Many commercial vehicles have tilting cabs. The portion of the body that rests over the cab is called the peak, also referred to, in some quarters, as a "Luton" or a "kick". Some commercial vehicles have a wind deflector on the cab roof, but this is not a Luton body the Luton is functional and can be accessed from the main body. More modern examples may be streamlined to reduce wind resistance. The body style is common in medium commercial vehicles such as the Ford Transit, as well as larger vehicles, especially those used by household removals companies. It was incidental that it was the home of Bedford although all the early Luton vans were on Bedford chassis. Straw hats were wrapped in hessian fabric in long cylinders to fit across the width of the van. This style of body was designed to accommodate the high-volume, low-weight loads of straw hats which were part of Luton's industry. It takes its name from the town of Luton, in Bedfordshire, where the Bedford commercial vehicle plant was located. A van is used for an enclosed railway freight carriage or medium or smaller commercial road vehicles.Ī Luton body is a style of commercial vehicle body incorporating an enclosed box body extended over the cab. In British English the word truck refers to large open topped freight vehicles or rail freight waggons. In British English, box van is a term for a four-wheeled covered goods wagon (freight vehicle) with a fully enclosed body.
Ford E-Series/Econoline/ Ford Transit, Dodge Ram Van, Chevrolet Express/ Chevrolet Van/ GMC Vandura/ GMC Savana), though pre-manufactured cutaway van chassis vehicles are the basis (rather than an actual cargo van), in order to reduce the labour required for production.īox van definition in British English Small box trucks often use the cab of full size vans from Ford, Chrysler or General Motors (e.g. and UD Trucks have been the most common producers of cab over-type medium duty cab/chassis used as platforms for box trucks. Isuzu Motors, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc.
įord, Dodge and Chevrolet/ GMC have historically been the most common manufacturers of conventional cab/ chassis to which the cargo box is attached by various producers (called body builders or upfitters).
They are often used by companies transporting home appliances or furniture, or are used as moving trucks which can be rented by individuals. They often have a garage door-like rear door that rolls up. Box trucks are typically 10–26 ft (3.0–7.9 m) in length and can range from Class 3 to Class 7 (12,500 lb.
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