My customer has just bought a 2 year old EV Porsche he was saying it's great because all the depreciation has happened. Cleaning his windows last week and he said a motor went in it but its under warranty. Once fixed he is trading it in for a petrol Porsche, seems he has went from gladness to sadness on EV's now.

I looked at the rescue card ages ago:

https://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/Catalog/service_tip_files/Ford_Transit_Custom_Van_2025_5d_Electric_EN.pdf

Shows you all the dimensions of the battery and motor etc.

I’ve decided when I get one, I’ll be using the lashing points and a flag tank.

The battery goes as far as back as the side load door. So not good for tanks being bolted down. You’d have to faff about dropping the battery.

That’s good info Zesty cheers. From that it looks like flat tank ratchet strapped is gonna be the only way to go. Do you reckon the lashing points will need to be reinforced for a flat tank?

If it’s possible then your best bet is to go and look at one and take your tape measure with you. Get underneath it and you will be able to see if there’s enough room to straddle the traction battery. That’s what I did with the Vivaro. Soon as I looked underneath I could see there was more than enough room. The tape measure confirmed it.

Seriously considering pulling the trigger on an E Custom Sport. I’ve emailed the dealer to get dimensions of battery pack underneath cargo area, hoping against hope that my cage will straddle the battery pack. If this isn’t doable is there anyway to strengthen lashing points and use ratchet straps? My concern is that it’s an upright 500 litre tank so probably not the ideal shape for using ratchet straps.

You could just get a different tank of go for a custom built tank. Compared to cost of van should be a relatively small expense.

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Thanks for your replies everyone .

Here's an outlier.

I have 40m  reinforced pole hose connected to 60m if old microbore on my Claber hand reel. Light as a feather.

Why people use microbore let alone minibore is beyond me.

But then I don't use a pump controller either.

And I use an immersion heater for warmth.

 

How is the immersion heating fitted to your tank, is it a separate fitting or on the lid of the tank, got any pics or dealers that sell them?

Actually , no need , I’ve just looked at water heaters in a few websites, far too much money for me, 3  grand plus vat 😧

An immersion heater plus fittings is a couple of hundred quid. Should be fitted as close to the bottom of the tank as possible using a mechanical flange.

That sounds a much better price, have either of you got a picture of how they’ve  been fitted ?
The reason I whinged about the ones for sale on a few suppliers, I’m not doing as much work now, after I had that fall just about 41/2 years ago ,and had to have half my left skull removed to  stop the  inside bleed . So during my off for sickness , a lot of customers got a new wc . Enough of that it’s been on before during my sickness , but’m back to work which I enjoy doing .