Van payload

[CLASSICPW 14]

A friend of mine did a job for the MVA and got 4 250 gal water tanks, in crates, for free. He's giving me 2. The question is for the guys who use vans. Does anyone haul 500 gal of water in a van? I'm between a 10 ft box truck and a elongated ford 350 van. I'm pretty sure these tanks will fit in a van, but I just need some good advice.

[PressurePros 248]

You will hate life stuffing a machine and a 250 gal tank into an E350. Even the 10 foot box truck will be tight quarters. Sometimes I wish I had a race car trailer when everything is loaded up for a big job. (Machine, surface cleaner, extension wand, chemicals, water reserve, chem tank,waste disposal tank, recovery vac and berms, ladders, chemical pump and deck sprayer might all end up in your arsenal. There are jobs where you need them all at once. It's best to think ahead and go with the largest cargo capacity you can afford.