Jat .I hope you are not covered by the RAC for breakdown and recovery i had a problem which the break down man could not solve and he took great delight in telling me my long wheel based van was to long and would have to be recovered as a commercial vehicle, from the M25 near the m11 to Southend cost almost nearly £300. The nice breakdown man even had a list so he knew which van he could take a those he would charge , mine was 11" to long for thier service they had moved the goal posts while i was a member but like most people never read the small print I got during the renewal. So everybody check if you are covered in your long wheel based vans . I am now with the AA who do have upper size limits but they are huge much bigger than long wheel based vans !!

I complained to the RAC about what occured and the cost's involved but got told they were a bussiness and the fact that they had made best part of £200 from my breakdown was irrelivant , I had chatted with the driver about what he and his company got for the pick up so it was easy to work out the profit ..