(Left) The ProMaster Super High Roof may be may be upfit with a partition and pocket door. (Right) At 6 ft. 5 in., Greg Jackson of Cooper Motor can stand contained in the van with ample headroom.
Photo: Cooper Motor Company
With limited vehicle availability today, fleets need to begin considering outside the box, says Chip Cooper, owner of Cooper Motor Company. One recent entry into the ProMaster family is the 2023 Ram ProMaster Super High-Roof cargo van. Cooper Motor showcased the van on the DeliveryCon Expo in Las Vegas Oct. 16-18.
Spec’d on the 3500 model with 159-inch wheelbase, the Super High-Roof van has an interior height over 7 ft. and a cargo length of 13 ft. For cargo storage, the van has a volume of 520 cubic feet, more room than each the 2023 Ford Transit at 487 cubic feet with a high roof, and the 2024 raised roof Mercedes Sprinter at 374 cubic feet. The cargo width of 75.6 inches can accommodate a regular pallet loaded from a forklift.
“It might probably replace a whole lot of small box trucks at that size,” says Cooper, adding that the front-wheel drive vehicle offers a greater turning radius and fuel economy.
The cargo Prolonged High Roof version may be spec’d on the ProMaster 3500 for an extra $4,000.
The 2023 Ram Promaster van includes a cargo volume of 520 cubic feet. The van can fit a ladder rack in the inside and still leave standing room.
Photo: Ram
A Take a look at the Interior
For delivery applications, the Super-High Roof interior may be spec’d with two rows of aluminum fold-up shelves, allowing larger storage items to be placed on the ground with space for smaller items to be placed on the shelves. This can be a profit over standard-roof vans, through which the racks would must be flipped as much as accommodate larger items.
As well as, the Super-High Roof may be upfitted with an interior ladder mount for contracting and vocational applications, that are a profit to driver ergonomics and equipment security. “There is no such thing as a need for it to be externally mounted, you may get to it a lot easier from the inside roof,” says Greg Jackson, national fleet sales manager at Cooper Motor Company.
The Super-High Roof will also be optioned with a roll-up rear door, an exclusive for this model.
This model is in a limited production run, with production for 2024 models having recently began initially of November. For fleets, which means ordering early. “Straight away, the largest thing outside of demand or supplies, is getting them here,” Cooper says.
This Article First Appeared At www.automotive-fleet.com
