QUESTION:
Does anyone prefer the truck with a flatbed and a tank placed sideways that can haul several restrooms rather than a Ford F-550 service truck with a traditional tank and a two-unit carrier?
ANSWERS:
If your purpose is to have the best route truck, easy to handle and with everything within reach for servicing, then the traditional Ford F-550. If the truck must also do pickup and delivery duty, maybe consider the flatbed. There is no best answer without asking a lot of questions about your operation.
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I just put a Ford F-550 with a V-10 into service. I love it. The gas mileage is about 9 to 10 mpg on the route, with it dropping to 8 to 9 mpg as the truck fills.
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I run both types of trucks you mention, but use the flatbed for weekend and festival deliveries and pickups. My Ford F-550s are used for routes and servicing festivals.
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As a small company with trucks that serve double duty (delivery and service), we prefer to use the flat-tank type trucks. The drawbacks are a taller profile and the layout is generally not as user-friendly as our (traditional tank design) trucks. We are currently looking at changing our fleet to include more trucks that can haul more than two units at a time. Being able to move eight units on one truck makes our Fridays and Mondays so much easier.
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