Jronman Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 10:55 AM, R1FF said: You have them setup in a vehicle? I'm putting mine in a box trailer. I cant see the plastic lasting that long. But I’d love to be wrong. The discontinued van racking was all metal. Two lateral braces. Four vertical struts. And three brackets that secured each vertical struts to the wall. And the base was metal. The harmonics/vibrations of being in a vehicle seems like it would take a toll on the plastic over time. No I just have them in my garage. I personally wouldn't use them in a van. I would go with the van racks if you can even find any. Not sure why DeWALT discontinued them van racks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1FF Posted October 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 10/19/2021 at 11:21 PM, Jronman said: No I just have them in my garage. I personally wouldn't use them in a van. I would go with the van racks if you can even find any. Not sure why DeWALT discontinued them van racks I looked everywhere. Couldnt find em. So per the recommendations of members here, bought the shop setup and then started swapping out the weak points. Ended up swapping out everything LOL. Im running the plastic lateral braces merely for aesthetics at this point. Seems there are quite a few people that have installed their own van racking and had no issues. Im fortifying mine as much as possible and I think it will work. Much of the van securement redundancy appears to be so the setup is crash safe. Not necessarily needed in my application since it’s all going in the trailer. I just need mine to survive the road harmonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1FF Posted October 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Got it installed. This pic is before adding the metal brackets in the middle. But even at this stage this setup felt strong as could be. I did not end up adding the second metal wall bracing. I can always add later if the system starts to show wear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1FF Posted November 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 Essentially done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted November 8, 2021 Report Share Posted November 8, 2021 Looks awesome. Nice to be organized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvdan Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 I'd like to build my own racking for the ds brackets or maybe even find a dolly that I can attach them to. The ds carrier cart is too wide for what I need. Does anyone know the width of the racking 1" frames? Either on center or total width? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeCraft Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 5 hours ago, gvdan said: I'd like to build my own racking for the ds brackets or maybe even find a dolly that I can attach them to. The ds carrier cart is too wide for what I need. Does anyone know the width of the racking 1" frames? Either on center or total width? Inside dimension 17-15/16". Outside dimension 19-7/8+" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1FF Posted April 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 10:09 AM, gvdan said: I'd like to build my own racking for the ds brackets or maybe even find a dolly that I can attach them to. The ds carrier cart is too wide for what I need. Does anyone know the width of the racking 1" frames? Either on center or total width? Im quite mad at myself for not keeping a copy of the schematics. Cutom building this was quite the chore. I took my plans to a custom metal fabricator. The plastic struts give you exact measurements. Tho, they are the one single component of the shop wall kit that Dewalt will not sell you individually. I’ll try to get the measurements off of it for ya when I go to my shop. Side note: just drove cross country with this setup. Zero issues. Held up strong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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