Horsebox overhaul - north west

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After waiting nearly 2yrs for insurance work to our horsebox and having our time wasted by the builder and 3 other companies who were supposed to be booking it in to get on with it I need recommendations of who to try. We have the horsebox, a suitable new chassis (exact make, length etc) and the insurance money ready. I am not bothered about having it handed back complete and finished I just need it mounted onto the new chassis and basically driveable with some progress on it before I tear my hair out. Large horsebox builders in Lancashire we will have already tried (they are not interested in any large jobs other than their own new builds), so looking for any commercial vehicle people who are capable of the job (not necessarily horsebox specific). Will expand our search area pretty wide but given we'll need to pay recovery yet again to move it the nearer to Preston the better. It needs to be a firm who take on big jobs and give definate dates that don't slide for years!!!
 
I am puzzled by this. It clearly isn't a write off ,so must ,in principle ,be doable. What is the problem , I was trained to repair aircraft,which is body repair at its extreme. A horse box ,even a high value one ,is nothing compared to the luxury 747 s we worked on at jet aviation in Switzerland. The job and the price need to match and then you just get on with it .
 
This guy did some work on mine a couple of years ago. https://www.facebook.com/lf.conversions.5?ref=br_rs He used to work for one of the bigger companies and set up on his own. We felt he gave us a fair price, gave us none of the spiel that you usually get, he told us when it would be done and it was and we were more than happy with what he did.
Also heard that John Hilias is good to deal with, I think hes more your way too
 
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Thanks everyone we'll follow these up.

Mike, the horsebox has stood in low level water when the yard flooded in Desmond. It was well below the level of the horsebox itself but the air filter on the chassis and other engine parts stood in water overnight until the recovery truck could access to pull it out. Unfortunately despite the fact it was still perfectly drivable once dry the insurance company insisted it was written off rather than repaired. The assessor offered us a buyback given the box was totally unaffected and the payout was well below what boxes where retailing at at the time. Hence now by law we can't drive it until on another chassis and it has to be moved on recovery.
 
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