WHO ARE LOADED VANS?
IF THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THIS WEBSITE IS FAMILIAR TO YOU, IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE YOU TO LEARN THAT LOADED VANS IS THE SISTER COMPANY OF LOADED BIKES AND A LICENSED MANUFACTURER AND INSTALLER OF THE PLY GUYS CAMPERVAN FURNITURE.
Combining our design, engineering and manufacturing expertise to bring you the very best for your adventure vehicles.
Much like The Ply Guys, we have always taken great pride in designing and making products that provide both form and function, to create maximum versatility for the space within your van.
We'll still continue to offer our own style of van fit outs, but together, we're making all that ply goodness just a little more accessible and we hope you'll continue to like what we do.
If you have any queries, get in touch by phone or email or make an appointment to stop by to see us. We can make a mean cuppa and will ensure we've got plenty of biscuits in stock for your visit.
The Loaded Vans Crew
Meet The Team
We are small team and we love what we do. This isn't really work for us; it's our passion and focus on quality over quantity.
We are all about the dogs, work hard and enjoy life to the full.
All dogs welcome and you will often find that at least one dog will greet you on arrival, don’t worry they're all friendly.
DOMINIC
Dominic is a freight train of ideas, and once that train gets moving, there's no stopping it! If you want the impossible doing and good deal brokering, ask Dom. Which is a trait learned from his career in top level motorsport where everything is needed yesterday!
He's the man in charge and responsible for all things Loaded Bikes and Loaded Vans, but also chief tea maker!
He believes in working hard and playing harder.
Role: Co-Founder
Hobbies: Mountain Biking, Motorcycle Track days, dog walks, SUP
Vehicle: VW T6
HELEN
Helen, aka Hells Bells, is the little pocket rocket and the one that drinks the tea and knows things, and she's always right! She's pretty hands on too, getting stuck in to assembling products, digging trails, lifting and shifting the things that need lifting and shifting. She's also the one you're most likely chatting to via our socials and emails and pretty much all written media as Dom is useless at telling the story.
Role: Co-Founder
Hobbies: Mountain biking, SUP, Dog walks, Skiing
Vehicle: VW T6 and a Suzuki Swift (or at least she did until the freight train smashed it)
JACK
Jack "the CAD", is our resident technical designer and all round CAD wizard who takes all our design concepts and refines them to become beautiful and functional products. Dom and Jack have worked in unison for many years on some very cool vehicle projects so Jack is used Dom's ever changing list of priorities. He goes above and beyond on everything he does in the business.
Role: Technical Designer
Hobbies: Mountain Biking, hiking, dogs, restoring old cars, motorsport
Vehicle: Golf GTI and Transit camper
JULIE
Julie, or Helen's Mum as Dom likes to refer to her, generally keeps hold of the employee of the month trophy, she’s really quite protective of it. Julie takes great pride in building, prepping and packing of our stock. She occasionally does driving for us but she drives so fast we cant afford the fuel often.
She once accidentally bought a seafaring speedboat thinking she'd use it on the broads so she's prone to spontaneous decision making on occasion but she’s is equally passionate about the business and we’d be lost without her.
Role: Assembly, Fitting and Despatch
Hobbies: walking, adventure seeking, working for us
Vehicle : Coach Built Motorhome and a very fast Volvo.
STEVE
Steve does “things” we don’t quite understand these “things” but he does them on computers!
He has been described as being “tighter than two coats of paint” and at the same time “as useful as a pocket on a sock”
Despite not being able to change a plug or a lightbulb Steve is a dab hand at all things internet and e commerce.
A successful businessman in his own right, we're glad to have him on board.
Disclaimer: As steve doesn’t know the difference between a drill bit and a Hobbit he WILL NOT be working on your vans!
Hobbies: Fishing, Mountain Biking with Family, motorsport:
Vehicle: VW T6 Kombi, Mercedes EQC.
RIPLEY
Ripley, our Hungarian Vizsla often gets mistaken for nobility. He's Head of Public Relations and chief overseer of goods in and out. You’ll commonly find him in the back of the courier’s van ensuring those parcels have all been locked and loaded. He has incredible stats for ensuring on time delivery; weirdly the couriers now show up exactly as planned. Such is his dedication that if we receive a late order, he'll gallop it down to the depot strapped to his harness to make sure it gets there.
He is a key member in converting sales with his overall cuteness and aura. Be warned though, he has a tail that never stops wagging and he will roo-roo-roo at you when excited!
Role: The Goodest Boi
Hobbies: Running alongside our mountain bikes, hiking, swimming and zoomies
Vehicle: He is chauffeured everywhere; nobility don’t need a vehicle
MOLLIE
Mollie works part time as Head of Security. What she lacks in stature, she makes up for in Feistiness; even Ripley wont mess with her.
When she's not loudly greeting visitors, you’ll often find her occupying all of Ripley's massive cave bed.
Role: Head of Security
Hobbies: Bed stealing, Chew stealing, Kayaking, Belly Rubs
Vehicle: Small enough to be carried, her chariot is anything and everything..