Vans with boxes

**greg334** · 03-17-2010, 10:45 AM

And what, pass up a free breakfast?

I went through the tape measure thing yesterday. I was tired of hearing I was wrong so off to the local auto parts manufacturer.

**Dakota** · 03-17-2010, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Deville

You can get the srw 10ft cube with a flat floor.....I don't think you can get 4 skids in there though. The Box is only slightly wider than the cab.

Penske sells alot of these setups, U-haul also resells the same setup when they are done with it.

I trust Penske's service and maintenance alot more than U Haul's Most of the the U-Haul's goto places that are independently owned so they don't care for them as much. I'm not even sure U-Haul has it's own shops? Also, I think there loading floors are lower, for me this makes a difference since I can backup a Penske cube to the dock and most of the time the plate will lower into it

**greg334** · 03-17-2010, 12:33 PM

I wouldn't buy a uHaul for this work or anything beyond the need of a storage truck. They have pretty poor record on maintenance and some of those trucks are so beaten. Beside they have a longer fleet life than other companies.

Penske and ryder I have had great luck with, but I am still bothered by showing up in a yellow truck - never got over that.

15' penske 2007 gmc chassis with 6.0l $7500

**transporter** · 03-17-2010, 08:59 PM

4 48 by 48 no
i have 15 ft'er no wheel wells
can do 3 48 by 48
6 48 by 40
5 45 by 45 technically 6 but getting last skid on and off can be a problem so only do 5 45's

**greg334** · 03-17-2010, 10:28 PM

transporter,
do you stagger the 48x48s?

Do you have a sleeper in it or do you have all 15 feet for cargo?

**Dakota** · 03-17-2010, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by greg334

Penske and ryder I have had great luck with, but I am still bothered by showing up in a yellow truck - never got over that.

15' penske 2007 gmc chassis with 6.0l $7500

That's what paint is for

**greg334** · 03-17-2010, 11:04 PM

you paint a truck lately?

**Dakota** · 03-18-2010, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by greg334

you paint a truck lately?

House paint and a roller LOL,
No, but I believe Penske will paint it for you for not too much.

**RLENT** · 03-18-2010, 02:12 AM

Originally Posted by greg334

you paint a truck lately?

After the wife backed into my passenger door, I took the Sprinter by the local bodyshop to see if they could fix it and talked to them about handling the other dents and dings, and touching up the various rust spots .....

A couple of guys that worked there came out and looked at it as the other guy was working on the estimate ..... and sorta winced at the prospect of painting something that large, commenting that it would be very pricey (... the paint alone)

**jaminjim** · 03-18-2010, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by RLENT

After the wife backed into my passenger door, I took the Sprinter by the local bodyshop to see if they could fix it and talked to them about handling the other dents and dings, and touching up the various rust spots .....

A couple of guys that worked there came out and looked at it as the other guy was working on the estimate ..... and sorta winced at the prospect of painting something that large, commenting that it would be very pricey (... the paint alone)

Stop by the house the next time you are in the area, I'm 3/4 of the way done painting the interior of my house. I have several rollers and between the two of us we could knock it out in a half hour. As far as the dings and dents go, I'm also 1/3 the way done on the tile job so maybe we could use 'thin set' or grout.

**jaminjim** · 03-18-2010, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by greg334

And what, pass up a free breakfast?

I went through the tape measure thing yesterday. I was tired of hearing I was wrong so off to the local auto parts manufacturer.

No offense intended, but if he/she is that stupid why bother with them?

**greg334** · 03-18-2010, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by jaminjim

No offense intended, but if he/she is that stupid why bother with them?

I'm not offended, just bored.

I was tired of him boasting all the work he has been getting, which I know his revenue stream but not what he was hauling. I've talk to the guy for a while, he's pretty good guy expect for this one issue - "I can carry more than you". So I bet him breakfast he couldn't carry 48X48 pallets or totes side by side in his box.

**transporter** · 03-18-2010, 05:36 PM

greg if its 3 48 by 48 i put them one roll down the center. do to improvements i made i have a 14 footer.

**Dakota** · 03-18-2010, 11:50 PM

drove a 14' Ford E350 dually rear cube today it had the 7.3litre diesel. I can say I was not impressed by the mileage over a gasser
I got 12.5 to 13
In a GMC with 6.0 a 16" BTW, I average 11 to 12
Both of these I drive at 70MPH
I am sure both would go up driving 60mph, but the diesel is not enough of a gain to offset the price of diesel

**DannyD** · 03-20-2010, 03:25 AM

I came to this thread to ask this very Q, what kind of MPG does this thing get? Now that it's answered, do ya get a fair amount of C runs w/ this truck or is it mostly Bs?

12 MPG seems tough. At the same time if the vehicle is thousands less than a Sprinter, that's a lot of gas. I ran some numbers, albeit w/out complete information, & figured that one of these would give about a $500/month head start on a Sprinter. The Sprinter could catch up in fuel savings at about the 4800 mile mark. After that the Sprinter comes out ahead.

I based it on this @12MPG would use 400 gallons for 4800 miles. $2.75/gallon = $1100. Sprinter @24MPG would use 200 gallons @ $3.00 = $600. Price of this was $7500 (per Gregs post) & Sprinter $30,000. The numbers may be off, but that's a starting point for my comparion.

Also, to the best ya can guess, what do ya think the MPG might be if ya were to drive 65?

Last but not least, I googled Penske & couldn't find where they were selling the trucks. Would anyone have a link for the site where they're selling these trucks?

Originally Posted by Dakota

drove a 14' Ford E350 dually rear cube today it had the 7.3litre diesel. I can say I was not impressed by the mileage over a gasser
I got 12.5 to 13
In a GMC with 6.0 a 16" BTW, I average 11 to 12
Both of these I drive at 70MPH
I am sure both would go up driving 60mph, but the diesel is not enough of a gain to offset the price of diesel