New Dry Van

I priced a Dane earlier this year with similar specs and it was around $32-$33k. Way to much for me for what I use mine for. Even a new fleet spec is more than I want to spend for what I use them for.

 

Wabash has some pretty cool options. A company called Nussbaum runs wabash with a 35k rating, chain ties in the floor, and can load skidded coils in them. I'm very partial to wabash products. Stoughton makes very good products as well. Great Dane has been mentioned several times and you can't go wrong there either. Depends on what you haul. Great Dane, Stoughton, Strick, Wabash can make a great dry van for any application. I pull reefer and Wabash and Stoughton are high on my radar. Stoughton is releasing a reefer model coming soon.

 

This is cool learning about vans here. Who knew they where so cheap.

 

Stainless steel chemical tankers that are built for pressure offloads and food grade pneumatic trailers is what I have experience with. $125k+ is starting range for our trailers from what I hear. Always learing here.

 

stoughton called me to see if wanted a new trailer a few months back,they were selling plate vans for about 26.5K,which is a decent deal. i have a 2016 hyundai and i think its a pos.

i would get a plate van,with hendrickson or holland suspension. 24" posts. tire monitor and air slide. all the other stuff like lights and wheels,it just adds to the cost and really isn't van specific.

are you gonna be hauling paper rolls? i typically don't haul them because your trailer will get beat up fast. and the rates are a joke. the point is i wouldn't spec a trailer to haul that if you aren't specifically going to do that.

 

Wow $35,000 for a loaded up van? That's cheap. I couldn't get one under $40,000 when I spec'd it with every possible thing I wanted. I wanted disc brakes and the smart lift axle and that was $6,000 or so extra as I recall. Stainless nose and doors all,the lights, self inflation system, logistics posts on 12" centers, paper spec floors. I think the Dane was $43,000 and the Utility $44,000. Disc brakes are a good choice but pricey upfront spec $2,500 more than drums or were about 3 years ago.

I got mine for $27,500. There was practically no downward negotiation on the price. New trailers at the time were in very high demand. I believe they still are. With hindsight I wish I had financed it. Or actually just kept my older paid for trailer and that big pile of cash. Hindsight is always 20/20. I used to do a lot of lucrative loads that required 10 years or newer trailers. I haven't done very many of those since I bought the new one. Funny how that works. And of course freight tanked right after I bought it. It sits parked for several weeks at a time anymore.

 

It's a van trailer. Once it gets 10 years old the value will plummet no matter what the specs are or the shape it's in. Get a white box with steel wheels and don't spend any more than you have to. Get practical specs if you must have new. Self inflation system, disc brakes, paper spec floors (do you really need that), & plenty of logistics posts. Don't pay cash in full for it. Finance it. Honestly if you could save $15,000 getting a clean 5 year old or newer trailer that's what you should do. Just my O. I'll quit cluttering up your post.

Edited : Wanted to add that side skirts work, so another practical spec there. My van doesn't have them but the reefer I pull does and they do help fuel mileage.