Manky Monkey Motors

hi,guys,

i,m soon going to be re-locating   oo,p  north,, ::) ::)

and the long term plan is to live on a canal boat   so i,m now starting to look  for a cheap boat that i can overhaul and re-fit out

any tip off,s /information on any thing that may be available will be gratefuuly recieved  ,

THANKS,,,

remember to allow for all the overheads, mooring fee's, canal fee's etc. GOOD LUCK with it though. Isn't there someone on this site already doing this ?

One of my neighbours was going to, but switched to living on the road instead.
I was in Stratford on Avon yesterday & passed a couple camped at the roadside in an old wooden bow topped Gypsy caravan, with 2 horses tethered next to it. Still possible to live off-grid I guess, but I did notice there was a VW Golf parked behind the caravan!

Tisn't easy living on the canals any more Mike - unless you keep moving (and I mean more than a mile or two) or else live in an expensive marina, the Canal trust can confiscate your boat!

moorings  etc shouldn,t be a problem since i will be part of a team  (family firm ) maintaining a fleet of holiday hire boats ,, day boats,,  and trip boats   at pennine cruisers in skipton .

Ah, I never thought of that!

my other idea  ::) ::)  is a 7,5  ton box lorry and convert it into part living accomadation ,, , part workshop / storage ,
this maybe a better idea  ,,if the job dosnt work out i could just move on elsewhere , also  no moorings etc

As long as you have somewhere to park it.

Home is where you park it  ;D I got the tee shirt

71/2 tonners are relatively cheap, much cheaper than a canal boat...

yep, i,m looking at a few  ex royal mail ones at present  but they have very short mot,s or none at all ,, i could do with picking something up with a long test on it then it would give me a head start ..