ECN Forum
Posted By: electrician02125 Electrician's Van - 03/10/02 09:11 PM
What are you driving to the jobsite in ?

99 ram van w/ partition, vanguard ladder rack.

Good van so far.
Posted By: sparky Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 12:27 AM
88 F250 HD 460v8 4wd utility body, my van's stuck in the mud....
Posted By: Electricmanscott Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 12:32 AM
Just bought a new 2001 Ford E350 with a Knapheide LO Pro utility body. I love this truck! It is perfect work truck for our industry. Far better than a regular van yet not much bigger or any different to drive.
Posted By: sparky66wv Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 04:35 AM
'89 Nissan 4x4 "Hardbody" *laugh*

The motor is strong, but the body is falling off. There's a 2-1/2" difference in the pin stripes of the cab and bed... They lined up at one time...

Doesn't burn or leak oil, I only put oil in it during scheduled changes every 3000 to 4000 miles. Goes like a champ in any conditions...

Had an E150 Ford Van with the 300 Cu In Six... I loved it. It met its demise one late night after a gig... Long story...
Posted By: electrician02125 Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 01:04 PM
It never ceases to amaze me at some of the vehicles electricians drive around in.

I worked with a guy once that did all of his jobs out of his early 80's mercedes benz that had seen better days. The car was super reliable but very unsightly. The car was waste high in spent coffee cups and misc. electrical stock. He used to tie extension ladders to the roof when necessary.

The guy was a damn good electrician though.
Posted By: Tom Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 04:30 PM
Ford Econoline 350, 2002 model. Couldn't resist the 0% financing. Had to reitre ole blue, it had 189,000 hard miles on it(1991 Econoline250)
Posted By: sparky66wv Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 05:14 PM
Hixson had a Ford Fairmont, about a '75 model with the rear seat removed for hauling electrical stuff. This was in '96 and '97...

But, there's outfits driving brand new Dodges and I can't figure out how they're doing it...
Posted By: CTwireman Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 07:08 PM
1996 F150 Work series with the 300 six and 4 speed auto. The engine is good but the transmission is awful. It never knows what gear to be in. Next truck will have a manual.

Anyone else have problems with these transmissions?
Posted By: NJwirenut Re: Electrician's Van - 03/11/02 08:52 PM
2001 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 with A.R.E. CH series fiberglass cap. Had it since Nov. Great truck!
Posted By: nesparky Re: Electrician's Van - 03/12/02 05:06 AM
1998 Dodge Ram van 250 extended 145000 miles so far runs great 360 engine. have had good luck with dodge so far. Last van had 450,000 when it was sold.
Posted By: electure Re: Electrician's Van - 03/12/02 12:30 PM
Alternates between a '90 Ford E350 (Rolling Bomb)company van, a '97 Chev company PU, and my own 2000 GMC PU.
Not much ? as to which one I prefer to drive, but the napalm van is laden with material and tools (bad tires and all) [Linked Image]
Posted By: Nick Re: Electrician's Van - 03/12/02 11:54 PM
'98 Chevy 1/2 Ton. (company truck)
It's got about 78,000 miles and has had the rear end replaced twice and the transmision once. It had a rough begining in life but has been trouble free since the transmision replacement at 50,000.
Posted By: spkjpr Re: Electrician's Van - 03/13/02 03:42 AM
A 92 F-150 4wd. Takes me to the night job(the real one according to the wife) and to the side jobs. And it only has 48544.8 miles on it.
Posted By: The Watt Doctor Re: Electrician's Van - 03/13/02 07:25 AM
1 ton Yugo.
Posted By: hal9000 Re: Electrician's Van - 03/20/02 04:59 AM
Hey CT.
We have a 98,99 F150 with the new overhead cam v6 and 4 speed auto-trans. And we like'em
Had an extra spring put in the rear of one of them and it pulls the Bobcat or siz-lift just great.
Posted By: CTwireman Re: Electrician's Van - 03/21/02 12:53 AM
hal-
Thats good to know. I guess they improved them since the new style F150s came out. I'll keep that in mind when I go to look at a new F150 xlt 4x4 with the v6 and the manual. Sweet truck...
But the auto in mine still stinks...I cant wait to get rid of that thing.
Posted By: eman1963 Re: Electrician's Van - 03/22/02 06:36 PM
i drive a 1995 gmc 1500 van and i love it. its got 145,000 miles and running strong and looks like new i got my money's worth, out of it next one will be gmc just like this one
Posted By: NoShorts4Me Re: Electrician's Van - 03/23/02 04:15 AM
2000 Ford F-350 4x4 PowerStroke Diesel w/extracab

Spend lots of time off road and many miles working out of town jobs, this truck is solid. Already have 95k miles. Still runs like a raped ape ;-) The extra cab gives me plenty a room for 2 file cabinets and the LIBRARY of paper work and osha crap ya gotta carry these days. And I HIGHLY suggest "Rhino" lining for the bed. Thats stuff is amazing. NOTHING hurts it.

Had a '98 F-250 before, put 135,000 miles on it in a few years. Except for the 2 trani jobs, it ran great.

Work safe

NS4M
Posted By: ElectricAL Re: Electrician's Van - 03/23/02 03:07 PM
My '83 GMC one ton van is rapidly approaching its 20th birthday (I took delivery in Oct. '82). I kept it out of service long enough to build in the wood shelving the way I wanted it, shot to the van's ribs with LOTS of drywall screws. I did this with the intention of driving the vehicle into the ground. It has had its occasional mechanical problem, and 19 1/2 years in Minnesota de-icers has required body work where the undercoat didn't get to or gave out.

But here's the point. It has 124,000 actual miles on it. I've had my share of jobs that are 40 or more miles out, but, over the 19 1/2 years, that GMC has only seen 124,000 mile posts. I am in a major metro area, so this helps to shorten my trips.

But still. . .

The idea of the windshield face time required to rack up that same mileage in 2 or 3 years blows my mind.

Respectfully,

Al
Posted By: aldav53 Re: Electrician's Van - 03/23/02 03:20 PM
I use a 88 chevy 4x4 full size king cab standard bed with 3 tool boxes & rack. Its a pain to park sometimes but able to carry a lot.
Posted By: arseegee Re: Electrician's Van - 03/24/02 02:22 AM
2000 Chevy 2500 Long bed extended cab loaded with tool boxes. 1995 Chevy 1500 shortbed loaded with tool boxes and ladder rack. All the other guys drive fords but I'm a chevy man.
Posted By: kilowatt1222 Re: Electrician's Van - 03/25/02 12:02 AM
I drive a(company truck), 97 F350, duallie, power stroke 4x4. It has a Stahl utility bed. so far I have only put 116000 miles on it, got it new.
© ECN Electrical Forums