| Ireland has got quite specific laws relating to the use of | | | | enables heavy loads to be lifted from the ground to |
| trucks and vans, and to be honest they are not | | | | be level with the back of the truck. |
| understood very well. Most people have what is | | | | Van Hire Insurance. |
| required to drive a rental van or truck, specifically a | | | | This can be one of the biggest problems of the private |
| drivers licence. | | | | user of commercial vehicles in Ireland. Typically you |
| The standard Irish group B car licence entitles a driver | | | | need to have a comprehensive policy which your |
| to operate a vehicle up to 3500kgs GVW ( gross | | | | insurer is happy to transfer onto a van or truck. |
| vehicle weight). This means that the van and payload | | | | However most insurance companyies are not too |
| cannot exceed 3500kgs in total. | | | | happy with this and will add a risk premium of between |
| The most common vehicle used in van hire fleets in | | | | 30 and 70 euro for the transfer. Most hire companies |
| Ireland is the Ford Transit. These come in a number of | | | | can sell cover to the private user and typically a daily |
| guises, typically ranging from 6 to 14 cubic metres in | | | | cost ranges between 20 to 40 euro per day. A |
| volume. The payload of a transit ranges from 800kgs | | | | downside of buying the cover from a hire company is |
| to 1500kgs. A Ford Transit hire van comes with | | | | the excess that van cover comes with, this can range |
| space for 2 passengers and will always run on diesel. | | | | between 1000 euro to 1600 euro. This excess is the |
| Another point to note is that rental vans in Ireland will | | | | maximun amount that the customer has to pay in the |
| always be diesel powered. | | | | event of a crash or damage to a vehicle.Rental |
| | | | | companies |
| A standard car licence will also allow the rental | | | | There are a large number of competent van hire |
| customer to drive larger vehicles, typically vehicles like | | | | companies in Ireland. Dublin in particualar has a large |
| Mitsubishi Fuso unit and Isuzu Npr's , these are classed | | | | number of van hire companies. There are a large |
| as light trucks, they offer the customer far more | | | | number concentrated around the airport. However the |
| volume, typically around 22 cubic meters and also so | | | | companies at the airport typically tend to have a |
| companies will supply a tail-lift on the units. A tail lift | | | | smaller selection of vehicle types. |