Well, my van lives in a dicey neighborhood. Actually that’s not true either, it lives in a dicey looking building next to a car lot, and I figure a thief would steal one of those cars.
I heard a joke about a successful Harvard lawyer who is in a bad neighborhood and stops for lunch at a greasy spoon, and recognizes the waiter as one of his old Harvard classmates. Lawyer: What happened, you were at Harvard Law like me, and now here you are waiting tables at this lousy restaurant. Waiter: Well, at least I don’t eat here. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 7:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cargo van partition/bulkhead question Ken lives in a pretty dicey neighborhood. ;-) ----- Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> Midwest Internet Exchange <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> The Brothers WISP <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> _____ From: "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 6:34:51 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cargo van partition/bulkhead question I've always thought their main purpose was for security, I'm guessing you're not in/near a big city or a place with a lot of drug addicts... I usually see partitions on windowless contractor vans that also have locks like these on the rear and side door: http://www.americanvan.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/M/L/ML-001_3.jpg For some of the local dark fiber operators that have field technicians with advanced OTDRs, DWDM optical spectrum analyers and ribbon fusion splicers there could easily be $50,000 of equipment and tools in the back of an E250 van. On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Is there any legal or insurance requirement to have one of these? I hate them, and while I understand they are to prevent decapitation by a flying object from the cargo area, I can’t recall ever having such a flying object. I like having a rear window on the van for visibility, and even with a backup camera and sideview mirrors, being able to see out the back is nice. Are there other advantages to them? I guess the AC and heater might work better if isolated from the cargo space. I’ve seen claims it makes the cabin quieter, but anytime I’ve driven a van with a partition, there has been an annoying rattle from the door to the back. I could maybe see if you could put some shelving units up against the back of the partition. That might even make a van with dual sliding side doors viable.
