As you may or may not know, I am a handyman for a small company called Morgenstern Home Services. While most of the time I am fixing some problem at somebody’s house, on occasion I am working on the only “company” vehicle.
It’s a 2001 Ford E150 that gets the job done. The only job it doesn’t get done is getting what you need easily. That is about to change.
A few weeks ago, the front brakes went out of it and needed replaced. This van is used almost daily and it being out of commission for even a few hours puts a big hurt on this small company. I took the initiative and told the boss that I’m an expert on brakes, and I would be happy to do it for him. I saved him a ton of time, and I’m sure a few bucks. He thanked me by paying me 4 hours of extra pay, which I greatly appreciated.
As you can see from the picture, the van is merely a cargo van, nothing special. The one hindrance is that it’s highly disorganized. My boss, Rick thinks highly of me and wants me to come up with a storage system for it.
My first thought was to find one online and just install it. I then understood why he wants me to build one, storage systems for these vans run in the thousands.
They didn’t have any work for me to do today, so I’m working on this project, which he told me he would pay me for researching and designing. I’m writing this blog to document that, in case any questions arise.
So taking some design queues from other storage systems, I have designed one for our van. I have plans drawn out, and a materials list.
Hopefully he will like it, and want me to go forward with it. I’m planning on handing it in to him tomorrow.