Comments on: How to cover your rear http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/2008/11/01/how-to-cover-your-rear/ Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:30:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sean ryan http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/2008/11/01/how-to-cover-your-rear/comment-page-1/#comment-809 sean ryan Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:21:45 +0000 http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/?p=970#comment-809 hi if anyone has any other ideas email me ryanelectric@verizon.net hi if anyone has any other ideas email me ryanelectric@verizon.net

]]> By: sean ryan http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/2008/11/01/how-to-cover-your-rear/comment-page-1/#comment-808 sean ryan Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:17:51 +0000 http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/?p=970#comment-808 i have 04, that just got hit in the rear while parked @ the depot i havent gotten the damage estimate yet but i can only guss around 2500 it tore the sheet metal behind the step as well and flolded the step down and away on the pasengers side i found your post while looking for a better then stock set up i was just thinking of the same idea you did but using a rhion double step newer design. i found a hd step in uk online it looks like the style that would be found on a ford pick-up the center is droped lower then the sides for a step. one of the things ive loved about this van was a easy distance to step in the back door for my work living @ the top of dc 495 i drive a fair amount and have a lot of close calls having to run off the side or come back off the upgraded breaks on it. have you come up with something eles, the only other 2 items i found was a spring loaded bar that will give under impact and a new aftermarket step simular to stock with a v @ center for a hitch. i have 04, that just got hit in the rear while parked @ the depot
i havent gotten the damage estimate yet but i can only guss around 2500
it tore the sheet metal behind the step as well and flolded the step down and away on the pasengers side
i found your post while looking for a better then stock set up
i was just thinking of the same idea you did but using a rhion double step newer design.
i found a hd step in uk online it looks like the style that would be found on a ford pick-up
the center is droped lower then the sides for a step.
one of the things ive loved about this van was a easy distance to step in the back door for my work
living @ the top of dc 495 i drive a fair amount and have a lot of close calls having to run off the side or come back off the upgraded breaks on it.
have you come up with something eles, the only other 2 items i found was a spring loaded bar that will give under impact and a new aftermarket step simular to stock with a v @ center for a hitch.

]]> By: Keith http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/2008/11/01/how-to-cover-your-rear/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Keith Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:24:39 +0000 http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/?p=970#comment-538 Hi Dave, I am probably not getting a tire carrier until spring time because of the economy. I would be interested to see your design when you are finished. You can contact me as webmaster@ourexcellentadventures.com or keithmessinger(at=@)comcast.net. Regards, Keith Hi Dave,
I am probably not getting a tire carrier until spring time because of the economy. I would be interested to see your design when you are finished. You can contact me as webmaster@ourexcellentadventures.com or keithmessinger(at=@)comcast.net.

Regards,

Keith

]]> By: Dave Orton http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/2008/11/01/how-to-cover-your-rear/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Dave Orton Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:31:49 +0000 http://www.ourexcellentadventures.com/?p=970#comment-537 Did not see where else to contact you so used this. I am the guy with the grey 144" van at the Mercedes car show. Saw where you are thinking about a rear spare tire carrier. I did not like the one that Sportsmobile had at the show. I decided I can do better. I am not done with the design but have the assembly drawing. Still need to test it and draw the parts. The carrier will be mounted off the stock trailer hitch. It is a 1 1/2" round SS tube that will have a square fiberglass spring inside the tube. One end of the spring is fixed and the other end has a bellcrank attached to the tire carrier. The tire carrier will pivot on the 1 1/2" tube with two oilite bushings. When the tire is swung down the fiberglass bar will be twisted to provide a spring return. I am very busy with work so do not know when I will complete it and get the lasered parts ordered. I also need to test the fiberglass spring to see what size works best. I will keep you informed if you are interested. Dave Did not see where else to contact you so used this. I am the guy with the grey 144″ van at the Mercedes car show. Saw where you are thinking about a rear spare tire carrier. I did not like the one that Sportsmobile had at the show. I decided I can do better. I am not done with the design but have the assembly drawing. Still need to test it and draw the parts. The carrier will be mounted off the stock trailer hitch. It is a 1 1/2″ round SS tube that will have a square fiberglass spring inside the tube. One end of the spring is fixed and the other end has a bellcrank attached to the tire carrier. The tire carrier will pivot on the 1 1/2″ tube with two oilite bushings. When the tire is swung down the fiberglass bar will be twisted to provide a spring return. I am very busy with work so do not know when I will complete it and get the lasered parts ordered. I also need to test the fiberglass spring to see what size works best. I will keep you informed if you are interested.

Dave

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