Just picked up my TM, Dealers put it in side door.  Looks like it may be wasted space behind seats due to machine build.   I thought about installing it in rear of van instead of side door.   Will mounting machine in rear of van trouble the handling of the van?  It is a one ton, regular length van, El Diablo TM, and maybe a water well on the other wheel well.
         One of the pros and con things of this machine is the diesel heater on rear of unit. TM mounted in side door makes it hard to service burner, where  as in rear mounted unit you can access the burner through side door.
              Any suggestions on location mount?         

        Mike , the only thing needing service on that side of van is recovery tank.  Recovery tank is made to fit over the wheel well on passenger side of van, leaving the other side open to be able to service machine motors, pumps, blower, etc.
            Weight?  I thought being a 1 ton I would not need to add leafs to suspension. 
     
      The dealer did say it might be comberson to work on heating unit if it were side mounted.  This is a long machine, it reaches from side door to van wall. (I think it may be like 61" long).   The 75 gal. recovery tank is side mounted on the Diablo.
      I've got to comadere my kids digital camera to get pics.
                         Not into it right now, just got back from offshore, my hands are killing me from cutting scallops, not much sleep to boot. Long watches, 12 on 4 off, you get about 3 hours rack time then up to bust rears again. I'M BEAT!                                                     

                                                                                         

I looking to get a newer van this year. And I'm thinking of putting my tm in the rear. I think it would be easer to run the hose reel out the side, so I can pull hose straight in to the house. Also the exhaust would be blowing out the back so less chance that any would come in to the home.   

I have had my TM for just shy of 4 years now and have never had a water well.  It was needed maybe 3 times on foreclosure jobs where they hadnt turned the water on yet. Always got it taken care of so not a big deal.  Now im not saying I wouldnt like a water well just saying that not having one isnt a real big deal. Just one more thing to possibly have to fix.

A water tank is a good idea to have in Maine.

Many people shut off the outside faucets in the winter so getting water can be a hassle. Many are also on private wells. The quality of the water from some is not that great.

We always ran reels out the back and never an issue.

Put some pipes under the machine and move it around to see where you like it best.

Quote from: Mike Martell on January 05, 2011, 07:53:47 AM

You can always try mounting it in the rear.

HA 

lol,

I am going to switch my tm to the rear when ever I get a few weeks of no rain. Man the soil is like a floating swamp at the moment. I put out a golf ball onto my lawn and it sank into the soil in a few hours..

I can say on almost every residential job I do, I regret putting the tm in the side door.
My econoline 1 ton can handle anything back there. It has a dually rearend from an HD4500 with locker posi. and the springs to match. It can hold upto 3 tons like its a paperweight. lol

Most 2" is rather stiff.

The really soft and flexible stuff isn't really suitable for high heat TM use. Burned up or caved in a few of those in the day.

Are you running any 1.5" at the end? You could run a 10-15' section of that without too much loss on shorter residential style runs. Go 2" to the wand on longer runs.