M2 Freightliner Ambulance Conversion Project. 2007 Crew Cab
- Thread starter Ozrockrat
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Coachgeo
Explorer
Have considered that idea as well. Not that this is any big announcement worth reading lol except to support the thought in this idea.:chef:
Ozrockrat
Expedition Leader
Ok I am definitely getting better at this the more I practice. Started installing the sofa bed I. The back. 4 hours later and it's all done. Last time it took at least 4 days.
Same design as last time. The sofa sits a long way off the floor so that we could retain all the storage underneath and not have to cut out too much paneling.
Same design as last time. The sofa sits a long way off the floor so that we could retain all the storage underneath and not have to cut out too much paneling.
Ozrockrat
Expedition Leader
As they sit. They are retractable lap belts and very well mounted. Last rig I changed them out for the non retractable as they were in the way. Now in the cab I will just be putting in an extra lap belt in the middle to go with the existing 3 point belts so I can carry 5 people in the front if required. I doubt if we will ever need to use the seat belts in the back.
patoz
Expedition Leader
How long is that couch, will it fit in a 6' long space?
Yeah, I would keep those rear belts as they are, and you might as well add a back board to your list of equipment too. You never know when you might have to transport someone out of the back country from and adventure gone wrong.
And if you do, you definitely don't want to be THIS guy!
Yeah, I would keep those rear belts as they are, and you might as well add a back board to your list of equipment too. You never know when you might have to transport someone out of the back country from and adventure gone wrong.
And if you do, you definitely don't want to be THIS guy!
patoz
Expedition Leader
A standard Birch backboard is generally 18" x 72". Occasionally, you will come across one that is 20" - 24" wide and 74" long for larger/taller people. They are 1.5" thick because they have two .75" thick hardwood runners on the bottom to help with sliding, and to allow an EMT to get their fingers under the handholds. The newer plastic and aluminum ones are thicker due the materials they are made out of.
Originally we made our own wooden ones, and we made them 16" wide so we could get three out of one sheet of plywood.
The wooden backboards can be used to dig sand with (especially the tapered ones), as traction mats in an emergency, and as tables also. I'm thinking they would make a pretty good stationary 'creeper' to lay on to slide under your vehicle if you had to also. I wouldn't use one as a jack pad or traction mat unless it was an absolute emergency, because the load could fracture the wood fibers and weaken the board for use with a patient. Again, you don't want to be THAT guy! If you had to use it for that, I would take it out of service for medical use and replace it.
Originally we made our own wooden ones, and we made them 16" wide so we could get three out of one sheet of plywood.
The wooden backboards can be used to dig sand with (especially the tapered ones), as traction mats in an emergency, and as tables also. I'm thinking they would make a pretty good stationary 'creeper' to lay on to slide under your vehicle if you had to also. I wouldn't use one as a jack pad or traction mat unless it was an absolute emergency, because the load could fracture the wood fibers and weaken the board for use with a patient. Again, you don't want to be THAT guy! If you had to use it for that, I would take it out of service for medical use and replace it.
Coachgeo
Explorer
Ok no room for one of those. Looks like they will have to put up with being transported on a length of Marsden Mat (PSP).
wow is that pic visually deceiving? Looks like a to-scale model Marsden Mat next to a normal sized long wood tack or short nail.
