Dry van shipping is the default choice for a reason. It moves a large share of truckload freight in the U.S. because it is simple, widely available, and built for the way most packaged freight moves: on pallets, in cartons, through docks, and across long highway lanes. A dry van is not the right trailer for every load. It does not control temperature. It cannot handle oversized machinery like a flatbed. It is not built for liquids in bulk. But for many shippers, distributors,