Ford Transit Solar Panel Rack

You could choose yakima rails but that means drilling holes in the roof.

Ford transit solar panel rack.

Ford does not recommend that anything is added to the roof if it not attached with the provided m8 mounting holes and the weight is only applied to the area immediately around the hole. They can also be used as a platform to sleep on enjoy a sunset in your favorite lawn chair or take pictures from. Not knowing much about how to complete the rest of the electrical system i contacted am solar and asked if they could advise and sell me whatever else i needed. A 4th solar panel could fit on the roof but was not installed.

A roof rack may be the most useful modification that you can do to your ford transit. Inorder to use yakima s towers the ford transit needs some type of rack rail system. The solar panel roof mount was built from scratch by securing aluminum slotted hole strut channels unistrut through factory drilled holes in the roof of the ford transit. He does 3d computer design work and i thought he is going to need a lot of power.

Our aluminum roof racks are a perfect spot to carry long and bulky cargo and accessories. Each side of the van has 8 1 2 foot runs of unistrut. Aluminess can build custom surfboard racks ladder racks kayak racks or expedition racks. In this video i walk you through the details of my diy solution for mounting solar panels on my extended long wheel base high roof ford transit van.

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