So this might be the most requested video ever and I finally got around to it, my van tour! Now that I did this please don't come steal my stuff......
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00:00 SPONSOR CARD
00:11 WHAT MY VAN NORMALLY LOOKS LIKE
00:43 THAT'S A BIT BETTER
01:34 ONE OF MY FAVORITE NEW TOOLS
02:36 MY LADDER SITUATION
03:13 TOOL BAG TOUR
10:24 DELETED WINDOW STORAGE IDEA
12:15 SHELF EXPLORATION
13:10 10 CFM VACUUM PUMP DECISION
15:17 CHEMICAL STORAGE HELP??
18:46 SPORLAN BQ KIT
20:16 MY LITTLE BUDDY LUKE
21:59 MOTOR STORAGE
24:03 REFRIGERANT STORAGE
25:20 TORCH SET STORAGE
26:17 CUSTOM PARTS RACK
31:24 CUSTOM TANK STORAGE IDEA
33:50 TOOLBOX EXPLORATION
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00:00 SPONSOR CARD
00:11 WHAT MY VAN NORMALLY LOOKS LIKE
00:43 THAT'S A BIT BETTER
01:34 ONE OF MY FAVORITE NEW TOOLS
02:36 MY LADDER SITUATION
03:13 TOOL BAG TOUR
10:24 DELETED WINDOW STORAGE IDEA
12:15 SHELF EXPLORATION
13:10 10 CFM VACUUM PUMP DECISION
15:17 CHEMICAL STORAGE HELP??
18:46 SPORLAN BQ KIT
20:16 MY LITTLE BUDDY LUKE
21:59 MOTOR STORAGE
24:03 REFRIGERANT STORAGE
25:20 TORCH SET STORAGE
26:17 CUSTOM PARTS RACK
31:24 CUSTOM TANK STORAGE IDEA
33:50 TOOLBOX EXPLORATION
For your chemicals check out your wife's cookie baking sheets – they come in all kinds of sizes – made of metal and only have about 1/2 inch sides… and if you want to contain a bigger spill you can get baking pans with taller sides… nicely organized van – I bet your insurance company would crap to know what it would take to replace all the stuff in it… I used to take my son with me to watch the truck… thievery is getting so bad as soon as you get away from ur van it's in danger. My favorite ladder was generally the 6 footer but all that depends on what you work on. All those bags makes it a little easier to move the entire contents of your van onto the roof 3 times a day..
Pretty much all of the power tool manufacturers make car chargers for your power tool batteries. I'd recommend buying those instead of an inverter if that's all you're going to use it for, because it's going to be a lot more efficient than converting from DC to AC and then back to DC again. If you want to charge the batteries while the van is off without worrying about killing the battery, use some kind of low voltage cutoff so your power tool batteries will stop charging before your van won't start.
For the bumpers on the tool bag that have worn out, I know it would be a bit of a PITA, but you could get some nylon stock machined to suit (or hand cut) and have it fixed on with a recessed screw and penny washer + lock nut inside the bag. It's a good looking bag over all!!
I have the Inficon D-Tek stratus, that things amazing. That cloud hunting feature has literally saved my butt a few times. I once picked up a leak inside a walkin freezer that was inside or accessed from inside the walkin cooler. I got a hit of about 10-15 parts per million (404A system) near the lineset connection to the evap, so pulled the covers off the evap coil, checked all the usual spots, TXV, external equalizer, return bends, nothing definite. Checked the unit on the roof, checked the microchannel condenser coil thoroughly, got nothing. Then I had a hunch and climbed up into the attic of this restaurant, and started getting a stronger hit. After awhile I found the culprit. There is a section of the attic above the cooler and freezer that's a storage area with a plywood floor and some shelving units. Well, they had put one of these shelving units on top of the lineset, and one of the legs had worn a small hole in the vapor line. It looked like a pre-charged lineset, and the lazy installers had just coiled up all the extra lineset and left it on the floor! Well, that was easy. I pumped the system down, cut out all the extra lineset (almost 15 feet!) along with the damaged part of the tubing, brazed in a coupling, swaged the 3/8 liquid line, added 4 pounds of gas, and a year later I still have a clear sight glass. Bottom line is that leak detector picked up the leak from that far away! Picked up just what was seeping thru the armaflex suction line insulation. I have not tested it yet with R290 with the included sensor, but just for fun, I tried it with a known VERY small natural gas leak, and it worked like a champ! So if it can easily pickup natural gas, I'm pretty confident it'll pick up R290. Reason being, it's infrared based, and propane is heavier and denser than air, a lot like R22, and I think it'll pick it up. I'll try it out with butane from a Bic lighter when I get a chance. So far that's my goto leak detector, and I think it might just be the closest thing to a '1 stop shop' detector. I use the bubble stuff for a backup, or just to confirm something is leaking enough to bubble. Basically if you get to 1000ppm you're very close, 3000+ is a big leak. One thing I've found is if there's a decent sized leak inside a small walkin, sometimes have to go outside and let it breathe some known clean air to settle down, because the cloud hunting mode is continually switching ports and alternately sampling the port by the handler and the probe tip, so if the refrigerant concentration is equal by your hand to the tip it doesn't work so well, but can just switch modes to Low or Med etc.
