{"id":858,"date":"2009-04-30T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T09:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=858"},"modified":"2018-02-22T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T17:17:08","slug":"cracking-the-van-hire-code-jargon-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/858","title":{"rendered":"Cracking the Van Hire Code &#8211; Jargon Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows what a van is &#8211; but sadly that&#8217;s only a start. Vans come in as many shapes, sizes and different models as cars &#8211; and the jargon is far more confusing.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with a few easy ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SLD<\/li>\n<li>SWB<\/li>\n<li>LWB<\/li>\n<li>3.5t<\/li>\n<li>Luton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are actually quite useful &#8211; even if you are just renting a van to move house. Here&#8217;s a translation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SLD <\/strong>= Side loading door (the sliding door on the nearside of most panel vans)<\/li>\n<li><strong>SWB <\/strong>= Short Wheelbase &#8211; describes the distance between the front and rear wheels, but what it means to you and me is that it is just a little longer and wider than a large car, but holds quite a lot<\/li>\n<li><strong>LWB <\/strong>= Long Wheelbase &#8211; much longer than a large car and very capacious &#8211; good for small house\/flat moves<\/li>\n<li><strong>3<\/strong><strong>.5t <\/strong>= 3.5 tonnes &#8211; used to indicate the maximum gross (laden) weight of a van. Includes most hire vans. Vans up to this weight can be driven on a car licence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Luton <\/strong>= those big box vans with a storage area that extends over the cab &#8211; ideal for small-medium house moves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn move about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanglossary.php\" target=\"_self\">van jargon<\/a>, have a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanglossary.php\" target=\"_self\">van hire jargon buster guide<\/a> &#8211; and if you come across a term we haven&#8217;t included, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/mtomvh.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">let us know<\/a> and we&#8217;ll add it in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know your SWB from your SLD? Does van jargon leave your head in a spin? Clear the fog with our van jargon guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[18,673],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10912,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions\/10912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}