Your work, as always, top drawer. I am a mechanical engineer with a organizational sickness. Deeply screwed on this. I have no need for portability in my shop. However when I see these build outs, which are well done, I always start thinking about weight, CG and other issues with the added mass of the "built in weight" on top of the tool weight.. Is it a consideration? Does it even matter, fuel costs and so on. For example did you consider light weight materials, such as honeycomb panels instead of plywood. Much like aircraft cabin construction. This is more of a curiosity question. Considering you seem to be thorough you planning, I was wondering if it a consideration, or like most engineers, I am simply over thinking this.  

I just bought almost an identical van and starting the process of racking it out. I like the charging station. Where did you get the inverter setup?


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Drawers!

When I did the initial FitOut I knew that I wanted to include drawers in the middle bay of the curb side rack.  I wasn't sure exactly how they needed to be configured so I used Ridgid tool boxes to get started.  The Ridgid boxes are great but quickly getting tools and supplies was difficult.  Several tools were kept in the blow molded cases and some were stored behind other tools.  Now I can get to all those tools quickly and easily.

I settled on Paulk Style Drawers in two different sizes.  Several of the drawers have been fitted out for specific tools and others I have left open for the time being.

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Can you tell me where you found your black buckle straps so your equipment doesn't come flying off the shelves?  i love that idea and i need those

I used 1 inch webing, buckles and Tri Glides from Amazon to make up what I needed.

Tri Glides:
https://www.amazon.com/YGDZ-100Pcs-Plastic-Triglides-Slides/dp/B074MQCDDJ

1 Inch Webbing:
https://www.amazon.com/Strapworks-Heavyweight-Polypropylene-Webbing-Strapping/dp/B01KTVG0KI

FasTex Buckles:
https://www.amazon.com/10-Adjustable-Release-Plastic-Buckles/dp/B00DCZRLZW

I found it best to cut the webbing with red hot utility knife blade held in a pair of vise grips.

Do you care to go into anymore detail regarding your charging station?  I have been looking for something like what you put together for 6 months now and what you have is perfect.  I too would have 3-4 different charges but never thought out how to make it work.  So could you go into the specifics regarding the house battery, fuse, and power inverter.  I would really like to duplicate what you have. 

Nevermind, i just saw one of your previous posts.  Is the house battery just for charging while the van is turned off?

The house battery will provide power both when the van is running and when it's turned off.  There is an isolator between the positive terminals of the house and vehicle batteries that prevent the house battery from drawing power from the vehicle when the voltage of the vehicle battery is below 14v or so.  What this means is that power will only flow from the vehicle battery to the house battery when the vehicle is running and prevent the house battery from draining the vehicle battery.

My house battery is located under the driver's seat, along side the vehicle battery.  Note that if you have a Transit and don't need/want a house battery that Ford has provided a fuse protected 60 amp power connection point at the rear of the driver's seat.  I recommend you do a search on the Ford Transit USA Forum for more ideas about house power to your van.  You'll find references to solid grounding points that Ford has provided as well as recommendations on attachment points. 

I do not have any hardwired provisions to charge the house battery with shore or solar power at this point.  What I've found is that the house battery gets sufficiently charged for my needs during normal driving.  I've also mounted my chargers and power strip on a removeable board so that I can easily take the chargers into the job site.  I've also sometimes run an extension cord out to the vehicle to plug my charging station into.  My set up is not really strong enough to charge two of the DeWalt FlexVolt batteries at the same time using the inverter.  I've really not found that to be an issue.

Does your m12 battery ever fall out of the charger while you are driving?  Just curious if a good bump will knock it out.

No, I've not had any problems with M12 batteries falling out.  The holders have held up well also.  I keep thinking I want to mount them at an angle to recoup some wall space but haven't yet gotten to it.