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Vans for tradespeople

A van is advertised in litres and bought in kilograms. Payload is the difference between kerb weight and permitted gross weight, and on a converted van it is smaller than anyone expects: racking, roof bars, tow bar, a full tank and two people are already in it before the first material goes aboard. Anyone carrying tiles, screed or tool cases hits the weight limit long before the volume limit — with insulation it is the other way round.

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What matters

  • Work out the payload before you order the conversion: permitted gross weight minus kerb weight, both in the registration document. Steel racking weighs several times the same racking in plywood, and that difference is missing every single day.
  • Measure the longest thing you carry regularly and take it to the viewing. What decides is not internal length but the width between the wheel arches and the height of the rear door opening — that is where sheets and ladders fail, not on litres.
  • A solid bulkhead protects the cab under emergency braking. Without one every unsecured box becomes a projectile, and securing the load is the driver's responsibility — not the customer's and not the previous owner's.
  • On ex-fleet and ex-rental vans the truth sits in three places: the sliding-door runners, the clutch and the load lip. High mileage with unbroken servicing is not a problem; many drivers with no service record is.

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Common questions

Why does this list show only vehicles with recoverable VAT?
Because for a VAT-registered business that is a different price from the same figure charged by a private seller: with VAT shown on the invoice it can be reclaimed, without it cannot. How much you can actually deduct, and what use that assumes, is a question for your tax authority or your accountant — it depends on the business, not on the van. Buying privately, remove the filter in the search and the full stock appears.
Panel van or high-roof car-derived van?
A high-roof car-derived van drives and parks like a car, fits most underground car parks and is enough for tools and small materials. As soon as sheets, ladders longer than a room or palletised goods come into it, it is too small, and every compromise costs time on site. The honest test is the loading list of a typical week, not of a typical day.

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