Plant hire insurance

[Andrew Mawson]

Surely this depends entirely on what is stated in the hire contract?

AWEM

[Tim Watts]

On Thursday 15 August 2013 09:16 Andrew Mawson wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Peter perhaps alludes to some overriding law or case law - that's the bit I'm interested in. T+Cs cannot trump certain basic legal principals.

[Tim Watts]

On Thursday 15 August 2013 08:53 Tim Lamb wrote in uk.d-i-y:

I was going to ask - doesn't this mean the hydraulics would need bleeding?

Otherwise, it sounds a bit like removing the distributor cap from a car (in the old days!).

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Tim Watts writes

No bleeding. The hydraulic operating system is fed by a pump drawing fluid from the reservoir. The air trapped in the refitted hose would travel through the system and escape. You can get *spongy* operation where air has reached a cylinder but fully travelling the ram should cure this.

Of course you may end up with a driveway covered in hydraulic fluid if someone persists in trying to raise the arm.

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[Tim Watts]

On Thursday 15 August 2013 11:39 Tim Lamb wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Ah - I see. I keep thinking it's akin to a braking system and of course, it's not...

Thanks - does sound like a good approach. I'd still be scared to "interfere" with hired kit though in case something went wrong that got pinned on me...

[Tim Watts]

On Sunday 11 August 2013 11:58 Tim Watts wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Well - after *a lot* of wibbling on Google and many phone calls, I have concluded:

1) No hire company in my area has a bundled policy - and it's very rare that any company does - though a very few big ones in other areas did partner with an insurer. 2) seems to be the best at around £68 with a theft excess of £1000 (per claim, not per item of plant) - reduceable to £250 with an extra premium of £26 or so.

Option 2 looks good for a several day hire.

No silly conditions either. Some companies (FML) wanted it chained to a tree with 13mm chain (that's £140 straight up) and had excesses of £2500 for theft!!).