Yeah, the engineer and first responder in me shudders when I see the magnetic knife racks (images of knife throwing magic acts pop up) and all the improperly restrained and poorly secured/fastened stuff (even many bed frames and mattresses), in many van builds.
EVERYTHING needs to be secured both laterally AND vertically. When accidents happen, not only does stuff want to keep moving forward, but also upward, and even sideways. In a frontal impact, the entire vehicle back end pivots up around the front wheels’ axle as the center of gravity is above the axles. Unsecured stuff will fly up and forward - really fast!). It’s pretty scary. Rust prevention is important, but not to the point of skimping on attachment points. Check out the Norwegian RV crash test videos online too (you’ll really get the importance of securing stuff), and also the newer generation of Transit crash tests. The vans (MB, Transit, Ram) fare much better than most RVs.
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