Hi everyone,
I'm in the process of purchasing a used truck for my employer. The truck will be used for:
- furniture such as chairs, tables, beds and sofas
- I estimate that an average box of ours is 75 lbs so I don't see that we would need a heavy truck. Our heaviest product is probably 250 lbs
- Floor loaded and palletized shipments
I'm thinking that a 16 ft box truck would be good for us w PTG. It will have to be under 26,000 GVW so then there is also no required CDL for our drivers.
Could someone tell me if this is the right train of thought?
I also have some other questions:
- How can I decide whether to purchase gasoline or diesel? How are they different?
- Are there brands that are more reliable or are they generally the same?
- What else should I be considering?
- Where should I buy one? Penske?
Thank you
DJ
Purchasing a box truck
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by djg4988, Jul 24, 2017.
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16' will hold 6 pallets. You really should have a dealer determine your specific needs. You definitely want diesel for fuel economy. The truck in pic has 16' box and could be licensed as high as 32,000. I'm not familiar with the newer small diesels but this one had 3208 turbocharged and got about 12 mpg highway, doubt new ones are much better but just lack the reliability
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Cabover offers better visibility and manueverability, no fenders to knock off
I just out of the loop on smaller trucks anymore. I did test drive a Hino once which I really liked but we required a bunk truck. There are straight trucks where I work, all small Pete's but I am not aware of what their engine might be. Transmissions are autos for the most part.
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