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What is the ROI of a Cargo Van Ramp?
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Is a cargo van ramp a worthy investment in your business? While you may be interested in purchasing a cargo van ramp, the price tag could be keeping you on the fence. At the end of the day, if any purchase for your business doesn’t return more money than it required to obtain, was it really worth spending the money?
Depending upon your business and how you use your cargo van, a HandiRamp cargo van ramp might very well be worth your time and your money. Read along to discover just how beneficial to your bottom line purchasing new cargo van ramps will be.
HandiRamp’s Options
It’s hard to understand exactly how beneficial a cargo van ramp is to your business without first understanding the specific variations of cargo van ramps available. Thankfully, HandiRamp has a comprehensive selection of products that account for multiple variations in size and strength while still maintaining a consistently high standard of quality across the board.
Multiple different types of industries have already chosen to better their business using our cargo van ramps, including but not limited to:
DELIVERY
TELCOM
ELECTRIC
VETERINARY
CONSTRUCTION
HandiRamp offers five length options, three width options, and two weight-capacity options. The smallest ramp is the 7 ft Short ramp, then the 9 ft Medium ramp, the 10.5 ft Long ramp, the 12 ft Extra Long ramp, and finally the 15 ft Extra-Extra Long ramp. All five of these ramps are available in any of the three width variations — 36”, 45”, and 52” — and either the 1000 lb or 1500 lb capacity alternates.
To learn more about choosing the perfect length cargo van ramp for your business, click here, and to read more about which ramp width best suits your business’s needs click here.
Ramp Up Your ROI
For the uninitiated, Return on Investment or ROI is a universal standard by which any purchase for any business can be evaluated to be worthwhile or not. Using just two simple factors — money invested and money gained — you can estimate how profitable an investment may be or how efficiently it might pay off. Naturally, knowing how much of your money you will be able to make back on your investment or when comparing one product to another, is useful. Knowing the ROI can be especially important when making an expensive or long-term purchase like a cargo van ramp.
If you are still torn between whether or not to buy new ramps for your cargo vans, don’t worry! It only makes sense that you’d want to be absolutely sure before you commit. However, you needn’t worry too much about the value of new delivery van ramps for your business. HandiRamp cargo van ramps are an assured positive ROI because of, but not limited to, the following key factors: safety features that protect employees and cargo from harm, efficiency features that enable your business to make more deliveries in less time, and durability features that save your business from avoidable repair and replacement costs.
Enhanced Safety
HandiRamp cargo van ramps have several safety-minded elements that work to safeguard those who load and unload and what is transported on our ramps. Taking advantage of cargo van ramps with these features enables your business to protect itself from costly damage to shipments incurred during the loading and unloading process and from potentially costly employee injuries. The less of your revenue spent on these unnecessary costs, the more valuable your HandiRamp investment becomes.
One specific example of a safety feature on our delivery van ramps is our patented non-slip surface. The surface of every ramp is dotted with our 360-degree anti-slip raised traction buttons. These buttons provide far greater grip than other ramps, and make it easier and safer to transport cargo in and out of your van at any angle and in any weather conditions without slipping and damaging your cargo. Each ramp also comes equipped with welded ramp handles that help keep your fingers out of harm’s way while safely deploying the ramp.
Imagine two delivery businesses that both specialize in transporting large wedding cakes to venues. One business purchased a cargo van ramp to help unload the cakes and the other unloads by hand. By utilizing the cargo van ramp, the first business manages its deliveries quickly and with a near-zero drop rate. Unfortunately for the latter business, the cakes they deliver are ruined on a semi-frequent basis because they are either too tall or too heavy to carry. This leaves the ramp-less business with the unfortunate reality of botching someone’s wedding cake and having to pay for its replacement.
If we were to take this theoretical scenario and give it some numbers, we could even more clearly see how positive an impact a cargo van ramp has on your business’s ROI. If the first business purchased one Extra Long ramp with the 36” width and 1500 lb capacity, their investment would cost the business $3,234 before tax. The average wedding cake costs around $500 dollars but can get up to nearly a thousand in some cases, so if the second business keeps dropping or damaging cakes, it only takes seven average-priced wedding cakes to surpass the cost of the Extra Long ramp. Using an ROI calculator, we can devise how, if the first business previously maintained an even worse drop rate of 8 cakes, their new cargo van ramp will have a 24% ROI and eventually earn back $766.
Increased Efficiency
Another way new cargo or sprinter van ramps would boost your business is by sheer ease of use. Transporting large and heavy equipment is significantly less painful via a van ramp than without, and your business will be able to complete more deliveries in less time.
We’ve taken special care to ensure that each of our ramps can be safely deployed by a single person so you don’t have to waste time during deliveries. Using our unique combination of gas shocks and heavy-duty springs, our delivery ramps can be safely deployed and stowed with minimum effort and only require one operator. Complementing gas shocks with heavy-duty springs is ideal for delivery ramps because they reduce the amount of effort required to frequently utilize the ramp while making deliveries. This system also reduces the need for future repairs or replacements, which saves you money in the long haul.
With just one operator your business can make more frequent deliveries using our easily-deployed van ramp, and accumulate profit faster than before. A delivery business that normally completed 20 daily deliveries before purchasing a cargo van ramp could potentially swell its delivery rate to twice as many per day, leading to twice as much profits with just a single purchase.
Furthered Longevity
What good is a new investment to your business if it doesn’t withstand the pressures of frequent use and last? Thankfully, HandiRamp cargo van ramps are sure to stand the test of time and the pressures of persistent operation.
Each one of our van ramps is hand-welded by our expert craftsmen in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and comes standard with numerous ease-of-use and efficiency-minded features, as previously mentioned. Most other folding cargo van ramps are assembled using a collection of bolts, while we weld all of our ramps together. This technique results in stronger and longer-lasting ramps because bolted ramps have a shorter shelf life and will require more maintenance and supervision as time goes on. Welded ramps are more durable and will be useful much longer.
The money your business will save from not having to repair or replace your cargo van ramp after using it will make up for the initial cost, meaning a positive ROI. Instead of wasting money needlessly on avoidable repairs, a HandiRamp van ramp is specifically made to last so your business can enjoy all of the other generated benefits for an extended amount of time.
Your Next Steps
If a new cargo van ramp’s positive ROI has convinced you to purchase one for your business, click here to browse our selection of cargo van ramps. To discover which ramp sizes will fit in your specific model of cargo van, try HandiRamp’s free Cargo Van Ramp Configurator. If you have any remaining questions, please call our friendly ramp experts at 866-833-0314 to discuss anything from product delivery to pre or post-installation help to custom solutions.
