How to install a truck mount?

Hi. I was wondering if there were any tutorials or instructions on how to install a truck mount. I'd like to pull it out of one van and put it in another but the prices I've gotten are $600-$1600. And for $600 I have to drive both vans 8 hours round trip! So I figure.. maybe I can do it myself.

It's a panther 25 sitting on top of a stainless steel freshwater tank. I suppose I would need a fork lift to move it all? (That's how they installed it from what I can remember.

After you run your gas hook up..............ask someone you don't like to start the thing up..................you should stand back about 2 blocks

Atlantis wrote: Hi. I was wondering if there were any tutorials or instructions on how to install a truck mount. I'd like to pull it out of one van and put it in another but the prices I've gotten are $600-$1600. And for $600 I have to drive both vans 8 hours round trip! So I figure.. maybe I can do it myself. It's a panther 25 sitting on top of a stainless steel freshwater tank. I suppose I would need a fork lift to move it all? (That's how they installed it from what I can remember.

Is it a slide in?????  a slide in is a piece of cake

I'm not sure what you mean by slide in. I talked to Mike over at Chemtex (any of you Panther owners will know him). He said "put it back together the way you found it". HA! Nice advise! Wish I would have thought about that myself!

Seriously though, he said to get some landscaping timbers and slide it from one van to the other. It's sitting on top of a fresh water tank which makes it all that much heavier though (the stainless steel chemtex waste tanks).

i guess I'm supposed to unhook it from the waste tank, slide it into the van, slide the waste tank into the other van rearrange it so I can fit the waste tank behind the machine and then line everything up. He said it could be done by one person. Sounds like a big job though. I'm clearing Friday, Saturday and Sunday just in case. ;). And hopefully Monday I can go down to Jon Don and get the fuel tap done.

I'm looking forward to it though! I've been in a Dodge 1500 for the past two years. I'm buying a Ford E350! LOTS more room. Before, I could carry two 1200's and 6 blowers max. I could SQUEEEZE in two Evolutions and 4 blowers. Looking forward to the extra space!

I'm hoping I can set the machine up right next to the hose reel coming out of the side of the van. In my current van the reel is in the back and the machine on the side. Makes for a real pain in the ass when rolling up my hoses. My next purchase (after a 360 or RX-20) is going to be an automatic reel ;). I paid two f**king grand for the fresh water tank though! For that money I could have gotten a f**king automatic with plastic fresh water tank! You live and learn though. It's stainless steel at least.

Atlantis wrote: oh. You guys want to see why I'm getting a new van?? OK Ready for this?? My wife... my lovely wife.. my very caring wife...thought she could put a candle on the dash and "heat the van" in the winter. This is to avoid the potential of a busted hose (Dallas doesn't get cold enough to cause any serious damage). At least my car charger still works!

are you sure your wife did that...lol????  maybe it was  you???

You know the saying....."Blame it on someone else..!