Wanted Car top box and roof rails

[Jonah]

Does anyone know if there is a local place which have these available for hire?

 

[Gramaisc]

You might try Freedom Caravans in Little Haywood, they do hire out caravans, so this might be an additional service?

 

[Jonah]

@Gramaisc Good idea, I will take a look.

 

[Gramaisc]

@Gramaisc Good idea, I will take a look.

It is possible, there are other similar places, too - the box would be easier to hire out than the (more vehicle specific) bars, I would think.

The KH warehouse often has roof boxes, if you're not in a huge rush.

 

[Jonah]

It's for our holiday in June so no rush at present. I'm at the point where I'm deciding whether to buy or hire. Storage is the issue if I bought and how much use the box would actually get.

 

[Gramaisc]

I will report, if I spot one.

Roof bars are handy things to have, I got a Thule pair at the boot sale for a fiver on the basis that they 'looked about right' and they turned out to be an exact fit - they get used most months of the year.

Some roof boxes look like they might fit together with the base upside down in the top, for a smaller storage volume.

 

[Lucy]

You can also get soft ones, Thule definitely do them.

 

[Jonah]

I've found a rental place in Stone which is very reasonable so it seems like I shall be going down the hire route rather than purchase.

 

[Jonah]

Roof box and bars hire now sorted.

For anyone interested, I have hired them from http://autocare-rentabox.co.uk in Stone. Very helpful and at an extremely reasonable cost - half the price of a hire place in Lichfield.

 

[Wormella]

We did the maths on buying vrs hiring last year and went with buying a decent sized box kit from https://www.roofbox.co.uk/ - I don't remember how much it was in the end but we liked the idea we could use it whenever we needed and it paid for itself against hiring in a couple of trips.

 

[Jonah]

The hire cost for 10 days is £55. The price to buy the Thule box and bars I am hiring is about £350 so at present, I would rather spend £55 than £350.

I did consider buying from the website you mentioned, and maybe at some point I will, but not right now. And I have nowhere to store a box right now as my garage is like one of those lock-ups you see on Storage Hunters - it's full of crap.