Recent content by guidecca

Thanks a lot.  We crossed country in a Ryder truck from Monterey, CA in 1991 to arrive in Norfolk, VA at my new duty station.  My wife is from Rapid City, SD and my daughter was born on Ellsworth AFB.

Hello everybody.  My name is George.  I live in Virginia Beach.  We bought a 2007 Ford Econoline E250 that had been modified with a new fiberglass top.  The previous owner was a longshoreman who had installed a bed frame of PVC and a mattress to use at his job site when waiting for ships and...

I have a welder who will make an aluminum frame for four solar panels based on having two Vantech H1 ladder racks mounted.  I did not check the ladder racks when they were delivered to see if they would work.  They were sold as suitable for a Ford Econoline conversion van; caveat emptor.  They...

We could make a fortune selling a decent ladder rack with adjustable height sidebars.  The only adjustable height ladder racks I have found are for trailers and they are designed to screw into the side of the trailer.  Hopefully, my welder/fabricator can figure something out.  That fiberglass...

Anyone know where I can find a ladder rack that can clear the top of my fiberglass hardtop by 17 inches, i.e. from drip rail to one inch over the top of my topper?  The VanTech H1 model will not fit my van.  Thanks in advance.

Thank you bullfrog for taking the time to study these pictures/videos.  Your analysis is exactly what I am seeing happen; the main brace is pinching the black rubber gasket sealing the topper to the van.  Unfortunately, I have not found a substitute for this VanTech ladder rack because of the...

These ladder racks have the type of clamp that would likely attach to my drip rails: Pro-Series HTVANRK 500 lbs. Capacity Multi-Use Van Rack, https://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html/ref=lh_cart. Wish I had known about them before now. Helpful YouTube: Here are pictures of the clamp that...

The cross-member is plenty high; the upright are supposed to clamp into the rain gutter.  For the clamp to seat into the rain gutter the upright must be moved about 20 degrees inward; the fiberglass topper prevents any inward motion.  The black band in the picture that seals the topper to the...

The cross-member is plenty high; the upright are supposed to clamp into the rain gutter.  For the clamp to seat into the rain gutter the upright must be moved about 20 degrees inward; the fiberglass topper prevents any inward motion.  The black band in the picture that seals the topper to the...

I can see the gutter but when I try to install the upright hits the fiberglass top before the rack can mount into the gutter.  That is mostly correct.  Here are instructions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AEFh7G7FkUM4H4AnDDb--5UVxwiUiXW-?usp=sharing The topper is not wider and the...

Could not figure out how to upload a photo. Here is a link to the van in Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1maO6Org6fjTo_abmPxgc4wUXTJmodmsq/view?usp=sharing

I bought the VanTech ladder racks for conversion vans.  The fiberglass top is blocking my installation of the ladder racks in the gutters.  They are made specifically for a Ford Econoline conversion van.  I don't know if I can send them back now or if there are alternative ladder racks that will...