Moto Van Ideas (e350 high top)

I usually haul a camper. By raptor are you talking about the truck? Our camper has one of those big square metal bumper on the back you can get a reciever for it.

The front bump is a great idea and i worry about blocking air flow to the trans cooler/radiator. But mainily the trans cooler



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Give us a pic of your current setup. One thing I can tell you is figure out how to get as much crap as possible off the floor with whatever mounts you can fabricate or buy. Do you have a partition wall? That's an easy spot to put cabinets or toolboxes etc.

RB components has a gallery section that may help, although they are mostly MX specific like you already encountered. http://www.rbcomponents.com/photo-g...lery/cargo-van/ford-moto-race-van-update.html

 

It's 4 feet from the back of the seat rails I believe. Search Ebay for "rv dinette cushions"- I determined the bed size on what was available in those and where the van's frame rail was for best attaching the wall.

 

Ill take a pic soon. Currently no partition. No wall storage. Everything is on the floor.

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I meant Raptor toyhauler. I think that's why there isn't a real bumper, I assume it gets in the way of the ramp. If you have something solid to mount it on it may work. I know a racer who hauls a 3K genny on his camper's receiver.

 

I have seen people mount full size dirtbikes this way, but don't know about cooling issues? If you were to try it, just put in a transmission temperature gauge to monitor it.

 

I do live in Texas.

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If you mount the bikes back as far as possible I'd recommend adding some airbags or helper springs to keep things leveled out. I started with my bike mounted as far back but ended up moving it far forward because the van drove so much better with more weight on the front end.

 

It's really dirty from dirt bikes tight now b ut you get the idea

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Chaotic just had a heart attack. You are supposed to put an asterisk in thread titles if the thread may contain pictures that are a danger to his health.

 

It hurts my eyes a little too.

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Well now I know what I don't want my future van to look like inside lol

 

If you look closely you can see where he killed the hookers!

 

TRS absolutely frees up space. It probably won't help load order, but it will get bikes closer to the walls for sure.

A front hitch will hold a generator for sure. Blocking air to the trans cooler is a non-issue. If there's an inch, air will fill it.

 

I can smell the dead hookers from here!

 

This, big time. Every now and again I have to haul a bike that doesn't have TRS and it screws up my entire load plan. Add the oddball bike and all of sudden the space for fuel cans, stands and tires/wheels is gone.

 

Saw this today, thought of this thread.

 

What about stands? They seem to take up a lot of space

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A hitch basket is great for that kind of thing.

I like to use a big rooftop cargo bag for camp chairs and other stuff that's bulky, but not that heavy. Then bungy or ratchet strap the rooftop bag to a hitch basket.

Really opens up space in the vehicle, and you can use it for non-racing activities.