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<blockquote data-quote="OrioN" data-source="post: 3307446" data-attributes="member: 58562"><p>Soo, I'm long gone from driving this particular cargo van.</p><p></p><p>My views on it, pretty good overall</p><p></p><p>I had the T250 high roof model</p><p></p><p>The particular rental company, Enterprise, didn't have a bulkhead to keep the driver safe from bricking out with no partition.</p><p></p><p>Soo I did this:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175696[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A shelf from one of those carts in the warehouse!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175697[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Back side of the wall... now, I can bricked it out in sequence from floor to ceiling</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175698[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175706[/ATTACH]</p><p>Most days, I work out the side curb sliding door... it just makes sense than running to the rear barn doors at every stop.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175699[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Rear glass windows is teh suck, so I got creative and used those logo rain bags as impromptu security curtains, LoL my customers see me backing up their driveways to see FedEx all over the rear!</p><p></p><p>& cops following me in the night immediately pulls away once they see my placards on this van.</p><p></p><p>Very beefy build, drives like a car, rear brakes has high bias, so it doesn't nose dive... I replaced the back pads at the 20k mile mark. No squeal tabs to warn of low brake lining. I just caught it in Time when I had to change a flat tire.</p><p></p><p>Integrated backup camera in the license plate frame & the monitor built in to the center rear view mirror was ingenious.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Oem continental tires were too soft & wore out at the 25k mile mark. Firestone tires were a good replacement for this van. Harder compounds of a touring tire would make it last at least 40k.</p><p></p><p>Manual shift buttons on the gear selector is accidentally engaged if your thumb hits it.[ATTACH=full]175702[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Just keep your thumb away from it</p><p></p><p>Gas mileage was better than a typical boxtruck with a v8 engine. Even though this transit had a v6, the transmission was pretty good at shifting to the next gears. And mileage was close to 15 mpg vs the 9mpg of my current gmc boxtruck</p><p></p><p>If I get a cutaway box body with this chassis, it would be a decent vehicle in my rural area.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175704[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The upfitted cargo van, called the velocity, has that funky sliding curb door, but the chassis seems to be built to handle this type of delivery. [ATTACH=full]175705[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Stay away from diesel powerplants, just because of all the emissions crap you will deal with down the road. A contractor had the Isuzu reach diesel engine and it was too much of a PiTa to maintain/fix them.</p><p></p><p>PS: BUDGET rental has these cargo vans with the steel partition on them!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thumbs up,Ford! OrioN approves!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OrioN, post: 3307446, member: 58562"] Soo, I'm long gone from driving this particular cargo van. My views on it, pretty good overall I had the T250 high roof model The particular rental company, Enterprise, didn't have a bulkhead to keep the driver safe from bricking out with no partition. Soo I did this: [ATTACH=full]175696[/ATTACH] A shelf from one of those carts in the warehouse! [ATTACH=full]175697[/ATTACH] Back side of the wall... now, I can bricked it out in sequence from floor to ceiling [ATTACH=full]175698[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175706[/ATTACH] Most days, I work out the side curb sliding door... it just makes sense than running to the rear barn doors at every stop. [ATTACH=full]175699[/ATTACH] Rear glass windows is teh suck, so I got creative and used those logo rain bags as impromptu security curtains, LoL my customers see me backing up their driveways to see FedEx all over the rear! & cops following me in the night immediately pulls away once they see my placards on this van. Very beefy build, drives like a car, rear brakes has high bias, so it doesn't nose dive... I replaced the back pads at the 20k mile mark. No squeal tabs to warn of low brake lining. I just caught it in Time when I had to change a flat tire. Integrated backup camera in the license plate frame & the monitor built in to the center rear view mirror was ingenious. Oem continental tires were too soft & wore out at the 25k mile mark. Firestone tires were a good replacement for this van. Harder compounds of a touring tire would make it last at least 40k. Manual shift buttons on the gear selector is accidentally engaged if your thumb hits it.[ATTACH=full]175702[/ATTACH] Just keep your thumb away from it Gas mileage was better than a typical boxtruck with a v8 engine. Even though this transit had a v6, the transmission was pretty good at shifting to the next gears. And mileage was close to 15 mpg vs the 9mpg of my current gmc boxtruck If I get a cutaway box body with this chassis, it would be a decent vehicle in my rural area. [ATTACH=full]175704[/ATTACH] The upfitted cargo van, called the velocity, has that funky sliding curb door, but the chassis seems to be built to handle this type of delivery. [ATTACH=full]175705[/ATTACH] Stay away from diesel powerplants, just because of all the emissions crap you will deal with down the road. A contractor had the Isuzu reach diesel engine and it was too much of a PiTa to maintain/fix them. PS: BUDGET rental has these cargo vans with the steel partition on them! Thumbs up,Ford! OrioN approves! [/QUOTE]
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