In addition to a Sprinter Van for installations, I use a 2006 Town & Country mini van for general getting around but also often for picking up 4 x 8 panels from my distributor. (Otherwise I have to move gear out of the Sprinter.) The seats fold into the floor providing a nice flat deck and it's designed to fit 4 x 8 panels, which it does with the hatch closed. I've moved as many as 12 plywood panels at a time. When they re-designed the model in 2007 or 08 they made it shorter and panels won't fit. Do any other mini vans (Toyota, Honda) have a flat deck scenario that will fit a 4 x 8 panel?
Mention the specific year if relevant. Thanks, Tony

With the price of fuel and cost of labor, I always had the distributor bring it to my shop.

Hi RichC, hope your well.Lets try this...say that you did not get any inventory delivered. None whatsoever; OK ? Now, with that said do you have anything to add to the question Tony posted on the 18th of July ? Reread it if you need to. He was asking about a vehicle that could transport panels and perhaps other stock if necessary.Much obliged for sharing your many years of knowledge with the rest of us.

we added a flatbed truck 16 yrs. ago. can haul anything with it. load and unload with a forklift. Truthfully, it's as useful as the forklift.

Thanks Robert, and here's added info for Rich: I do get lots of panels delivered--specifically paint grade ply, MDF, and even pre-finished maple for cabinet interiors. But when character and quality are critical, when I want, say, 8 or 10 matched walnut panels for a library or home office project, (see photo) I go and inspect the panels. Much of the time I'll load them into my mini-van; other times I'll still get them delivered after selecting them. I guess I am lucky my wholesaler allows this. I've had too many orders where, naturally, all the panels come off the top of the pile and there's often a dog or two in the bunch. With panel costs up 50-75% I don't want to eat that. I just want to keep using this great versatile vehicle or find an equal replacement when this one craps out. An added advantage: when I need to take 6 people to the airport I just lift up the seats from their cacoon in the floor. Note the 2 beams that the ply rests on, as the floor itself is not truly flat.

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Okay Robert, I guess my business experience doesn't relate on this question. Now that I am retired I use a 2015 long wheelbase Ford Transit Connect Cargo. It will take 4' wide but only 7' long. If the weather is good it's no problem. Weather looks bad and I must haul plywood, then I tilt the first sheet up and put it on the headrests and can close the doors. I've done that with 4- 3/4" sheets of plywood. Not ideal for a working production shop.

Hi again RichC, that there is some helpful information. Now that your retired ( congratulations ! ) please post up some photos of the rig your using.

Tony, that's too nice of a vehicle your currently using to haul ! I understand the reason you are looking for an option. Maybe the one that RichC uses, or something like it could be of use.

Ford F350 pickup.
26' Gooseneck flatbed.

Hauls other stuff too.

Hauls other stuff too? What are those things?