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Questions before you call it a dry van

Door height, pallet size, and a dock. Typical numbers are not a tariff.

A 53-foot van is the common over-the-road box. A 48-foot van is the shorter cousin. Interior width is typically about 98 to 102 inches and interior height typically about 108 to 110 inches. A typical payload under the general 80,000-pound interstate gross limit often sits in the mid-40,000-pound range. Measure the freight anyway.

Ask whether the freight is taller than the door, whether it needs a liftgate, and whether both ends have docks. Freight that fails those checks is not a van problem you solve by hoping.

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