Great mobile shop. I'm working out of a crew cab pickup with a 6' bed. I have to predict what I'll need and stage for the day's work. Time consuming and risky. Trailers are a pain and have their own risks. This idea is the best for building on site.
I like trailers and have used them for many years. The Mobile shop would take a trailer far too large to get on the job sites easily around here.
With the lift gate half way how big is the step?
18" I thought I would need a step, but so far my 5'10" frame does fine as is.
How about leaving the lift gate up at bed level all the time and having a portable/folding step with standard risers and treads. Or a ramp option. Maybe having a hand rail around the lift gate to make it extra workspace.
I do leave the lift up when working heavily in shop especially behind the table saw. The reason I chose a lift gate over a ramp was for the extra work space, also ramps take up another 10'-12' on the job.
How do you get materials to the job site. For instance, what if you'll need 8 sheets of ply and a bunch of trim pieces?
I can get more material in the aisle than I want to haul.
Can you see any value in starting totally from scratch? Getting just the truck without a box and building a highly specialized workshop around the chassis? Sort of like putting your tool trailer on a truck chassis. Perhaps design it so that tools could be accessed at ground level.
If it were earlier in my career, I would buy a flat bed dump and have a roll off dumpster and a box that would lift off like a camper. I would then have a flat bed, a dumpster, and a mobile shop. It would cost many times what I have in my current truck.
Great stuff, I'm only worried that you'll get it all perfected and then we won't get any more cool videos!
I like making the videos. As long as I have something interesting, I will keep them coming.
TKS,
Ron
