Common as muck here, average fully trained construction carpenter has a collection of the finest in his van.
Up till the real estate bubble popped, the majority was selfemployed, IRS has a special registration for single independents.
Company registered vans are exempt of luxury tax on cars, plus sales tax, saves half the money.
Main reason why most in construction went selfemployed (subcontractor), and drive the fanciest turbo-diesel Mercedes or Volkswagen transporters, really wild ones used to do Ram SRT-10's. (half of those are now trying to eat their superduper van)
Wood/expanded PU core/glassfiber roving sandwich on a stringer/crossframe/bulkhead skeleton, all-epoxy.
Epoxy laminated steel spaceframe for the retractable keel, draught from 2'7'' up to 7ft all down. =>
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All diy, up to the welded stainless steel railing, machined scepters and propeller shaft.
I'm 3/4 down renovating my home, 1935 former private orphanage, three floors plus large attic & all-concrete cellar, ~5500sqft.
Everything from woodwork to plumping & electricity. Eats tools, every replacement is an investment to save time and hassle.
(i'm not into borrowing money, most folks find me tiresome)
Even after a dozen years, still not used to the name change from Festo to Festool.