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The Street Lifter, the most popular method of taking vehicles by bailiffs.
The street lifter is a flat-bed truck fitted with a lorry mounted crane used for moving a vehicle without the drivers permission or where the vehicles keys are not available.
The street lifter was popular with local authorities for controlling ilegally parked vehicles and clearing highways of abandoned vehicles. More recently, private companies have used them to enforce debts usually without having contacted the driver beforehand, and often with a view to make a profit on the vehicles return or from its sale on auction websites. This is an example of Newlyn Plc selling vehicles on eBay from its vehicle scrapyard in Hoddesdon. Newer and more elaborate vehicles never reach auction.
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