I have been thinking about installing a cb in this rig for those long hauls and I haven't decided what to get for a radio or the best place to mount it. I have been leaning towards a smaller radio that I could mount in the cubby hole at the bottom right next to the ash tray/change door to keep it looking clean in the cab, but I sacrafice power for that. Anyone have any good ideas? I haven't bought any equipment yet either so any input on equipment would be much appriciated.

 

Check out BIGBOB classifieds. he has mounts for sale that fit these new trucks. very nice mounts... there are a lot of good small CB's. i recommend the Unidens, Galaxy's, and some Cobras.... you can try a search

 

I run a Cobra C.B. with a Wilson "Super Trucker" antenna, 8ft whip. I've got a picture in My gallery on were I installed mine.

 

I have one of Big Bob's mount's and I really like it, it is heavy duty and I needed that because I have a Galaxy 959 that is a really heavy radio. I am running twin 36in Firestick II on the front corners of the bed, they tuned down very nicely, 1.7 on 1 & 40 and the meter won't even move on 20.

 

I use a Cobra.The control unit hides beneath the centre console, just the mic is visible. I also use a remote speaker with firestik stake pocket mounts. Cobra 75WXST
Mobile Compact CB with Weather Channels.

 

the cobra 75 is the way to go if you want something small. i have this radio hooked to a wilson 1000 on the cab, SWR is 1.2

i tried the firestik fender mount with a 3' firestik, stainless whips are the way to go. fiberglass is awful imo.

 

Where do I find big bobs classifieds at . I tried to find it and come up blank.

 

Here's a link to his gallery with the CB mount pics. https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/.../20494/stype/0 He doesn't have any classified ads listed on DTR. You can always PM him.

 

Do a search we did that about year and half ago. I put mine down on the floor infront of the consel.

 

 

You can't say that you don't have a great sales team BIG BOB....

 

I have have a small CB under my steering wheel. Works great. Piece of cake once you memorize the *****. Mic and cord wrap nicely aroung steering column too. See my gallery.

 

Wow this is some good input, I really appriciate it. big bobs is a nice bracket however, it is far to big for the small space between my shifter and transfer case shifter. I am leaning more towards the indash mount. Maybe a little creative engineering will yeild a solution. Thanks all!!

 

This was my thinking also. I looked at Big Bobs mount (in his rig) VERY nice bracket - I just thought is was too big for a (my) CB. It gave me an idea though. I bought a piece of steel strapping (about 2'' wide x 12" long) from the Home Depot, bent it in a vise so that the angle of the CB was perfect for my veiwing while driving, painted it black, drilled a hole in the bottom so that I could use one of the existing seat bolts (got this idea from Big Bobs bracket). This set-up looks great. In fact, because of it's size, and the way the CB is mounted/angled, you really can't see the bracket at all, which is what is was striving for. It only cost me a couple of dollars and about an hours time.

 

I have a smaller CB and an integrated CB antenna (AM/FM/CB) antenna.

I just bolted the CB bracket onto the ashtray. No big deal.

Easy to see, use and does not take any knee room.

cheers f