[Shop-talk] Better construction vehicles?

[old dirtbeard]

A GMC Savana heavy (or Chevy) 1/2 ton cargo van with a 4.3L V6 is tough to beat. 
It has 2,250 lb. payload, can pull a most any trailer, drives like a car, and 
mine (an '03) averages 18.5 mpg in mostly city driving (on trips it gets 20.5 
mpg). It is my daily driver, and the only problems I have with it is that it is 
6' 11" high and will not fit in most of the older parking structures (here in LA 
they are building the newer structures taller, at least on the first floor). 


I think the Dodge vans are much lower profile (I see them parked in parking 
structures my GMC will not fit).

 best,


shook
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'72 BSA B50SS
'74 Triumph TR6
'01 HD XHL 883
'07 Aprilia XSV 550
'03 GMC Cargo Van




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From: Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org>
To: shop-talk List <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 7:31:28 AM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Better construction vehicles?

I've been thinking about getting a better vehicle for my side construction
business. The Impreza does great except for the plywood sheets :-)

A pickup truck isn't weathertight and rides like a truck, and more often than
not I'll have things in there that don't want to be bounced around.

I've been thinking about a mini-van. A few people have told me theirs will
haul 4x8 sheets. I'm assuming if it can haul 7 people it'll be ok with bags of
mortar, etc. Any thoughts?

thanks,
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