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Lorry owner guides

Everything we get asked about selling, scrapping and keeping a broken lorry legal. No sales talk.

UK lorry scrap prices explained

The weight, metal and parts factors behind every scrap quote — and how to sanity-check the number you are offered.

Which MOT failures are worth fixing, which are terminal, and what you can legally do with a failed lorry.

Exactly which paperwork moves where when you sell — and how to sell with a missing V5C.

When you need a SORN, what it stops you doing, and how to sell a SORN lorry.

What each write-off category means, which can be repaired, and what it does to value.

Settlement figures, who actually owns the lorry, and how to complete a sale cleanly.

A simple repair-or-sell framework, with the faults that usually end a lorry's life.