring. What we will do is give you a realistic time when we take the call, and tell you if it changes. If you are somewhere genuinely dangerous, say so immediately, because that moves you up the list.
Can you move a vehicle with flat or missing wheels?
Yes, but it needs to be known in advance. A vehicle on flat tyres can usually still be winched onto a bed. One with wheels missing entirely needs skates or a different method, and that is a different unit.
Which roads do you cover for vehicle transportation around Antrim?
Antrim is served by the M2, the start of the M22, the A26 toward Ballymena and the A6 toward Randalstown and Toome, and we cover all of them. Telling us which one you are on, and the direction you were travelling, matters more than the address, because a job on a fast road and a job on a village street are handled completely differently.
Is there anything about getting to Antrim that affects a callout?
Antrim is a genuine motorway town: two motorways meet at its edge, and a large share of the callouts here are on motorway or trunk road rather than in the town itself. Because two motorways meet here, telling us the junction number or the direction of travel is far more useful than a street name.
What should I do if I break down on a fast road near Antrim?
A running lane on the M2 or M22 is not somewhere a recovery unit can work. That situation needs the PSNI and DfI Roads to protect the lane first, and the recovery comes after. Get as far to the nearside as the vehicle will go, hazards on, everyone out through the nearside doors and behind the barrier or well up the verge. Do not attempt any repair on the offside, and do not stand between the vehicle and oncoming traffic while you wait.
What if the collection or delivery address is hard to access?
Tell us at the booking stage. A narrow lane, a low archway, a steep driveway or a height barrier all change which unit can do the job, and finding out on the day means the move does not happen.
Do you cover the areas around Antrim as well?
Yes. Alongside Antrim we regularly attend Donegore, Killead, Parkgate, Randalstown, Aldergrove, Templepatrick and the rest of the M2 and M22 corridor, all as part of our County Antrim coverage. If you are between two of those, give us the road rather than the village and we will find you.
Can I leave my vehicle where it is in Antrim and deal with it tomorrow?
Nothing stays on a motorway hard shoulder. It exists to get you out of danger, not to store a car, and the road authority can remove one left there. Laybys on the A26 and A6 are for a short stop only, not for days. We will give you a straight answer for your actual location when we see it, rather than a general rule that may not fit.
What if the vehicle does not match what I described?
It is better to tell us it is a non runner and be wrong than the reverse. A vehicle that turns out not to roll, or to be far lower or heavier than described, may need a different unit and a second visit.
Vehicle Transportation Near Antrim
Need Vehicle Transportation in Antrim?
The phone is answered at any hour. Give us the road you are on, the way you were heading and what you are driving, and a price comes back by text before a unit leaves.