Box Trucks For Sale in South Carolina

Choosing a Box Truck for Your Business

When the deliveries and the transports start to pile up, it’s time to buy your own box truck. Investing can help you avoid the hassles of renting and allow you to more easily customize your box truck to fit your needs. The key to making a smart investment is to think about some of the biggest needs you have. Let Carolina International Trucks help you choose the right box truck for your business. You can also stop by one of our six locations throughout South Carolina to check out what we have available right now.

What Do You Haul?

Of course, the most important requirement for your box truck is going to be that it can efficiently haul your cargo. Whether it’s your own product or you haul cargo for other businesses and private citizens, the truck needs to be able to do its job, so you can do yours.

This will likely start with size. Different box trucks from different truck classes will handle more or less weight, depending on their gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR. Most of your options will likely fall in the light-duty or medium-duty truck range. The exact cargo weight limit should be provided by the manufacturer, so knowing what you’re hauling and what it’ll weigh is a crucial part of the buying process. If you’re unsure how to calculate that, ask one of our experienced staff for advice, or ask a colleague for their insight.

What Sort of Loading and Unloading Needs Do You Have?

Next, you’ll need to consider how you intend to get the cargo on and off the truck. For some, this won’t be much of a defining factor, especially if manual loading and unloading is accessible. For others, being able to roll a cart up a ramp, use a forklift, or other loading assistance is crucial. This could involve asking about higher trucks with roll-up doors. You could also find a side door entry beneficial. Think about the entire loading and unloading process and how your truck will need to be able to assist with this.

How Important is Additional Lighting?

Speaking of loading and unloading, the sun doesn’t care what time you’re beginning the haul and what time you’re ending. It rises and sets, and in the winter, that sunset comes early for South Carolina. You might find additional lighting inside the box portion extremely helpful, if not safer for the workers. Ask about models that already have lights, or how you can have them installed.

Ready to check out our box trucks for sale? Visit one of the many Carolina International Trucks locations near you, including in Columbia, South Carolina, and let us know how we can assist you.