Commercial vehicle outfitting: optimize your workspace
Fitting out a light commercial vehicle (LCV) is an essential step for professionals (tradespeople, construction workers, or fleet operators) looking to improve their productivity, safety, and comfort. Whether it’s a van or a pickup truck, each model can be equipped with cargo-securing solutions tailored to the specific requirements of the business.
Forankra offers a variety of solutions to transform a utility vehicle into a secure space optimized for daily needs, including tie-down bars, aero rails, 25 mm straps, floor tie-down nets, and loading ramps.
Why customize a light commercial vehicle (LCV)?
A custom interior fit-out for your commercial vehicle is a powerful performance booster for your business. It delivers tangible benefits on a daily basis, both in terms of operations and your company’s image:
• Improve equipment organization
• Optimize cargo space
• Increase daily efficiency
• Enhance the safety of cargo and operators
• Boost your company’s image
Aluminum: A Significant Weight Reduction
For over 30 years, Forankra has been promoting the use of aluminum rails, tie-down bars, and ramps to reduce the total loaded weight of vehicles. This approach helps optimize their load capacity while reducing fuel consumption.
What equipment is needed for effective cargo securing?
Load-securing systems effectively keep cargo in place during transport and prevent any movement that could compromise safety.
They include:
• 25mm load-securing straps
• Lashing bars
• AERO lashing rails
• Lashing nets
These solutions are compatible with many commercial vehicle configurations and facilitate quick and secure lashing.
Loading ramps can also be integrated for loading and unloading operations.
A complete range of equipment for light commercial vehicles
Forankra offers a wide range of solutions for equipping commercial vehicles:
Lashing straps
Our 25 mm load-securing straps (claw-type, ratchet-type, automatic retractable, and Comfort Line) for light commercial vehicles effectively secure loads and prevent them from shifting during transport. Compliant with the EN 12195-1 standard, they ensure reliable and secure load securing.
Lashing bars
Our telescoping tie-down bars for light commercial vehicles effectively secure loads while protecting the vehicle’s interior. They ensure optimal load distribution and maximize usable space, even during sudden braking.
Forankra’s SMARTBAR, SMARTBAR HD, SQUARE-BAR, and ERGOBAR are reliable and easy to install, ensuring that equipment is securely held in place during transport. Accessories such as the SMARTCONNECT can be used with the SMARTBAR to attach tie-down accessories, creating a complete securing system for light commercial vehicles.
AERO Lashing Rails
Aluminum aircraft-grade tie-down rails offer versatile securing solutions to easily secure your cargo. They allow you to attach tie-down straps, position tie-down bars, or secure furniture.
Loading ramps
Loading ramps for commercial vehicles facilitate the transfer of materials, equipment, or goods between the ground and the vehicle. Made of aluminum, they are lightweight yet durable, making them suitable for regular or heavy-duty use. The RRK ramp is a fixed, hinged, two-section model that folds up and is easy to operate thanks to a gas spring mechanism.
Floor lashing net
The floor lashing net for light-duty trucks covers all or part of the floor and applies pressure to the load by tightening the straps, ensuring effective securing.
Ideal for bulk cargo, it locks, stabilizes, and secures packages even during sudden braking, while adapting to the vehicle’s existing tie-down points.
Forankra: Your Partner in Light Commercial Vehicle Customization
With recognized expertise in load securing, Forankra supports professionals in the design and distribution of custom-made interior solutions for commercial vehicles.
We offer a comprehensive approach to commercial vehicle load securing, incorporating modular tie-down systems adapted to different vehicle configurations and equipment designed to enhance operator safety.
For example, our tie-down straps, manufactured in our sewing workshop in Mions, can be fully customized to your needs—including dimensions, colors, and custom branding—to meet the specific requirements of each industry (construction, urban delivery, maintenance, technical services, etc.).
Frequently Asked Questions - Commercial Vehicle Customization
A well-organized cargo area helps minimize the movement of cargo during transport, reduces the risk of accidents, and improves operational efficiency. A well-organized commercial vehicle also helps keep equipment better organized and projects a more professional image to customers.
Yes. Regulations require that cargo remain secure under all circumstances.
The choice depends primarily on the vehicle’s intended use, the type of cargo being transported, and the level of logistical complexity. A vehicle carrying heavy loads will require more securing solutions, such as tie-down bars, while a vehicle used for a variety of purposes may be better suited to modular rails and appropriate straps.
Most light commercial vehicles can be equipped with customized interior solutions. This includes vans and pickup trucks. Each configuration can be optimized based on the business, the type of cargo being transported, and the logistical requirements.
Securing cargo relies primarily on appropriate securing systems. Securing straps help keep cargo in place, while securing bars create internal anchor points to prevent movement. Securing rails provide additional flexibility, and floor nets help stabilize bulk cargo across the entire floor of the vehicle.
Lashing rails allow you to create flexible anchor points inside the vehicle. They enable you to secure straps, bars, or other restraint systems as needed. Their main advantage lies in their modularity, which allows you to quickly adapt the interior layout of the commercial vehicle to suit the cargo being transported.
The floor lashing net as a retaining surface that covers all or part of the load. Once tensioned using straps, it stabilizes the cargo, particularly bulk loads or multiple packages. It prevents shifting during braking or cornering, while adapting to the vehicle’s existing anchor points. Its load-holding capacity ranges from 1,200 to 1,800 daN of payload (subject to the load capacity of the anchor points).
Yes, certain solutions, such as tie-down straps, can be fully customized. You can adjust the dimensions and colors, or add specific branding. This customization allows companies to meet their operational needs while reinforcing their visual identity.
Commercial vehicles can be equipped with various types of interior fittings depending on operational needs and safety requirements.
Lashing systems form the foundation of this equipment, featuring straps, lashing bars, and rails designed to secure loads and prevent any movement during transport. Floor-mounted securing nets complement these systems to secure bulk or mixed loads by keeping them flat and stable across the entire usable surface.
In some cases, loading ramps are also used to facilitate handling operations between the ground and the vehicle. For example, a floor scrubber, a tractor, or a roll.
Forankra supports professionals throughout mainland France and internationally, providing lashing solutions tailored to on-site conditions and the safety requirements of various industries.
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