Soo, how much is this???

[OrioN]

K, I inherited a FedEx logo boxtruck cutaway, and the backup monitor was incorrectly mounted to the dashboard...

So I'm done my errands and chores on my day off & the sun is still out... gonna tackle this issue NOW!

Found these neat anchor bolts in my garage... hmmmm

Drilled the extra hole on the mounting plate... 3 points of contact,yo!

Dancing to this training video, I reamed 3 holes in the headliner...

The hardest part of the project was to shove the bolts in far enough to open the toggle flaps & catch the backside of the headliner

And that's now intuitive / ergonomic to look up and view the backup camera as I back that thang up customers' driveways


So how much to charge my investors?!?

 

[dezguy]

 

[Schweddy]

How long before it rips it out of the headliner?

 

[OrioN]

How long before it rips it out of the headliner?

A looooooooooooooooooooooong time.... that's why I used 3 points of contact. The toggles are rated for drywall and stone walls.

LED monitor, not the older style cathode ray tube monitors that I still see on some older step vans

Those black n white monitors sucked in comparison to the thing LED color displays of today's package delivery cars

 

[Schweddy]

I think your hardware is fine...not sure on the headliner — that’s all. Looks good

 

[OrioN]

Normally, I would put something stiffer to the backside, but there's something solid plastic behind the flimsy headliner in that area... other options / upgrade to this gmc will have a cubby hole for sunglasses or something there ~ the area where"Ta dah!" Is where a storage shelf and map lights are installed on premium gmc models...

Of course, I have the basic one with hand crank windows

Edit: found it!

So there's something meaty behind thurr for the toggle flaps to bite into...

 

[Route 66]

Normally, I would put something stiffer to the backside....

Yuuuuuppp!, we’ve heard that about you.

 

[OrioN]

Yuuuuuppp!, we’ve heard that about you.

I thinks u got me mixed up with @Indecisi0n

Oooor mebbe u recalled that video over on my poppy seed episode?

https://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/omg-i-eight-too-many-poppy-seed-bagels-this-week.370430/

 

[Star B]

our isuzu box trucks have them mounted down low because if you mounted them high you'd restrict visability and knock your head on them.

 

[fedx]

K, I inherited a FedEx logo boxtruck cutaway, and the backup monitor was incorrectly mounted to the dashboard...

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So I'm done my errands and chores on my day off & the sun is still out... gonna tackle this issue NOW!

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Found these neat anchor bolts in my garage... hmmmm

Drilled the extra hole on the mounting plate... 3 points of contact,yo!

Dancing to this training video, I reamed 3 holes in the headliner...

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The hardest part of the project was to shove the bolts in far enough to open the toggle flaps & catch the backside of the headliner

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And that's now intuitive / ergonomic to look up and view the backup camera as I back that thang up customers' driveways


So how much to charge my investors?!?

That UPS video is funny. They are trying to make it "hip and trendy" by playing hip hop music in the background and the guy at the end says "bro". I can just imagine if the cameras weren't on and some guy told that bro guy that he wasn't using the steps right. I imagine a big mind your own business response would really be what you'd hear.

 

[rod]

You could have ran the bolts all the way through the roof and then taken a hammer and bent them over.

 

[OrioN]

our isuzu box trucks have them mounted down low because if you mounted them high you'd restrict visability and knock your head on them.

Your Isuzu dashboard seems lower than the gmc I'm in... I can't see my wiper blades in my vehicle at all.


The gmc dashboard top is just below my Adams Apple, so I had to mount it high in this case.

it's working great since it's located where the original rear view mirror is... the metal mount is still glued to the windshield.

 

[Star B]

Well, the smaller box trucks are cabovers, so you sit pretty high in the seat.

 

[Nolimitz]

Well, the smaller box trucks are cabovers, so you sit pretty high in the seat.
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hate those, you have to be a monkey to get in and out of cab.

 

[OrioN]

Thanks for proving my point with the dashboard height... I've driven them for ground too. Sucks for residential stops but good for commercial docks and FedEx office bulk pickups

Had to remind myself with the vehicle height; sitting in that cab feels lower than the cargo box

 

[Star B]

hate those, you have to be a monkey to get in and out of cab.

really? I don't mind them other than the fact that you get bounced all around when you have no weight in the front end of the box.