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<blockquote data-quote="TeamLift" data-source="post: 1810317" data-attributes="member: 54974"><p>No they don't, contractors do not take anything into consideration except price when putting a truck or van on a route. You want proof, HD packages are getting bigger and bigger everyday, yet the new vans that are making their way on to the scene are smaller and smaller. Sales people call contractors and say, hey, I got this van and I'll give you an incredible deal on it, they go down and buy it without even thinking about whether it will do the job or not. These new Promasters and Transit vans are half to three quarters the size of a regular sprinter. Everyday I see drivers struggle to cram, slam, and force packages into those little cargo areas. I don't have a problem with either of these, however, buy the biggest, longest one they make, not the sawed off ones that are only good for hauling show size boxes. My perfect HD truck would be a sprinter front end for turning radius and fuel mileage, with a box that is 14 feet long and about 78 to 80 inches wide and no more than 9.5 feet tall with a low entry cargo area. That being said, a promaster 3500 extended would be my other choice, they are 10 inches wider than a sprinter van which helps quite a bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeamLift, post: 1810317, member: 54974"] No they don't, contractors do not take anything into consideration except price when putting a truck or van on a route. You want proof, HD packages are getting bigger and bigger everyday, yet the new vans that are making their way on to the scene are smaller and smaller. Sales people call contractors and say, hey, I got this van and I'll give you an incredible deal on it, they go down and buy it without even thinking about whether it will do the job or not. These new Promasters and Transit vans are half to three quarters the size of a regular sprinter. Everyday I see drivers struggle to cram, slam, and force packages into those little cargo areas. I don't have a problem with either of these, however, buy the biggest, longest one they make, not the sawed off ones that are only good for hauling show size boxes. My perfect HD truck would be a sprinter front end for turning radius and fuel mileage, with a box that is 14 feet long and about 78 to 80 inches wide and no more than 9.5 feet tall with a low entry cargo area. That being said, a promaster 3500 extended would be my other choice, they are 10 inches wider than a sprinter van which helps quite a bit. [/QUOTE]
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