When you need to transport a washing machine or some moving boxes, you have a choice: should you hire a trailer or a "boedelbak" (a type of trailer), or a van? Price plays a role, but so do practical considerations. An explanation.
Aanhangwagen/boedelbak
A covered trailer (removal trailer) protects your valuables from the elements and offers the necessary loading space, but often with a limited load capacity.
A trailer is ‘simply’ covered by your car insurance, so you don't need to take out a separate policy.
Naturally, to tow a trailer, you'll need a car with a towbar and an official (white) number plate for the trailer. Also, don't forget that a maximum speed of 90 kilometres per hour applies to a car plus trailer on the (motor)way.
People who aren't used to it often find driving with a trailer awkward and even frightening. In particular, turning and reversing causes many drivers to have sweaty palms.
If the weight of the trailer is more than 750 kg, you need a BE or B+ driving licence. This also applies if the combined weight of the car and trailer exceeds 3500 kg.
Van
A van or small panel van is in many cases at least as suitable and just as advantageous as a covered trailer. A small panel van also offers you more loading space.
A delivery van and a small van can be driven with a ‘regular’ Category B driving licence and they have practically the same driving characteristics as a normal car. The only disadvantage is that a delivery van or small van only offers space for one passenger.
What is cheaper?
What is cheaper to rent now: a trailer or a van?
We compared our small van (6 m³ of cargo space) with the most rented trailer: the Boedelbak type CH, with a cargo space of approx. 4.8 m³. What did we find? The two are practically the same price in the end, while the small van offers you a quarter more cargo space.
The sum
De genoemde aanhanger kost op Boedelbak.nl standaard € 39 per 3 uur of € 46 per kalenderdag (peildatum 30-6- 2016). Voor de volledigheid willen we erbij zeggen dat je 20% respectievelijk 40% korting krijgt als je de aanhangwagen 3 of 7 dagen of langer huurt.
Renting a small van costs €19.90 per part-day with us (comparable to the 3 hours for the trailer) and €27.50 per day. In addition, there's a charge of €11.50 for insurance and €0.19 per kilometre, plus VAT, bringing the total to €38 per part-day and €47.19 per calendar day.
For the sake of simplicity, we have disregarded fuel costs, as you would naturally incur these with your own car and a rented trailer.
What is your preference? For a trailer or for a van or delivery van in Kerkrade in an environment? Let us know in a comment.
2 responses
Do you have luggage trolleys?
No, we don't rent those out anymore. If you're going to ask this every week, we'll naturally start offering them for rent again.