Differences Between Box Truck And Semi Trailer Trucks

BUKIT BATOK, Singapore - May 1, 2018 - PRLog -- Trucks – the paradise of country people and the backbone of logistics industry. Surely, petrol heads and car enthusiasts know about the intricate differences about the myriad varieties of truck industry, but still there exist a number of people who do not know about trucks.

Today, we would like to talk about box trucks and semi trailer trucks.

1. Box Truck

In most basic level, a box truck can be defined in terms of two things – an engine cabinet and a rectangular box shaped container, used to carry goods from one place to another. These trucks are equipped with powerful engines and give gas mileage in the range of 8 – 14 gallons.
With abilities to withstand a magnanimous weight quantity of almost 33,000 pounds, you can shift heavy furniture, industry goods, factory supplies, mechanical infrastructure and from one state to another.

Types

There are two types of box trucks:
• Conventional box truck
• Cabover box truck
Conventional, as the name indicates, is like a normal truck. Your engine is in front of the car along with radiator and in front of a steering wheel. This brings out a 'nose' shape feature. Talking about cabover box trucks, these trucks possess the engine under the driver's seat.

Pricing

Box trucks are categorized into light duty, medium duty and heavy-duty trucks. Light duty trucks cost around 25000 – 40000 dollars while medium and heavy-duty trucks may reach the price peak of 100000 dollars.
If you want to buy commercial trucks, it is recommended to know your size requirements.

2. Semi Trailer Trucks

Semi trailer trucks have the option to either attach or detach a trailer. You can drive the truck as per your requirement. Going to pick up heavy machinery, time to attach a trailer. Want to feel lightweight – time to detach the trailer. Semi trailer commercial trucks are immensely popular because of this feature.
The trailer is held with help of a tractor. It comes in all shapes and sizes. It is also possible to buy a truck of one company and a trailer of another while, buying both of them from the same company may appear cheap.
Semi commercial trucks typically cost around 80000 dollars but there are companies which have started building electric commercial trucks. Their price is around 150000 dollars.

Leasing Option

A lot of people cannot pay money upfront for a commercial truck - http://commercialvehicle.com.sg - and so, they go for leasing options instead. Taking into account the cost of insurance, fuel adjustment and maintenance, the monthly payments are easily in the range of 1000 dollars – 2500 dollars per month.

An Interesting Analogy

Vehicle experts try to connect an analogy of MAC and Windows to box trucks and semi trucks. Box trucks are like MAC, you cannot change much. You are given limited options i.e. one dull rectangular box and a truck to carry goods.
Semi trucks are versatile in nature like Windows. Transform them however you want – they will adapt to your needs. You will have the functionality of custom designing almost everything of the truck.