Bob do two things for me take two steps back from the crackpipe and pretend you are not a KNOW IT ALL CARPET CLEANING GEEZER like every other old fook in this biz. Go to the used Truck Mount Sites and look at the garbage these guys are selling for over 20 grand. Go to Jon Dons site or
http://www.truckmountdeals.com. Put your unit in a decent van and sell the fookin thing for around 15 grand as a turn key unit. As far as the van goes whatever OCD issue you have you will get your money back. If you dont follow my advice then you will have two machines sittin on a workshop table at a estate sale. Now use your FOOKIN BRAIN. This is exactly why Matt King got out of the direct drive biz becus every Broke Dick wanted to put the unit in a 2 or 3 grand POS van. Matt could not do that he set his units up for new vans but you can. As far as finding a nice van 2002 or older for low miles. Well Crash got lucky. Even now and then a Blind Squirrel finds a nut.
Golden Boy