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The body is one rigid unit so the frame flexes very little now on that truck. Everything is strong enough to handle the stresses. If you tie a box into the factory cab you'll be pulling things apart because the cab is not very strong. The frame will flex and something must give. This problem has been a major part of design for the folks making RVs, which Is why I bring it up. This part is best figured out in the beginning of your design since other things will hinge around it.
Gotcha! Thanks for the info. And yeah, it looks like we're going to have the cab and box built completely separate from each other to help with flex. Lockable doors and a crawl through compartment between the two
I've been chasing out west (From the Mexican Border all the way up to ND) for a while now so I understand how the storm paths and speeds work
Most of the supercells we chase move at 20-30mph; 60 is relatively rare as most happen with warm fronts. Early season storms do tend to move much faster - Jan 22nd last year we were chasing a tornado in Albany, GA that was moving near 70mph which was impossible to keep up with in any vehicle there. Bow echos do routinely move 50-80mpg but those aren't really anything that we chase; more of something to park in front of, sit back, and enjoy getting swallowed by the whales mouth. 
Too slow, stick with the M923A2 and crank the governor up. Should be able to get higher speed rated tires...
Yupp back to the m923a2 again haha. Just kinda posting my thoughts out loud to get people's opinions. Thanks!
Yesssss. Although we don't drive over the actual corn like they do there, a lot of the roads are very similar to the dirt roads/paths in that segment there, sometimes filled with thick mud. We have no problem with them in the StormCruzzer but 95% of other chasers can't take them and have to go the long way round.
Nope none whatsoever. They do find more remote locations so they don'y really have to worry about debris. The Instruments on the back range from $250-1000K so they do everything they can to avoid debris.
Hahaha I agree. I'm extremely surprised not only that the truck can withstand that but they feel comfortable in there as well. I would have thought they would at least have ballistic glass but was shocked when he told me it was regular automotive glass.
