The A950 runs west across Buchan from Peterhead: Longside, Mintlaw, Old Deer, then New Pitsligo, with the A952 crossing at Mintlaw and the A981 available toward Strichen. It is a single-carriageway farm-and-village road, not a dual. Breakdowns sit in the Longside bends, at Aden/Old Deer, and on the New Pitsligo climb. Loading is often a farm close or a village street with no hard shoulder. DSBM comes from Fraserburgh — commonly A90/Cortes then Mintlaw, or A981 via Strichen if that is shorter for the live truck. Tell us which village you just passed and whether the vehicle is on the A950 or down a signed farm road.
Longside bends, Mintlaw cross, Old Deer, New Pitsligo climb.
East: Peterhead traffic leaving town onto a fast-but-narrow A-road. Longside: bends and village junctions. Mintlaw: the A952 cross, the busy bit. Old Deer: Aden traffic mixing with the A950. West: the climb into New Pitsligo. Call 01224 044741 or GPS 07475 722702.
When you call from the A950
Last village, direction (Peterhead-bound or New Pitsligo-bound), on-road vs farm close, registration, whether it rolls. A photo in a close or at the Mintlaw roundabout stops us sending the wrong length of truck. Stuartfield is off the B9030 — say so if that is actually where you are.
Typical breakdown spots
Longside bends in the wet; Mintlaw commute; Aden/Old Deer when the park is busy; New Pitsligo in snow. This is the road page, not a Longside clone.
Breakdown and accident recovery
24/7 from Fraserburgh: live-road shunts on a single carriageway, non-runners in village streets the A950 clips, farm-close recoveries. Buchan-local, not long-haul.
Booked collection
Village or farm pickups: both postcodes at quotes.dsbm.uk. Live A950 jobs are a call.
Honest ETA from Fraserburgh
Mintlaw/Old Deer: mid-Buchan. Peterhead end: shorter if the truck is already east. New Pitsligo: often quicker via the A981. Time after the pin.
BROKEN DOWN ON THE A950?
Call 01224 044741. Last village and whether you have left the road for a farm close.