Hi Guys
Well, The Vito is gone (and when I say gone, it wont be long before it is in van heaven) and the New Transit Custom is with us. Incidentally it seem far too difficult to find a decent commercial vehicle dealer anywhere, believe me we tried. After testing the Traffic, Transporter (very nice but very expensive), Vivaro and the "old" Transit - we decided on the Custom.... One of our favourites anyway and it is one good looking Van.
After much deliberation with the old van about racking we decided to do it from the off for the custom and put our thinking caps on. we mainly deal with property refurbishment and investment stuff so we literally got every tool we use from stores and started to pile it together, then realising that if we had the old 8x4 Sheet (2440mm x 1220mm for you metric peeps) you would either block your tools and materials or have to lift up the board to get at anything, Very Annoying
So We built a Sub Floor allowing the sheets and longer materials to flow freely underneath the loading area not disturbing our tools and materials, then built the shelves around the tools allowing for extras and went to town.... we carry furniture as well so we decided to carpet the floor and the side to minimise scratches during transit (no pun intended
), we built in removable floor panels for ease of access underneath and for those taller items and added chequer plate for safety, corner protection and Voila!!
I will attach Photos when I have figured out how!!!
Steve