You can buy heavy duty ratchet straps on a popular auction site for very reasonable prices. These straps allow you to really tie a car down securely by each wheel so there is no chance of it shifting whilst in transit.
Its very easy to make sure your trailer is road worthy and your load is securely strapped down, but make sure that you have a legal number plate on the trailer that matches the number plate on the car. A hand written number plate is NOT legal.
Ok, head gasket appears to have gone on my 1.8 Mondeo. The car is a 2002 petrol model. I have undone the exhaust manifold but I simply cannot see where all the Inlet manifold bolts are, or reach them with a spanner. This is crazy, why do they design these things to be so difficult to access. I thoug...View Entire Thread
Historically Walsall fell within the county of Staffordshire, but the town is now in the more recently created West Midlands area. Like its neighbour, Birmingham, Walsall expanded quickly during the industrial Revolution. The town manufactured a wide range of products and also benefitted from a nearby Limestone quarry which helped to bring jobs a prosperity to the area. Walsall is the administrative headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.