The 5 Best Van Shelving Options for RAM ProMaster Vans

The ProMaster is the easiest full-size van to shelve, and most people don't realise why.

Because it's front-wheel drive, there's no driveshaft running underneath, so the load floor sits lower than anything else in the class. The side walls go up almost straight instead of curving inward. And the cargo box is the widest of any full-size van on the market. Those three things together mean shelving fits more easily here than on a Transit or a Sprinter — and they change which units are worth buying.

These are the five we recommend, chosen from what our customers pick most often and what's on the shelf today. Then the part that actually decides your order: how wheelbase and roof height work on this van, which is not the same as on a Transit.

Jump to: 1. Folding · 2. Deep 60-in · 3. Standard depth 60-in · 4. Narrow 42-in · 5. Complete package · How to choose · Roof height · Wheelbase · Mounting kits · Trade packages · FAQ

Quick comparison

A note on the van itself: the 159-inch wheelbase is far and away the most common ProMaster we shelve, so that's the configuration we've written around. Where a shorter van changes the answer, we've said so.

1. Holman Cargo Van Folding Shelf Kit — 60" W × 20" D

Shelving normally forces a permanent trade: you give up floor width forever in exchange for organisation. Folding shelves don't make you choose. Drop them when you're working out of the van, fold them flat when the day's load is a water heater.

That trade matters more on a ProMaster than on anything else, because the floor you'd be giving up is the widest in the class. Fix shelving to both walls of a ProMaster and you've turned the best cargo box on the market into a corridor. Fold it away and you've got the whole thing back.

How it's built: the shelves themselves are aluminum, the uprights steel — lighter overall than an all-steel unit without giving up the frame strength. Rated at 150 lbs a shelf. There's an EPDM liner bonded into each shelf so bins don't travel on corners, and rubber bump stops where the shelf meets the upright, which is the detail that separates a folding shelf that stays quiet from one that drives you mad after six months.

Running two side by side? They share an upright between them, so a long run doesn't cost you double the hardware.

Twenty inches deep makes this the roomiest shelf here. Totes that hang off the front of a 13.5-inch shelf sit flat on this one.

Holman Cargo Van Folding Shelf Kit, 60-in W × 20-in D — $1,475.86

Also in 48-in at $1,362.25 and 36-in at $1,230.71.

2. Weather Guard Heavy Duty Adjustable 4-Shelf — 60" W × 60" H × 16" D

Sixteen inches instead of the usual 13.5. It reads like a rounding error on a spec sheet and behaves like a different product once you're loading it — most standard totes and tool cases are built to dimensions that leave them hanging off a 13.5-inch shelf.

Depth is also the spec the ProMaster lets you be greedy about. On a narrower van, taking an extra 2.5 inches out of each wall is how you end up sidling down your own aisle. Here there's enough width that you can run deep shelving and still walk through.

Two things that show up after a year of use. The corner hardware is captive — nuts are pressed into the shelf rather than loose — which means a single bolt per corner and nothing to work loose and start buzzing over broken pavement. And the end panels are notched at the bottom, leaving a clear strip of floor under the unit. Most shelving wastes that. You can slide a drawer unit or a case into it.

Weather Guard Heavy Duty Adjustable 4-Shelf Unit, 60×60×16 (9366-3-03) — $810.00

3. Weather Guard Adjustable 4-Shelf — 60" W × 60" H × 13.5" D

Identical unit, two and a half inches shallower per side.

On most vans this is the automatic answer for a two-wall build. On a ProMaster it's a genuine decision, because you could run the deep version on both sides and get away with it. The question becomes what you do in the aisle rather than whether you fit down it — if a hand truck or a parts cart lives in there, take the five inches back.

Weather Guard Adjustable 4-Shelf Unit, 60×60×13.5 (9376-3-03) — $721.00

4. Weather Guard Heavy Duty Adjustable 4-Shelf — 42" W × 60" H × 16" D

Same height, same depth, eighteen inches narrower — and it exists for builds where the wall isn't only doing shelving.

A lot of ProMaster owners assume a long wheelbase means running shelving the full length of one side. In practice the most useful layouts don't. Put a 42-inch unit forward, behind the partition, and the back half of that wall stays open for whatever the trade actually needs standing up — a cart, a stepladder, a reel, a tank rack. On a van with this much floor, that flexibility usually beats the extra foot and a half of shelf.

If you're on the 118-inch wheelbase, this is simply the right size. A 60-inch run there consumes most of the available wall.

Weather Guard Heavy Duty Adjustable 4-Shelf Unit, 42×60×16 (9364-3-03) — $652.00

5. Holman Base Shelving Package for RAM ProMaster

The four above are pieces. This is the interior, specified and shipped as one thing — shelving, partition and all the mounting hardware for your ProMaster.

Worth being straight about who this suits, because it isn't most people. The usual way a van gets built here is one unit at a time, often over a couple of years as the work changes. A package is a different decision: you're buying a finished layout up front.

That's the right call in two situations. You've taken delivery of a new van and would rather it arrive designed than spend three weekends working it out. Or you're running more than one truck and want them identical, so a tech who swaps vans doesn't lose half a morning finding things.

If there's already gear in the van, skip this. Individual units will cost you less and fit better around what's in there.

Holman develops these with input from working trades, so the shelf spacing and layout aren't arbitrary. Treat it as a foundation — accessories and extra units go on top of it.

Prefer it all folding? Holman builds the same concept with folding shelves throughout, so the full floor comes back whenever you need it:

• 159-in WB Regular — $5,233.75
• 159-in WB Extended — $7,002.59
• 136-in WB — $4,890.93
• 118-in WB — $4,494.33

How to choose ProMaster van shelving

On most vans you check two numbers: how tall and how long. On a ProMaster, one of those barely matters.

