Awesome! I'm picking up my van Friday and have been thinking about layout and you have done what would work best for me! Thanks for the head start on the build. Great work!
Love the idea to use rivets like this. Not sure I’ve seen anyone use them like this and it’s quite brilliant. Could you provide me with the size of screw that correlates with the rivet? I’ve searched online and although I know different rivets have different diameters, it’s hard to find good info online. Any help would be appreciated🙏🏻
Hey! We used mostly size M6 for the rivnuts and bolts. There are also a few M8s on the Transit. We have links to these in the description since it can sometimes be tricky finding the metric sizes at hardware stores in the US :)
I am in the designing/dreaming stage, while I search for a new/used Transit 144 WB HiRoof van … I am using the free sketch up and have bed, upper cabinets and utility (fridge, electrical) cabinet done. I just placed them in a 81” h x 70” w x 122” l box. Can you share your sketch up van so I can fit my current plan inside?
Framing is an absolute waste of money, time, and space. My van is sound deadened, insulated, and the walls are directly attached to the steel ribs. This saves weight, and gives you more space, and saves you money.
Ok. For our van, we preferred to use rivnuts over self-tapping screws (we wanted to prevent possible rust that comes with unpainted holes in the van metal). Also, our walls are thin 1/4 inch panels that we nailed into the framing, so we wouldn’t have been able to use your method for the outcome we wanted. But the great thing about building your own van, is that you can build it however you want. So, clearly this video isn’t for you if you did it a different way 🤷🏼♀️
@@nomadmaddie the Ford is a narrow van, so losing around 2" is a big deal. I don't know if your van is galvanised, but my Citroen Relay (Ducato, Boxer, Promaster) is galvanised. Drill a hole, there's zero rust spread beyond the hole cut surface, and if I remember, I used a good quality anti rust paint on each hole and put the screw in while the paint was wet.
@@CarlJones14like I said, your method doesn’t work for our desired outcome. Our walls are too thin to screw directly into the van and we needed framing for our bed bump-outs. Both of these things saved us space and weight over screwing thicker wall boards directly into the van metal.
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Awesome! I'm picking up my van Friday and have been thinking about layout and you have done what would work best for me! Thanks for the head start on the build. Great work!
Good Luck! let us know if you have any questions. Check out all our links if you're curious what products we used!
Thank you very much. Nicely done informative video.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos are really good!! Very informative 👌🏽
Thanks so much!
Excellent vid and great tips! Happy Birthday Nico!! 🎉
Thanks Hope! 🫶🏼
Yay I’m glad you guys are back! 😊
Us too! Took a little break for the holidays and to be sick with something 🙃 but now back to the usually scheduled programming haha
Since I just got a 2023 Transit Trail 3 weeks ago, this was very helpful. You must be one of the first to get a 2024.
Ours is actually a 2020! Sometimes it sounds like I’m saying “2024” because I’m saying “2020 Ford” 😆 Enjoy your build out of the Trail!
Happy birthday Nico! Excellent video. Excited to see more.
Thank you!!
You're so clear and concise! PS, your loctite link is the same link as the threaded screws.
Fixed! Thanks Darian!
Do you have the 3D model available? As a place to start with a van build :)
I'll try and put a link in the video description!
I have added links to our 3D model to the description. Go check it out!
Love the idea to use rivets like this. Not sure I’ve seen anyone use them like this and it’s quite brilliant. Could you provide me with the size of screw that correlates with the rivet? I’ve searched online and although I know different rivets have different diameters, it’s hard to find good info online. Any help would be appreciated🙏🏻
Hey! We used mostly size M6 for the rivnuts and bolts. There are also a few M8s on the Transit. We have links to these in the description since it can sometimes be tricky finding the metric sizes at hardware stores in the US :)
@@nomadmaddie awesome! Thank you! As soon as I asked I wondered if I should’ve checked the description😂🙌🏻
@@mutchler87 mostly M6 rivnuts and the screws we use are M6x1.0 35mm long
I am in the designing/dreaming stage, while I search for a new/used Transit 144 WB HiRoof van … I am using the free sketch up and have bed, upper cabinets and utility (fridge, electrical) cabinet done. I just placed them in a 81” h x 70” w x 122” l box. Can you share your sketch up van so I can fit my current plan inside?
not sure how to export a sketch up file but i'll try and figure that out!
I have added links to our 3D model to the description. Go check it out!
Framing is an absolute waste of money, time, and space. My van is sound deadened, insulated, and the walls are directly attached to the steel ribs. This saves weight, and gives you more space, and saves you money.
Ok. For our van, we preferred to use rivnuts over self-tapping screws (we wanted to prevent possible rust that comes with unpainted holes in the van metal). Also, our walls are thin 1/4 inch panels that we nailed into the framing, so we wouldn’t have been able to use your method for the outcome we wanted. But the great thing about building your own van, is that you can build it however you want. So, clearly this video isn’t for you if you did it a different way 🤷🏼♀️
@@nomadmaddie the Ford is a narrow van, so losing around 2" is a big deal. I don't know if your van is galvanised, but my Citroen Relay (Ducato, Boxer, Promaster) is galvanised. Drill a hole, there's zero rust spread beyond the hole cut surface, and if I remember, I used a good quality anti rust paint on each hole and put the screw in while the paint was wet.
@@CarlJones14like I said, your method doesn’t work for our desired outcome. Our walls are too thin to screw directly into the van and we needed framing for our bed bump-outs. Both of these things saved us space and weight over screwing thicker wall boards directly into the van metal.
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