Hello YouTube I'm Paddy and welcome to the back of my new van, This is the Ford Transit 350
trend model, 170 brake horsepower, front wheel drive. It's the H2L2 so it's the second height
second length if that makes sense to you. The front wheel drive version gives you an extra
four inches headroom over the rear wheel drive which is just perfect for me
that's the lowest point and yeah I'm happy enough with
that compared to the old one i had the third height roof and it's just a bit awkward at times
just different low little bridges and that kind of thing and always be worried to scraping the top
of it or trees that are hanging down scraping along the top of that kind of thing um so this
is the trend model as i said so the first additional extra over the base model
is this floor protector and that's going to save me the hassle of putting
plywood down on the ground also i think these um panels here are uh
not on the base model as far as i know but i'm not 100 percent sure about that so again that just saves
me more um time and hassle of putting panels to protect they're also on the doors as well
as you can see so um i'm going to go and get some plywood and timber and i'm going to
kit this baby out. okay so before I get started I just want to go through um what way I'm going
to actually rack the van out um so I have a locksmith and window and door repair business
and as part of the window and door repair business i also do replacement double glazing
so i need a glass rack um in the van for transporting the double glazing I
also need a bench for my bench vice and key cutting machine and also just to
to work on whatever in the van if I need to Also the bench is going to double as a storage
unit for different parts and at the side door I'm gonna have more storage
but kind of have the parts i use more commonly in that section and also my
tools. that literally I can slide the door open and everything I need is that hand
so i'm just gonna show you um my old van i'm pretty happy with
how i have that one racked out so i'm going to be replicating a lot of it um
some things i'm going to change but uh yeah
Ok guys, so i'm using 3x2 planed all over and tec screws.
Important thing here is to double check the length of screw you choose otherwise you will go through the roof of the van.
I'm screwing into the reinforced sections
I'm just looking down the length of the timber to check that its straight
and there's a small bow near the end so I'm just pushing out on it as I'm screwing in place.
I'm just lining up the bottom section by eye, as I want it at a slight angle.
Next I'm screwing it into the floor of the van using tec screws.
Next I have measured and cut the uprights to length. I'm spacing them out at 600mm centers and screwing them in place.
Top first, then checking that the bottom is square and screwing in place
Next I'm cutting the cross supports to length. This is 4 inch x 1 inch planed all over
I'm using a couple of offcuts to space out the bottom support as I screw it in place.
Next I work out the spacings for the cross supports, and cut some offcuts to the correct size to achieve the correct spacings
At this point I forgot to point the camera up so you only see the end with all the cross supports fixed in place
This is the finished glass rack and here it is with some double glazed units i have loaded up for a job.
I use a ratchet strap to secure the glazing in transport. Simple, quick and secure