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3.5 Tonne Vans for Sale (18)
Although Truckpages is a specialist truck website, we still get plenty of listings for used 3.5 tonne vans for sale. Think Ford Transit or Mercedes Sprinter.
These are the biggest vans you can buy and still drive them on a car licence without the need for a truck operators licence and all the extra paperwork that requires.
These vans need no tachographs, no special driver’s licence, no operator’s licence, no compulsory 6 week inspections, no driver’s hours restrictions etc.
Used 3.5 Tonne Vans
This means that this type of commercial vehicle is increasing in popularity.
What Does 3.5 Tonnes Mean?
It certainly does not mean that the van can carry 3.5 tonnes! That is the maximum allowed weight of the vehicle including payload.
So the amount you can carry depends on the make of van, the length and the height.
Buy a long wheel base, high roof 3.5 tonne van and you may find that you can carry less than a tonne. The shorter the wheelbase and lower the roof, the bigger the payload as a rule.
There are lighter vans – the medium class (think Transit Custom) goes up to around 2.6 tonnes Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW)
Latest News About 3.5 Tonne Vans
Another 600 Iveco Daily Vans for Tesco
Iveco has been supplying vans to the operation for over a decade, with some 900 Daily vehicles currently residing on the fleet. In total, since 2010, Tesco has operated 5,144 Daily chassis cabs fitted with climate-controlled bodies. Tesco’s new Daily 35S14 HI-MATIC are painted in white, featuring the brand’s blue livery and fresh produce imagery 45 Iveco Daily entered service via Guest Truck & Van in February, with Tesco bolstering that with a further 600 to arrive through 2021. The Specification Tesco’s new Daily 35S14 HI-MATIC are painted in white, featuring the brand’s blue livery and fresh produce imagery. All…
3.5t FUSO Canter – A Truck or a Van?
If you are looking for a tipper or a dropside that’s the size of a van but built more like a truck then you need to follow Anwen Construction's route and consider buying a 3.5 tonne Fuso Canter. The company already runs two tippers – one a ‘proper’ 7.5 tonner and the other a van-based 35. Tonne GVW tipper. The newest addition is a 3.5-tonne Canter 3C13 model which has a rugged ladder frame chassis and has twin rear wheels that more closely resembles the ‘proper’ truck than the van with the same gross vehicle weight. This is the first…
Iveco Eurocargo & Daily for Frozen Food Deliveries
These trucks won’t get worn out any time soon. Bought to deliver to cafes and restaurants, Johnson’s lockdown Mk3 has restricted the operations of 31 new Iveco trucks and vans bought by Kent Frozen Foods (KFF). The deal included 13 Eurocargo and 18 Daily commercial vehicles which add to the company’s fleet now totalling 80 vehicles – all of which are Ivecos. This is a great example of a local dealer doing a good job - Haynes Trucks has a 25-year relationship with KFF. KFF takes delivery of 13 12-tonne Eurocargo and 18 3.5-tonne Daily twin chamber fridge/chilled box vans…
IVECO UK donates Daily van to charity
Iveco has donated a refrigerated Daily van to FareShare, a food redistribution company co-founded with Sainsbury’s in 1994. Now in its 26th year, FareShare is the biggest operation of its kind in the UK and, since launching, has provided the equivalent of nearly 237 million meals. Iveco Daily Refrigerated Panel Van from Iveco's OK Trucks on Charity Work The new van will be put straight to work helping support the area most local to its UK operations base in Basildon, Essex. The Ipswich regional distribution centre services 160 local charities, with 73 of those within Essex county lines. Of those,…
