Small lorry or big van?

摘要

DISCUSSIONS FOR ANDagainst the 75-tonne "small lorry" will continue to rumble on for a while yet, with many operators feeling this weight category offers the optimum solution to their needs. This is despite the gradually diminishing pool of pre-1997 licence holders able to drive them on a car licence without another test, and the fact that larger 2-axle rigids offer much greater payloads with the same footprint and only slightly higher costs. Those operators who choose to have vehicles that can be driven by category 1 licence holders have another decision to make, small lorry or big van?