Stuffed rig photos

[Tom DeFrancesco]

Thanks to a VERY good friend of mine, we were able to fit everything in my E350 Super Duty Extended van. It is just enough room to work on the machine with out unbolting. I love some of the trailer units I see on here but not fesable up here. Hopefully a 24' box truck in the very near future so to fit a larger skid like maybe a 10-12 gpm and a full recovery system all in one.

[Tom DeFrancesco]

rear view

[Jeff]

Looks good to me, It seems like to nice of a van to put all that stuff in, Id have it a mess in no time

Looks great and good luck

Jeff

[PressurePros]

Great Job Tom. Van looks great. Busting at the seams but thats the nature of the beast. I like what you have done with the lettering.

[Tom DeFrancesco]

Thank you gentleman. I have had it like this since October and believe me Jeff it is hard not to keep it a mess. Can only cary equipment needed for the day. You should see me squeeze my 28" surface cleaner in there.

[bigchaz]

I wonder if it would be cool to rig something that could carry the surface cleaner on the back door
Similar to a spare tire swing.

[Belmont]

is that safe?

wow

[Tom DeFrancesco]

I have actually been toying with that idea. The problem will be it will limit my access to the rear doors. Luckily enough, I am able to just about fit it in. I only take it when I am actually going to use it.

[Mike Williamson]

What is the pipe for that extends vertically up the side of the tank, and then is cut off about 3/4 of the way up?

[JohnB]

Thats Nice.. I had my Whitco in my 1 ton Ford Van .. The only thing was on those far away jobs on the way back the fuel fumes killed me .. nothing like working all night and the driving back 2 hours with des.. and gas smell all in the van.. I did like the fact that my stuff was enclosed.. I also found out the hard way about trying to build a wall ( the roof is rounded and the floor is flat and there is like a bunch of crap on each side.. My van was an old Church bus Ford Van It has rear air and Heat,, Which sucked because neither the a/c or heat worked in the front or the back.. So I use my truck and trailer... Oh well maybe I can push this van off on some painters or something.....Once again Nice Rig .....

[MMI Enterprises]

It don't get too hot in there from the boiler?? I made my trailer out of steel just to be on safe side.

[John T.]

Tom,
Beautiful lettering on the Van. I had a Ford E-350 Van set-up that worked good but after awhile I just out grew it. That Van was a work horse and i'm sure I carried to much weight in there but it just kept on going. The killer part to my Van was that when I had stain jobs the tarps in there after use could blow out your nose and make your eyes tear.

Before that Van I had another Van that was a Ford E-150 that I paid $600 for and had it repainted. 3 months later I blew the tranny out and it just wasnt worth fixing so I sold it.....for $600 with a new paint job.

Still none of them was as nice as yours.

[Tom DeFrancesco]

Thanks for the compliments boys. Mike, that pipe is a 2" drainage pipe. If I am done for the day I drain my fresh water tank so I am not constantly hauling all that weight. It drains my 300 gal tank in no time.

[onaprwl]

Tom, I kind of agree with JohnB. Been there, to many fumes for me. Great looking but have you though of the problems when things break and you have to crawl in the tight spaces to fix the problems not to mention the heat. Worst problem for me was when the truck broke down the machinery was in the shop with the truck, no working until you get the truck back. Well......I just hope it works out better for you than it did for me. For now I'll stick with my open trailer with easy access to everything. But I will say it really looks great and it is out of the weather!