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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. This means that this type of commercial vehicle is increasing in popularity.
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)
When Dasco Construction wanted ‘proper little trucks’ to replace less robust van-based vehicles the company decided on small trucks rather than converted vans. This means delivery of three new Fuso Canter 3C13 models. The Wigan-based company initially took two Canters then returned with an order for a further three, which were delivered just before Christmas – all were supplied by the Bolton outlet of Dealer Ciceley Commercials. Dasco Construction will celebrate its tenth anniversary in business this year. In that time its operation has grown rapidly, and the company now runs a fleet of more than 75 small tippers, vans…
Most businesses with a need to move things around will start off with a van or two, as they are straightforward to drive (and find drivers for), to buy and to service. Over time, the number of vans may well grow, but is using a load of vans the most efficient way of operating when a much smaller number of trucks would do? Vans vs 7.5 tonners - Payloads When we are talking about vans, we mean light commercial vehicles that have a maximum gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tonnes – these can be driven on a car licence and…
If you need a van that’s designed to be more like a truck then you might want to consider the same choice as paving company, Perfect Pave, and try out a new Fuso Canter at 3.5 tonnes GVW. “A no-nonsense workhorse, that’s what we need and that’s what we get with the FUSO Canter.” So says Alex Howley, whose Somerset company Perfect Pave has just commissioned its first vehicle from the all-new Canter range. The 3C13 variant was supplied by Intercounty Truck & Van. It has a Comfort cab and Scattolini three-way tipping body, which was pre-fitted at the FUSO…
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