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choose an commercial vehicle and, therefore, a means to work is a very different thing from that of choosing a car. The first thing you need to have clear is: what to do with the van. What, in the jargon, is called "mission". Depending on the mission, in fact, it is advisable to opt for a specific design or construction. It is clear that this is not a choice between a manufacturer or another, but between a configuration or another, a drive or another, including a volume of cargo or another.

Basically there are three variables to be considered: distances to travel, to carry weight, volumes to be transported; which can be added to the environment you have to move (city, provincial town, rural, or suburban area).

Based on these parameters and cross-referencing data you can get, with some ease, to a solution.

since the last parameter, the weights to carry, which is what determines the size of the van.

Load Volume

The volume of goods transported must consider not only the size of the unit, but also how much merchandise we carry in our travels. If, for example, we must choose a delivery van to make a single plant or small pieces of furniture we can safely move towards a furgonetta a small van or a forint or a Doblò (to use the Fiat range as a reference), but if we have to consider transport which provides for multiple items even if small, we must consider increasing the effective volume of our medium and is linked to larger vehicles such as the Shield or the Duchy. The magnitude of the van is also usually have easier access and better living space of the cargo area, always take as an example for the transport of plants, or to mattresses, we must also consider their regardless of their size and weight and the actual volume they occupy, larger vans have wider doors and higher receptacles that facilitate the transport of bulky items. In general, precisely for these reasons, there are several versions of the same model of car bodies with different heights and steps in order to adapt to different transport needs.

Load capacity

its strength and how much we spend what we have to carry the weight. What is known as carrying capacity. This quantity is the difference between the tare weight of the vehicle, that is, its empty weight, and the permissible total mass, ie the maximum "legal" that can have the vehicle fully loaded. For this reason, the load capacity does not always go hand in hand with the size of the van. Precisely because of the tare, often larger in size vans have, proportionally, a loading capacity of less than smaller vehicles. In this we are in the help sheets and lists of vehicles. On the other hand, there are large volumes of cargo are the heavy weights and vice versa. We always take the example of the very large mattress, but much lighter than, for example, a pallet of water bottles or boxes of full of mechanical components.

the weight of goods carried binds necessarily the choice of the operator. The more weight we carry on our van as we need an engine capable of handling stress. In general, for a commercial transport medium, a power range between 90 and 120 hp on average covers all transportation needs, but if the weights were constantly at the upper limit of 3.5 tonnes, one must orient on more powers high as 130 or even 150 or more hp. In any case we always orient on a diesel engine (Diesel), which provides higher torque at low speeds and increased fuel economy as well as a lower cost fuel.

trails and distances

attached to the weight of the goods to be transported and the engine of choice is the type of route you have to do. Short distances or short, flat or mountainous terrain or on asphalt stretches of dirt road. These are all things to consider when choosing. In general, courses mainly in the plain, perhaps with frequent stops, you can direct at low or medium-sized engines, with average powers that give good torque at low revs useful start, but that does not involve a large consumption of fuel. If you do have many miles on the motorway or on country roads you can direct to more powerful engines, without exaggeration, that allow a good driving comfort within the limits of law and a decent reserve of power for overtaking or long uphill sections. If the job takes on mountain roads, with sharp ups and downs even then, especially if you travel with a lot of weight, the horses will be more, or risk losing time on the toughest climbs and greater "effort" in the guide.

Where we move and how far do we do?

This is also an important consideration especially in light of the recent restrictive rules on the movement in urban centers. If you must travel a few kilometers per day (up to 200), in a city or sub-urban areas, you may consider buying a gas van or bifuel (gas and gasoline), almost all the houses have in range at least one engine, the cost is a bit 'higher than a diesel, but the savings in cost of fuel is high, also with the gas can bypass the traffic jams and get better access to the centers historians. The "against" autonomy are more scarce, and most of the tare weight (because of cylinders) typically 250-300 kg extra. There would also be electrically powered, but for the moment is still at an experimental stage and, except in rare cases, not convenient.

Front-wheel drive or rear? Single or twin wheels?

If you got to ask yourself these questions means that it is already ahead in the choice of vehicle and are developing the details. Given the fact that similar options are offered only by a few houses and on special models. The difference between the two solutions is not easy to explain, say, simply, that rear-wheel drive offers better performance when traveling at full load and greater maneuverability (Not easy to drive!), Always under heavy loads and paths more tortuous, even movements with rear-wheel drive you can count on a greater steering angle than the front-wheel drive. In contrast, the front-wheel drive vehicle and provides a guide most intuitive, best suited to those unfamiliar with "truck". As for the rear twin wheel that offers greater security and stability under conditions of the high weight, but also results in a tare greater and greater attention to hold onto slippery ground, although when you move often unpaved roads or in yards can be useful because of the extra traction it provides.