[pianotech] Vehicle Recommendations

[bppiano at aol.com]

Ford has the Transit connect you might check into.  From the inception, it was designed to be a service vehicle.  The maximum cargo area is 6 feet long; but, the height is on 52-53 inches tall.
That certainly knocks it out for hauling anything except an upright whose is less that 50 inches.  It has room and third party support for various storage configurations.  The price starts at the low 20k's and low to high 20;s for MPG.   Next year, Ford is supposed to intoduce an electric version.  The vehicle is mad in Turkey and is made with a diesel option and 6 speed manual transmission
for overseas consumption which hopefully will be offered here when diesel become more accepted.

Bruce Pennington, RPT









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Paul
 
There is a huge difference between looking for a vehicle that can carry an action, or oven a small portable keyboard, and one that can carry a small spinet piano. The actions and keyboards are relatively light weight, and so most cars that have the room in the trunk, or back area, like a SUV, HRR, or minivan, would work. But when it comes to moving pianos, even small spinets, I would tell the company to use the moving crew, with the appropriate truck.  


Wim


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    The store where I work is offering to purchase a new vehicle for me to use, which will also be used to transport keyboards and perhaps some small uprights(?).   One of the sales staff has a Prius, which appears to have enough room to carry an action, and they have used it to deliver digital pianos successfully.  So that is one choice, though I doubt a small upright will fit.   I'm also looking at some of the smaller SUV's like the Ford Escape, and some of the minivans, as well as the Chevy HHR (thanks, Wim!).  I want to be sure I'm getting a reliable vehicle, so if you know what to avoid, or have had a bad experience, you could post it here.  I'm a bit wary of the domestic brands because of reliability concerns, but I'm not opposed either.  It will have to be a late model as the budget limit is around $15k, so a new vehicle is probably too much right now.  It's going to be mostly freeway driving, s o it has to have enough power to get around.  MPG's should be reasonable.
    Any suggestions are welcome.  Thanks in advance.
 
    Paul McCloud, RPT
    San Diego
    PianoSD.com Service Technician 
 
 
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