Site transfers with a full condition record
A site transfer is the quiet job. It might be prep centre to satellite site, auction intake to the selling branch, or stock moving from the branch that has it to the branch that sold it. Your customer never sees the driver.
The condition record still matters. An internal transfer becomes an internal dispute the moment a bumper mark appears at the receiving end and nobody photographed it at the sending end. Our driver records the vehicle before it leaves your first site, drives it on our plates and records the handover at the second, where the receiving manager signs. You get the digital proof, so any question is settled with evidence.
Named contacts at both branches make all the difference. Without them, a driver can end up waiting outside a locked gate with your car.
Several cars moving between the same two sites are booked as separate driven jobs unless our office plans them together. For a large volume on a flexible date a transporter may cost less, and we will tell you. Read when trade plate delivery is the right move to compare.
Retail handovers that represent your forecourt
A retail handover is where presentation counts. Our driver stands in for your sales team, arriving well presented, finding the right person, walking them round the vehicle, handing over keys and documents and taking a signature on the device.
We never abandon a car at the kerb. If the customer is not in, the job is not finished. Tell us the delivery window you have promised and mention any V5C conversation, spare keys, charging cables or parking restrictions on the booking, so nothing comes as a surprise on the day.
We record the mileage and take photographs at both ends, and the customer signs for what they received. Your digital proof of collection and delivery lets the dealership close the file without chasing anyone for photographs.
The full paperwork process is set out in vehicle collection and delivery with POC and POD. Motor trade road risk insurance covers the vehicle throughout.
Telling us which job you need
Describe the job in plain English on the quote. 'Dealer to dealer, leave with the duty manager' is a site transfer. 'Customer handover with a walkaround, they will be in after 4pm' is a retail handover. 'Collect from BCA once released and deliver to our prep centre' is an auction collection followed by a site transfer.
The more detail you give, the more accurate the price, because the time needed at each end varies. We quote every job individually, fuel or charging is included and there is no rate card.
If anyone in your group still thinks we send a truck, point them to what a driven trade plate vehicle movement is.
What to have ready for the driver
Please have authority for us to take the vehicle, working keys, any alarm code, enough fuel or charge to reach the first filling or charging point, a valid MOT and someone at collection who knows we are coming.
For a retail handover, the person at delivery needs to know we are coming too. Give us a phone number that will be answered and somewhere the driver can park without picking up a ticket.
For a group transfer, the receiving branch needs to know the car is on its way. Leaving it on the back compound only works if someone is there to sign for it, otherwise your report comes back without a signature.
If the car is not legal to drive, we cannot take it on plates and a transporter is the better option.
Booking a dealer move
You do not need an account to get a price. Give us the registration, both postcodes, the date and your contact details, and the Instant Quote shows the price on screen. Our office is in Glasgow and we work across Scotland, England and Wales, including for dealer groups with branches in different cities. Read how OVM covers the UK from Glasgow to see how.
Dealer groups near Glasgow can start with trade plate vehicle movements in Glasgow if the collection is in a G postcode or at a central belt compound, using the same quote form.
Get an instant quote, call 0141 459 1302 or email [email protected].
Site transfer or retail handover?
A site transfer moves stock between your own branches, while a retail handover delivers to a named customer at their door.
Both use our plates and come with the same digital proof, but the time at each end is different. Tell us which one you need on the quote so we can price it properly.
From the auction compound to your branch
A lot at BCA, Manheim or Wilsons cannot reach your prep centre until the compound releases it.
That collection is our auction collection after release service, and the delivery to your branch is then a site transfer. If the vehicle is legal to drive, it is all one driven job, and storage charges stop as soon as it leaves.
A valid MOT for every dealer move
Without a valid MOT we cannot drive the vehicle, even between two of your own sites.
That applies equally to a short hop to the next branch and a run across the country. If it cannot be driven legally, a transporter is the right tool and we will tell you.
One car or van between your sites
Most dealer bookings are one registration, one collection postcode, one delivery postcode and one driver. That is a standard trade plate vehicle movement between two of your sites.
Several vehicles going the same way are booked as separate driven jobs unless our office plans them together. A full transporter load is a different service.
When a transporter is the better choice
A transporter makes sense when the car or van cannot legally be driven, or when you have plenty of vehicles going the same way on a flexible date.
We will always tell you when that is the case, and we never put your stock on a truck under a trade plate booking. Our full comparison is when a trade plate driver beats a transporter.
