RyanJNelson
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I am certain you considered the flexing of the chassis in relation of the strength of whatever is holding the rocks in place, but as Orion pointed to this safety issue did you consider the G force in the head collision with a potential of rocks flying from the back. I am not the hater of your concept but am truly concern about safety and just hope no one will follow you just for the sake to be different. These flying rocks could easily penetrate the windshield killing folks on their route. From you pictures I can’t see a retaining bulkhead stopping flying rocks which would be a good idea.I thoroughly thought our the flex of the vehicle before committing to the stone. It's hard to tell in the photos but the stone is all resting on itself so the adhesive is only holding them to the wall. As far as the stiffness of the wall it's solid. If you look at the wall as a big wall it seems that it will crack, in all actuality there isn't much sqft of stone and the pieces are small enough. Time will tell. The mortar, if it falls out, won't effect the look anyway as the gaps are pretty small. I just wanted it to be unique.
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In a head on collision travelling at 60 mph your van will stop in lets say a distance of 2 feet but potentially loose 2 pounds rocks will be flying at 60 mph, they will certainly penetrate a windshield.........................
Lastly, have you ever thrown a rock through a car window? Impossible...
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Unless he's in a rollover. Then it becomes a rock tumbler inside.Now Dave the stone is low enough to only nut you.
You also have to consider the surface, surface prep and structure it is glued to as well. Lets say the glue holds, would the structure hold that force?Sheer strength of an adhesive not always corresponds to adhesion strength. Without running an experiment of and adhesive’s adhesion strength to a particular rock in a vibration environment it is taking a chance. I would not take this chance whatever Internet's opinions are.
George.
AgreedYou also have to consider the surface, surface prep and structure it is glued to as well. Lets say the glue holds, would the structure hold that force?
The fake light stone would have the affect desired without any downsides.They do make a foam like stack stone and river stone for wall applications that looks real and your whole install might weigh 10lbs total for the stone part. Not criticizing your design just that there is another product, same look but better suited for your application. Keep the updates coming on your install.
Yes I do wish I had the taller roof, but only for my head. We have two bikes and a box on top and would have been near the 14ft mark. What's nice about the shorter height and length is the ease of parking. I reside mostly in beach towns so parallel parking is a must. This parks really easy. I never would have went with the long version and the shorter length and taller roof looks way goofy and I imagine that with the bike's and box on top the center of gravity would have been really high.Woah. This might be the first time I've seen stone in a van install. Very unique that's for sure. Does look more like a home. Props for going with your heart. Would not have been my choice or look but hey it's part art too...
With 12k miles now do you ever wish you should have gotten the taller roof? I do like the look for the low roof much more.
I figured that. Hindsight is 20/20. Thanks for the info.Ryan, I've had trouble with regular contact cement in the past. It isn't strong enough to hold dissimilar materials in place during expansion/contraction. Too late now, but a urethane wood glue like Gorilla Glue and clamping works the best. You might consider a glue syringe to apply urethane glue or even the woodworker Super Glue (medium base available at Rockler) to the open spots and clamping before you resort to mechanical fasteners (screws, staples, nails).
Thanks. Yea it's a "take what you want and leave the rest" world on the Internet.I think it's so rude that several of you are actually arguing about the use of stone,it was his decision and that shud be it,would have been different if he asked for advice before he started the job,the worry about the stones gg thru the windshield,give me a break ,are you a engineer?sorry as I read the posts I got aggrevated,the builder has a lot more patience than I do.