So I’ve been slacking on posting any work lately, business is crazy busy. I have had my van for about 10 months and last weekend I decided to change up the inside to better accommodate my process. I use to have a 100-gallon tank, I didn’t like the way it looked and to be honest I do NOT need to haul that much water anymore. So I decided to downsize the tank and change the layout. Here is what it looked like. Don’t get me wrong, it worked great, but the water pump leaked a little bit and the hose reel wasn’t in the most optimal position. So I ordered the 60-gallon tank and bought a better water pump. Here are the finished results. Still got the bottles on the back doors, but now they are labeled. Driver’s side of back end. Passenger’s side: the hose that is hung up is for filling buckets, it’s hooked up the water pump and has a shutoff valve on it so there’s no hooking up and unhooking every time I need to fill a bucket. Shot from behind the tank. Shot of the tank/hose reel/shadow board Close-up of shadow board Shot of everything All in all it works great. I wired in a switched and mounted it on the right-hand door jamb area (you can see it in the pic of the pressure washer). There’s no leaks, the water pump is silent and actually kicks off when water is not flowing when the switch is on (like when I’m not squeezing the pressure washer trigger). Thanks for viewing! -Kody-
Damn cody that is one hell of a sweet setup man. Lovin it especially because i have the same van. You gave me some good ideas. LoL
kody, that looks great man! i like the idea with the shadow board, it helps keep everything in place and sturdy, genius idea! you could pack a whole bunch of brushes and small items into that large board and nothing will fall out. what's on the back wall (i.e. dividing wall behind the driver's seat)?
Thanks for the compliment. On the steel wall behind the front seats are 6 more of the baskets (but not white), 3 on each side. The passenger side ones hold towels and the driver side trio hold more chemicals/polishes. I still plan to mount more stuff to the passenger side pegboard, it use to hold my husky shop light, but took it down b/c I hardly work at night. I only want to utilize the space for stuff I need to use, otherwise it just gets too busy rather than making me more efficient. -Kody-
I like the foam cut-out for your brushes.....................certified tightness level of equipment. Do the bottles on the rear door ever come loose and leak? if they do you might want to convert to baskets like on the inside even if there is more noise when driving around.
Thanks Ken! Thank you! Thanks Bob. No, I haven't had any problems with the bottles on the rear door, they've been solid as a rock ever since I installed them (thankfully). I would highly recommend these spring loaded hangers to anyone.
awsome set up. really like the smaller water tank instead of the big one. how does your set up work with the power washer? is it a pump that pulls water out of the tank and generates power to the nozzel? thanks
If you look in the photo that shows behind the tank there is a small electric pump i believe. It sucks the water or pushes water from the tank to the blue electric pressure washer which the nozzle is run too. Pretty nice setup actually. Makes me want to try that out.
Correct. It's a 12 volt water pump that pulls water out of the tank into a "Y", one hose goes behind the peg board and connects to the back of the pressure washer. the other hose goes along the wheel well and is hung up behind the pressure washer, this hose is used for filling up buckets.
Thanks for the info I really like that set up. How do you power the pump and pressure washer? Do u use a generator or some ones electric?
The water pump is 12 volts so its ran off the vehicle battery and is wired to a switch mounted in the back right door jamb area by the pressure washer. Pressure washer is typically run off customer electricity, but if that's not available then I always carry a Honda eu2000i generator. -Kody-
