Clamp removal

Time · 02-09-2011 7:20pm #1

Does anyone on here have a loan of a cordless angle grinder to cut off a clamp? I'd just need a lend of it for 5 mins

elaverty · 02-09-2011 7:23pm

Just ring the number on the clamp or the notice you got,them lads will sort it out for you,,dont even need a grinder,,,:P :P

EI_Flyboy · 02-09-2011 7:24pm

Time wrote: »

Does anyone on here have a loan of a cordless angle grinder to cut off a clamp? I'd just need a lend of it for 5 mins

Apparently what the French do is put superglue in the lock of the clamp. Clamping isn't so prevalent in Paris anymore.

ScouseMouse · 02-09-2011 7:24pm

elaverty wrote: »

Just ring the number on the clamp or the notice you got,them lads will sort it out for you,,dont even need a grinder,,,:P :P

Just hope someone doesnt put superglue into the lock. Then THEY will have to cut it off....;)

Time · 02-09-2011 7:26pm

elaverty wrote: »

Just ring the number on the clamp or the notice you got,them lads will sort it out for you,,dont even need a grinder,,,:P :P

Which would be great if I could afford it/ they were reasonable/ I wasn't legally parked

seanybiker · 02-09-2011 9:18pm

Don't have one bud.
Leave air out of Tyre and it might slip off then. Obviously a spare tyre be handy.
Don't pay the fookers anyways

dark crystal · 02-09-2011 11:10pm

Time wrote: »

Does anyone on here have a loan of a cordless angle grinder to cut off a clamp? I'd just need a lend of it for 5 mins

Lol, my dad did that a few months back.

Would have loved to have seen the clamper's face the next morning

Time · 02-09-2011 11:42pm

dark crystal wrote: »

Time wrote: »

Does anyone on here have a loan of a cordless angle grinder to cut off a clamp? I'd just need a lend of it for 5 mins

Lol, my dad did that a few months back.

Would have loved to have seen the clamper's face the next morning

Haha by any chance do you know where he got it from?

seanybiker · 02-09-2011 11:44pm

Time wrote: »

Haha by any chance do you know where he got it from?

It was attatched to the wheel :pac:

dark crystal · 02-09-2011 11:46pm

Time wrote: »

Haha by any chance do you know where he got it from?

His garden shed. Not much use to you there, I'm afraid

Took him a good while to get it off too - really awkward it was.

seanybiker · 03-09-2011 1:00am

Someone in motors part of here said eave the car there for 5-6 days and they remove the clamp. Not helpful if you need the car badly but handy for the people with more than one car

EI_Flyboy · 03-09-2011 1:10am

Or if you have a friend with a car ambulance, tow it home where you can work on it at your leisure.

chelloveks · 03-09-2011 1:29am

Go buy a cordless angle grinder...sort yours....drive around town and rent the grinder to others who get clamped....payback period should be very short and you get the satisfaction of fcukin with the bastads!!!

ROCKMAN · 03-09-2011 9:20am

OK ,What would happen if you put your own clamp (homemade if need be ) with a note (release fee )over theirs .????

Trick of the Tail · 03-09-2011 10:42am

Where in Waterford did you get clamped?

On private land, I assume.

A.

Trick of the Tail · 03-09-2011 10:46am

The trouble is, if you do cut the clamp off, you're guilty of criminal damage. However if you manage to get it off without damaging it, there's no come-back.

Some of the clamps have chains attached, and they thread them through the steering rods etc, so you have to do a lot of dismantling to get it off.

However if someone else, unknown to you, has superglued the lock, you'd still have to pay to get them to come along to remove it, but when they can't you can bill them for the extra time of yours they waste cutting it off themselves.

€120 an hour seems reasonable.

A.

batm!ke · 03-09-2011 12:34pm

Do they not take your registration number? If you were to cut it off and go home can they not track you down?

Trick of the Tail · 03-09-2011 1:37pm

Yea, it would be a criminal investigation, thats my point.

Time · 03-09-2011 2:12pm

Clamp is removed now, without paying them I might add

jimbojazz · 03-09-2011 2:22pm

Time wrote: »

Clamp is removed now, without paying them I might add

Nice one, how did you sort it?

Bards · 03-09-2011 2:22pm

Can someone show me the relevant legislation allowing private clampers to install clamps on private vehicles on private land?

Someone removes said clamp from their private property (vehicle) than tough luck to the clampers

Time · 03-09-2011 2:48pm

jimbojazz wrote: »

Time wrote: »

Clamp is removed now, without paying them I might add

Nice one, how did you sort it?

Consaw, I'll post a few pics later.

jimbojazz · 03-09-2011 3:06pm

Time wrote: »

Consaw, I'll post a few pics later.

Hahahahahaa........you legend:D:D:D

EI_Flyboy · 03-09-2011 3:24pm

alinton wrote: »

The trouble is, if you do cut the clamp off, you're guilty of criminal damage. However if you manage to get it off without damaging it, there's no come-back.

If you keep the clamp, they'd never know whether it's been damaged or not!

gman2k · 03-09-2011 3:42pm

seanybiker wrote: »

Someone in motors part of here said eave the car there for 5-6 days and they remove the clamp. Not helpful if you need the car badly but handy for the people with more than one car

I know someone who got clamped at the railway station, left it there for the weekend with the clamp on, came back and clamp was gone!

Time · 03-09-2011 4:10pm

As promised

WonderWoman! · 03-09-2011 4:12pm

dark crystal wrote: »

Lol, my dad did that a few months back.

Would have loved to have seen the clamper's face the next morning

so would I:D

TheBody · 03-09-2011 4:31pm

So what's the story behind you getting clamped? I've read some shocking stories about clampers.

forfcksake · 03-09-2011 4:38pm

just piss on the clamp & then call them to take it off!

Jambo · 03-09-2011 4:49pm

Time wrote: »

Clamp is removed now, without paying them I might add

Fair play to you op , I should have done that myself but was in too much of a hurry when it happned to me in the industrial estate, (Bxxxxxrd had the chain woven through the suspension ) needless to say I know where this clamper and his respective company normally takes advantage of free parking at the weekends with their vans - needless to say I will be getting a lot of value back for my clamping fee in the very near future!!

Time · 03-09-2011 5:10pm

Jambo wrote: »

Fair play to you op , I should have done that myself but was in too much of a hurry when it happned to me in the industrial estate, (Bxxxxxrd had the chain woven through the suspension ) needless to say I know where this clamper and his respective company normally takes advantage of free parking at the weekends with their vans - needless to say I will be getting a lot of value back for my clamping fee in the very near future!!

Send me a PM with that info if you wouldn't mind, a taste of their own medicine mightn't go astray

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