hogjowl said:
Those exhaust pipes don't line up in the middle of the holes.
That would drive me crazy.
They look sweet now with the chrome tips I put on them.
I also moved the filter box over to the drivers side in between the wheel
well and the machine with the ports firing out the drivers side sliding door
then I ran 2, 2 inch hoses around the machine behind the drivers and shotgun seat
and bolted a custom manifold on the side of the machine with cool cuff starters and
a rubber stopper on a chain. It makes it so so easy to pull the basket out on the drivers
side sliding door to clean, and it also saves floor space and uses "wasted" floor space.
I will take some pics this week. I also store my rake and turbo spinner on the ceiling.
I carry 2 TI wands, two
prochem upholstery tools, a turbo vac, a 2 gallon pump up sprayer, A rake, grout brush,
a turbo, a 2 inch greenhorn stair tool, a 7 quart hydroforce, blocks, tabs, a 5 gallon rinse jug, a small
water softener, 6 gallons of chems on a stainless shelf, 4 quarts of chems, 3 trigger sprayers,1 mover blanket, towels,
an Air Path, give away spotters, hose hooks, brushes and a bucket, misc "stupid stuff", tool box, jumper cables
300 feet of 2 inch vac line on an auto reel, 300 feet of solution hose on a reel,
450 feet of 3/8 supply "garden hose" on a live reel and twenty feet of apo discharge hose on a hook.
All of it is neatly organized and we can reach it all with out having to climb in or move one thing to get to another.
It also has a full size spare and a 8 gallon custom aluminum Kerosene tank mounted under the truck.
Oh, also a driver and a passenger, a touchscreen pioneer gps bluetooth phone sync,Back up cam, 500gb hard drive full of tunes.
Then like the
vortex there is a huge shelf above the windshield where the visors are where we store a laptop w/
air card a wireless bluetooth mobile printer, roto tape, tons of meters, literature, pens,magnets, business cards etc.
There is no room for fresh water "which defeats the purpose anyway", or a 175 scrubber. I can fit in a
roto vac but its a PITA. Most of the carpets we clean aren't to dirty. There is also storage under the seats and machine for stuff.
All with a 25mpg 4 cylinder that red lines at 8 grand drives like a car, whips u turns better than a pimp, is quiet,
front wheel drive "good in the snow!", fits it the tightest driveways, easy to back up, and goes 90 on the highway.
Low overhead clearance.No need for special G.V.W., plates, U.S. D.O.T. numbers, just a regular car plate = cheap taxes.
All of this stuff and it still weighs in 450 lbs under its maximum payload and the seats still recline a bit!
The most fun carpet van I have ever drove or worked out of, and I have had 16 different ones over the years.
Oh And the Roots 47 dsl and the 300 degree heat isn't too shabby either. (not joking about 300 degree heat, not necessary but available)
It doesn't rattle much more than a
butler system would either.
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