For chemical storage. Take a look at the container the chemicals come in. That gives you some idea as to the material your storage trays need to be made of. Most will be plastic. DeWalt has these yellow plastic storage trays, part of their Tough System. They are about 20 inch by 12 inch and 3 or 4 inch deep. If some of your chemicals demand a metal storage or even glass. Try some dollar and thrift stores for cheap purchases. You can get some square pans about 4 inch deep used to make bread loafs, etc.
Thanks for all the great content and ideas on how to set up my truck too, but I was trying to order something from true tech and your BIGPICTURE code did not work. True tech did recognize it . Are you in Ottawa ?
Nice van boss. Use foam tape to soundproof the cylinder rack. Not
take care of me even more mess after the finished order 🙂 Greetings from Poland
You never know when having the Dye kit (even if it IS back at the shop) will end up being a requirement on a warrantee repair. So it's good that it's somewhere.
1/4 inch foam pad on the inside rails for the refrigerant cans.
Consider putting a makita cooler in place of the yeti ice based cooler, can be powered by 18v, 36v, or plug in !
Have you considered wiring in a small inverter if you don't already have one and mounting up your batteries and chargers so you can charge in the van or just a tether cord on a reel you can connect the van to an outlet in your garage with? Double bonus throw a wifi camera in it that comes on when you plug-in the van to watch the cab or the back door extra security. Service area Kanata??
Daaaamn. Hope you never get your probes bag stolen O.o'
I have the d-tek stratus and I love it one of many of my favorite investments in tools
Thoughts on gorilla ladder? It’s kinda heavy but collapses from 8ft to 4ft and you step on the top rung.
If your van is super clean your not working hard enough lol
Use the warranty Veto provides and get a new bag.
Custom shelf for the bins is great.
try cutting some semi ridged foam wedges that you can use on the tanks to help cushion the noise mine work great
I have a silver lab too! Awesome dogs. How often do people ask you if it’s a Weimaraner?
love the video thanks for taking the time to explain what and where every thing is in the van and letting us in to your personal life a little bit. i also love luke
A true working persons van. I got some awesome ideas from this video. Unfortunately I’m not allowed to have regulators on the tanks in transport in Alberta because it’s so much more convenient to leave them on.
Get some foam insulation tape to use on the bottle racks, it sticks to the frame and quiets down the squeaky noice from the bottles
Dynamat. Self-stick sound deadner material (or similar) make for the squeaking cyclinders. Apply to the conical shelvers they're sitting in. Service area Nepean??
Awesome man 🙌🏽
Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Yay!
Very nice and organized thanks for the walkthrough!
For your chemicals tray. Get a section of shower pan liner & glue it down. You can have it come up the walls how ever high you trim it. Home Depot sells it from a 4' wide roll.
You should try to use a rubber spray and line the shelf. That should make it easy to clean as well. Are you in Barrhaven ?
Two things l can think of, 1 is first aid kit, always bled everywhere and still can not for the love of god, workout how 90% of them happend. Used alot of clean rag and duct tape in my day. As for the squeaking, you should have the solution in your van, insolation /foam tape
I have the combustion sensor, it works good.
Man you got all sections covered Service area Ottawa??
If you keep heavier stuff at bottom, lighter stuff at top, it lowers centre of gravity of van, you will feel the difference, gives you more confidence in driving 🙏
You have a lot of money tied up in that truck buddy!! Are you in Kanata ?
That is very impressive and well done. I especially like that everythig is tied down, If you have a wreck, stuff will not be flying around.
Dude no combustion analyzer?
I want to be an HVAC technician like you, Thanks for showing us all the cool tools you have.
contact weather tech the floor liner people they may be able to laser measure it
Thats a heavy truck haha
We just got a ford transit and the battery is dead we have 2200 miles on this van…what gives?
Your ladders should never stick out further than your rear bumper.
I use a small metal drain pan that our sheet metal shop made one for me. Works pretty good.
I love using cases for fuses too. Just in case the label rubs off I label the top of the case. I hate guessing what fuse size I have. And this mini fuses are crazy expensive!
I used drain pan spray (flex seal) on my chemical shelves
Should see my truck, huge mess, tools and parts everywhere, don't have time Service area Orleans??
Now that is real Life , I can not keep my truck clean I move too fast from job to job I clean it on Sundays dirty by Monday afternoon I try to put stuff where it belongs but it is time consuming and I am Service and Install so there is a lot of tools in my small Van . good Videos . can't explain why I watch someone doing what I do for 9 hours a day FFS .
Do you buy all the spare parts or your company?