Van HELL!!! Any advice very welcome - going to buy a new one.

[michael c]

bloody hell it does exist

 

[Destroyer2813]

The myth is broken

 

[Dannypipe]

I've taken some new photos today, as the original ones I took just looked too perfect!!

I've now been working out the van for a week or two. I don't intend to drive the pipe freezer and transformer around with me but I have been as it's handy.

I haven't had a chance to label the boxes yet....I will eventually.

I think this van is the perfect size. I can get in the back and grab what I need no problems but I'm not driving around in some huge, LWB monster!

It's so fast too!

The roof rack, pipe rack and ply racking cost me £640 fitted. Which I think is a bargain.

 

[vern]

Nice one Danny too busy to wash it then like me!

 

[SafeGasInstall]

danny good choice ,
just like my but I have the van Vault bolted down to the floor ,
also get secondary locks fitted

 

[mfgs]

That racking does look very good. Makes my attempt at doing mine look awful lol.

 

[vern]

Rhino delta bars and pipe rack with ply lining etc a steal at £640!

 

[Leo21]

Looks half empty to me, mines full to the roof. Nice van, I fancy one of these next.

 

[Dannypipe]

HA!!

Anyway to explain briefly my 'system'.

The big box at the back has loose power tools. (it's screwed to the ply floor).

The F&E tank next to it is also screwed to the floor. That's got tubes of silicon and gas, etc in it.
Against that I normally have my tote bag full of tools I take in on the job. (It was on the job when I took this photo!).

Then is my 'engineers' box. Which has all sorts of crap that I don't use often, like smoke pellets, pressure gauges, glass fuses, water finding paste, the list goes on.

Then I have my 'hop up'.

Then I have my tool box full of hand tools I don't often use.

Then I have my pipe freezer.

On the left hand side racking is useful things like hose adapters, jubilee clips, tape, etc. On the right hand side I have my large plastic tubs. Filled with waste fittings, comp fittings, pumps, valves ect.

Then I have my Makita cordless drills in one box.

Then I have drill bits, jigsaw, crimpers, and all manner of tools. Then on the back I have my benders, formers, hose pipe, cable, kitchen roll, U gauge and the like.

I love working out this van. compared to the old one, my stress level has less than halved!

 

[SafeGasInstall]

go for merc Leo21