Roof bars like the ones fitted to this Transit will be essential for many trades, but don’t neglect the space just under the roof!

Don’t neglect roof & floor space

We briefly mentioned floor space, but the importance of utilising these ‘hidden’ spaces cannot be understated enough.

No matter how spacious the interior of your van looks, you’ll quickly notice how precious and valuable space becomes are you start installing shelving, racking and cabinets.

This becomes even more true if you carry even a handful of large, heavy tools; these eat away at space which could be used for shelving, drawers or other racking. The solution is to use roof racking and ‘false floors’ to create additional space.

These areas of storage are great backups, but are also essential for long and delicate tools which require safe, flat storage – for example, saw blades and larger spirit levels suit ‘false floor’ storage perfectly, whereas heavier yet more compact tools like dust extractors can easily be lifted to higher spaces like taller shelves or roof-level storage.