Made it back!!!

Get rid of the cooler.. Welcome back...I think.

Denny

When I had my Dodge, as I didn't smoke, I took out the ash tray and made a custom mounting setup to put my cb there. Mind you, that was on a 97 model.

Want to keep the cooler up front. It fit's there and secures real well.

Roy

The cooler covers that area. I'm toying with the idea of puting it in the bottom console. Also trying to figure where to put the anntena. The mirrors are plastic, so that's out.

Roy

Could do a bed stake, rear bumper or ball mount. I opted with a cheap mag mount on the roof with the Chevy because I have the plastic mirrors also. Shame too because I have a real nice tunable FireStix just sitting in the closet now.

Can you mount the radio on the cooler?

Ken

I've got one of these from Geno's Garage:

I drilled two holes in front of the actual cup holder portion and mounted the CB there. I've got the face of the radio at the same elevation as the top of the smoothie. It's out of the way and handy for me. I have a fire stick mounting bracket for the antenna:

They have the cup smoothie for the third gen trucks, don't recall how new your truck is, maybe you won't be able to use the same bracket I did.

Robert

The problem is the cooler. I barely have room to plug it in. It fits that tight between the seat and the dash. It can't go in the back due to the set up for the dog.

The truck is a 05 QC with a cap. I'm thinking of mounting the antenna on the front of the cap, sorta between the cab and the cap. Probably have to fab a bracket but.....

Thanks for the links.

Roy

hmmm sounds like ham talk.

ive always found it hard to punch a top although i agree the roof mounts work out nicely after you've talked yourself into taking the step drill to it.

Ypu missed a good one. We had a lot of rain (7+ inches) last week and I95 was closed for 7 hours just past the WW bridge because of a mud slide.

Was I95 still under construction in Lumberton?

How was driving through Waldorf?

beekeep

We were trying to find out from AAA how the road conditions were but the phone screwed us. I was concerned about the conditions on 301 and luckily the traffic was minimal so we stayed on 95

Not so you'd notice

Not bad. Some stop and go, but after about 8 hours it was a break from the monotony of the road.

Roy

I mounted mine in a wood box on the hump, but sounds like your cooler goes there...

I put the antenna cable under the floor mats and through the rubber plug where the clutch would go through the firewall.. (99 ram qc) from there I tried one of those fender/hood mount things and it sucked... Ran the cable under the truck and up between the cab and bed... wire tied it to the main bundle as I recall... I used to have a full size whip mounted to the left side bed bolt or whatever... the one that holds the bed to the frame and hold the rope hook on..

That worked very well until I put a tool box on the truck... then I got lazy and put a good mag mount antenna on the tool box.. also works very well..

Mac

hey bro.. just thinking outside the box here.... On my cheap RS CB, you can use the mic to change channels up and down... no band, vol, squelch, etc. though...

You could mount the radio under a seat or something and just hang the mic where you can get it..

I've also seen small units hung with velcro to ceilings and ceiling consoles... also door interiors, but that has it own set of problems..

Mac

That sounds like it would work. I dug out a old uniden radio that was last used in the 80's. It should work, now to find a place that sells the anntena and other related stuff here in MA. There used to be CB store and installers all over the place years ago, now there aren't any in the yellow pages here in MA.

I'm still of the thought of sticking the radio in the bottom console. I'm having a hard time getting my head around drilling a hole in the roof but......

I'm going to play with it later today just to see what fit's where.

Roy

No he can't get rid of the cooler, how is Roy going to keep his beer cold???? Dale

He needs to put down the worthless cellphone and get to chugging before the brew warms up...

JS

I usually put one in a new truck with bungies or something and run the antenna out the rear slider..

Then I can play with different mounting places while I'm actually USING it... makes a difference and beats the hell out of putting it somewhere that seems like a great place until you use it..

For us, we hardly ever use it, just peace of mind in an emergency... we usually listen to weather more than cb, or flick it to cb when traffic slows down so we know what's up ahead.. Mac

That + FCC commercial lic as well ;=)

The "official" Motorola 3/4" shoulder bit will cut the hole in prolly 15 secs and the shoulder of the bit will grind away the paint for 1/8" all around the outside edge to make for a mighty-fine ground bond. I've seen that grounding bond make a huge difference in the SWR. Guys come in with nice neat holes cut in with a Greenlee punch and then destroy a whole antenna rod trying (unsuccessfully) to cut it for the center frequency (as evidenced by low vSWR reading). We pull off the antenna, put the Motorola shoulder bit in the hole long enough to burn off the paint and voila' suddenly the SWR reading is down where it should be. It's not so much skill as it is knowledge and having the right tool for the job. Kids today haven't a clue.