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May have the opportunity to help out a small business with getting a vehicle(s) for hauling small loads locally. Most, if not all of their stuff gets moved on pallets, so loading/unloading would primarily be by forklift. The owner wants to move as much as possible, without getting a semi-truck and trailers. He currently runs a small box van, an old U-haul truck, and wants to upgrade.
One option: I recommended the 5-ton M927 or M928 trucks, with the 20-foot beds, but those beds are pretty high - if he did have to unload a few things without the use of a forklift, it would suck for whoever had to do it by hand. The plus side is they are cheap, and rugged, will last him a long time. Down side is it will drink fuel by the barrel.
The other option: a standard pickup truck (or dually pickup), with a gooseneck trailer. It's more expensive of a proposition, as the owner would have to buy a pickup (preferably a diesel) AND a gooseneck trailer. Probably about $8-$10K at least. The pluses is that a gooseneck is lower to the ground, easier loading whether by forklift or hand, also he can take the trailer off and use the pickup by itself when he needs to.
Wanted some opinions from the peanut gallery, see what you think I should recommend to him.
One option: I recommended the 5-ton M927 or M928 trucks, with the 20-foot beds, but those beds are pretty high - if he did have to unload a few things without the use of a forklift, it would suck for whoever had to do it by hand. The plus side is they are cheap, and rugged, will last him a long time. Down side is it will drink fuel by the barrel.
The other option: a standard pickup truck (or dually pickup), with a gooseneck trailer. It's more expensive of a proposition, as the owner would have to buy a pickup (preferably a diesel) AND a gooseneck trailer. Probably about $8-$10K at least. The pluses is that a gooseneck is lower to the ground, easier loading whether by forklift or hand, also he can take the trailer off and use the pickup by itself when he needs to.
Wanted some opinions from the peanut gallery, see what you think I should recommend to him.