Roof height: mostly a comfort question, not a fitment one

Sixty-five inches of standing height isn't enough to work upright, but it's comfortably more than a 60-inch shelving unit needs. So both ProMaster roof heights take the same shelving.

Compare that to a Ford Transit, where the low roof gives you around 57 inches and a 60-inch unit is flatly impossible — Transit buyers on a low roof have to drop to 44-inch shelving and accept the lost capacity. ProMaster owners never face that decision.

The manufacturers already know this. Look at how Weather Guard catalogues the hardware: ProMaster mounting kits come in four versions, one per wheelbase, with no roof variants at all. The Transit needs five, because roof height genuinely changes the part. If roof height mattered here, there'd be eight ProMaster kits instead of four.

What roof height does change: headroom while you work, and how much long material you can lay across the top of a shelving run.

Wheelbase is the number that matters

Everything about your order follows from this one — how many units, what width, and which mounting kit.

• 159-in WB — the ProMaster we shelve more than all the others combined, and what this guide assumes. Enough wall for a long run, or fixed units forward with folding shelves behind
• 159-in Extended — the longest cargo area of any van we supply shelving for. Think in zones rather than one unbroken run, or you'll end up walking the length of the van to find a fitting
• 136-in WB — a 60-inch run fits without crowding, or a 42-inch unit alongside something else
• 118-in WB — the short one. Two 42-inch units usually beats two 60s, and leaves you somewhere to stand

Picking a depth

Don't guess this one — go and measure the tote or case you carry most. If it overhangs 13.5 inches, you want 16, and on a ProMaster you can have it without consequences you'd feel.

Expect one quirk whichever you choose: the top shelf is narrower than the ones below it. Sixteen-inch units come with a 13.5-inch top; 13.5-inch units come with a 10.5-inch top. That's deliberate. Van side walls lean in as they rise, and tapered end panels let the unit hug the wall instead of tipping out into your aisle. Load the top shelf with the light, small stuff and it's a non-issue.

Material: what it costs you in payload

Steel is the cheaper, tougher option and the default for anyone whose van takes a beating. Aluminum costs more and gives it back in weight.

Weight is worth thinking about harder on this van than most. The ProMaster is front-wheel drive, so everything you bolt into the back is weight behind the driven axle. A two-wall steel build is one of the heaviest single things you'll add. If the van already runs close to loaded, aluminum buys back capacity you'll actually use.

The Holman folding kit sits between the two: aluminum shelves, steel uprights.

Three ways to buy it

Individual fixed units are the cheapest per shelf and how most ProMasters get built — a unit now, another when the work changes. Folding units cost more and hand you the floor back on demand, which is worth more here than on a narrower van. A package costs most up front and arrives as a finished design with the hardware included.

Trade-specific packages

Electrical contractors get their own ProMaster layout from Holman — configured around conduit, wire spools and the bin sizes that go with them, rather than a general-purpose shelf run you then try to adapt.

• Electrical Contractor Package, 159-in WB — $5,946.26
• Electrical Contractor Package, 136-in WB — $5,449.01

For mobile service and repair there's a General Service Package covering the 118-in and 136-in standard roof at $4,614.93.

Where shelving comes in the build

Shelving is rarely the first thing that should go into an empty ProMaster, and the order isn't arbitrary — each step depends on the one before it.

The floor goes first, because shelving anchors through it and nobody wants to strip a wall of units to slide a floor underneath later. The partition is next: it fixes where your cargo area starts, which is what you measure your shelving run against. Liners follow, since they fit to bare sheet metal and get much harder once there's hardware bolted to the walls. Shelving is step four.

FAQ

Does roof height change which shelving I need on a ProMaster?
Almost never. Standard roof gives you around 65 inches inside, high roof around 76, and a 60-inch unit clears both. It's a different story on a Transit, where a low roof forces you down to 44-inch shelving.

Does wheelbase change which shelving I need?
Yes, and it's the only measurement that really does. It sets your run length and your mounting kit. We shelve more 159-inch ProMasters than every other wheelbase combined; on a 118-inch, 42-inch units make more sense than 60s.

Why is a ProMaster easier to shelve than other vans?
No driveshaft under the floor means a lower load height, the walls rise almost vertically instead of curving in, and the cargo box is the widest in its class. You get usable shelf depth on both sides and still have somewhere to walk.

Can I run 16-inch deep shelving on both walls?
On a ProMaster, usually. That's the configuration this van's width buys you, and it's the point where narrower vans force you back to 13.5-inch.

Should I buy a package or individual units?
Individual units suit most people — cheaper, and you can build as the work changes. A package earns its premium on a brand new van, or across a fleet where every vehicle needs the same layout.

Why is the top shelf narrower than the rest?
Tapered end panels, following the lean of the van wall so the unit sits flush instead of pushing into your aisle. Standard on good shelving. Keep the light items up there.

Steel or aluminum?
Steel if the van gets worked hard and the budget is tight. Aluminum if payload is anywhere near the limit — a full steel build on both walls is a meaningful chunk of what you're allowed to carry.

How much does a full ProMaster shelving build weigh?
Enough to notice. Two walls of steel shelving is among the heaviest items in a typical upfit, and every pound of it competes with tools and stock for the same allowance. Weigh the van before you commit to a full steel layout.

Not sure what fits? Send us your wheelbase and roof height and we'll confirm the shelving and the mounting kit in one go — two minutes that prevent the mistake we see most on this van.

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