Recommend me a box truck
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Box truck, gas, 8-12k or more for hauling chips to stores....
Seems that a step van would also fit the bill and be a lot more practical. Get to your destination, walk to the back, collect product, out the back door, into the store, back in and off you go. Seems there is a reason most delivery companies use them.
As for the links, seem to be appropriate...
Seems that a step van would also fit the bill and be a lot more practical. Get to your destination, walk to the back, collect product, out the back door, into the store, back in and off you go. Seems there is a reason most delivery companies use them.
As for the links, seem to be appropriate...
Yes a step van would be optimal if I could get one big enough. With the warehouse being 30 miles away the less trips there the better with the terrible gas mileage. So if I have a bigger truck I can make 2 trips instead of 3 and a big gas savings. I think I need an 18 footer for sure. A 16 footer might just not fit enough.
Originally Posted By: itguy08
Box truck, gas, 8-12k or more for hauling chips to stores....
Seems that a step van would also fit the bill and be a lot more practical. Get to your destination, walk to the back, collect product, out the back door, into the store, back in and off you go. Seems there is a reason most delivery companies use them.
As for the links, seem to be appropriate...
Except they are all diesel!
Box truck, gas, 8-12k or more for hauling chips to stores....
Seems that a step van would also fit the bill and be a lot more practical. Get to your destination, walk to the back, collect product, out the back door, into the store, back in and off you go. Seems there is a reason most delivery companies use them.
As for the links, seem to be appropriate...
Except they are all diesel!
Originally Posted By: DoubleApex
It will be used for hauling chips around to deliver to stores.
I'll definitely avoid the Isuzu then. I have a little while before I need one. I'm just trying to get my research in now that way I know what I want when the time comes.
DoubleWasp, is that Chevy truck with 400,000 miles on it diesel? If not how long are the Chevy and GMC gas box trucks good for? Should I be worried once a gas truck hits over 200,000 miles?
She's a gas model. Last of the 5.7 engines.
I would worry about nothing after 200k miles, except for maybe the fuel pump? Maybe? . Every time a local company does a fleet scrap of multiple vans, everyone goes down to the salvage yard that receives them to grab as many engines as they can, because it's well known that they all still work.
With regards to step vans, I'd stay away. The regular van body is far more comfortable. It's easily the most refined of the American vans, and you won't feel like you're driving a Bluebird school bus.
Step vans can be had in gas, but why? Step vans are something that employers put people into. Nobody actually wants one for themselves, except for tool dealers.
Besides, if you do need maintenance or repair items, do you want to drop in on an auto parts store and get cheap parts 7 days a week, even at night? Or go to some truck dealer who has to order everything out for you at a mint?
It will be used for hauling chips around to deliver to stores.
I'll definitely avoid the Isuzu then. I have a little while before I need one. I'm just trying to get my research in now that way I know what I want when the time comes.
DoubleWasp, is that Chevy truck with 400,000 miles on it diesel? If not how long are the Chevy and GMC gas box trucks good for? Should I be worried once a gas truck hits over 200,000 miles?
She's a gas model. Last of the 5.7 engines.
I would worry about nothing after 200k miles, except for maybe the fuel pump? Maybe? . Every time a local company does a fleet scrap of multiple vans, everyone goes down to the salvage yard that receives them to grab as many engines as they can, because it's well known that they all still work.
With regards to step vans, I'd stay away. The regular van body is far more comfortable. It's easily the most refined of the American vans, and you won't feel like you're driving a Bluebird school bus.
Step vans can be had in gas, but why? Step vans are something that employers put people into. Nobody actually wants one for themselves, except for tool dealers.
Besides, if you do need maintenance or repair items, do you want to drop in on an auto parts store and get cheap parts 7 days a week, even at night? Or go to some truck dealer who has to order everything out for you at a mint?
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
We have run an all GM fleet of 3500 vans and 1500 Silverados for decades here.
Just sold a Savana 3500 with half a million miles on it, loaded at 9200 pounds its entire life here! Still working daily in Michigan. 6.0 gas engined vehicle.
We have found them to be very reliable and have excellent resale even when thoroughly used...
So we do agree on something!
We have run an all GM fleet of 3500 vans and 1500 Silverados for decades here.
Just sold a Savana 3500 with half a million miles on it, loaded at 9200 pounds its entire life here! Still working daily in Michigan. 6.0 gas engined vehicle.
We have found them to be very reliable and have excellent resale even when thoroughly used...
So we do agree on something!
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
We have run an all GM fleet of 3500 vans and 1500 Silverados for decades here.
Just sold a Savana 3500 with half a million miles on it, loaded at 9200 pounds its entire life here! Still working daily in Michigan. 6.0 gas engined vehicle.
We have found them to be very reliable and have excellent resale even when thoroughly used...
So we do agree on something!
Indeed we do. You and I are probably more in agreement than not, actually!
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
We have run an all GM fleet of 3500 vans and 1500 Silverados for decades here.
Just sold a Savana 3500 with half a million miles on it, loaded at 9200 pounds its entire life here! Still working daily in Michigan. 6.0 gas engined vehicle.
We have found them to be very reliable and have excellent resale even when thoroughly used...
So we do agree on something!
Indeed we do. You and I are probably more in agreement than not, actually!
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