2006 Ford F150

tcm4368 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 05:08 PM

This was my 2006 Lariat. I had a Troy-built console with Motorola Radius UHF business-band radio, Cobra CB, Radio-Shack scanner, and Motorola phone. Antennas were mounted on the box behind the cab.

llllllllll · #2 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 06:19 PM

looks sharp

paramedszaf · #3 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 08:12 PM

Where did you find the mount for the holes in the truck bed?

tcm4368 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 08:56 PM

They were actually NMO mirror mounts, that mounted on the inside lip of the box, so the flat part sit on the box rail. I sold that truck to a customer who wanted it worse than I did and ordered the 2008, so I don't have it to take more pix of. I could see what else I have that might show it better. I know they weren't in the best location, but wanted it to fit in the garage. On the 2008, I run short unity gain antennas on a rack behind the cab, they clear the garage, and then if i'm on the road I switch out to the loaded antennas. We own a repeater for our UHF and around town I can hit it with either antenna installed, and the tower is 30 miles away

tcm4368 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 08:57 PM

See if this pix makes it clearer.

paramedszaf · #6 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 08:00 AM

In my situtation I cannot drill holes into my roof (truck is on lease till 2010) and the mag mounts aren't holding in my "Tree City USA" that I live in.

The box mount option would be good for my scanner antennas, my VHF and UHF are lip mounts on the front hood and do well for me...

Thanks for the idea!

tcm4368 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 08:15 AM

Take a look at my 2008, I installed a rack behind the cab to hold antennas, work lights, and an amber lightbar. I didn't want to drill the roof either. If I had a building with a tall enough door, it would not have bothered me, but I either have to remove the loaded antennas or run the unity gain short ones to fit in the garage. I figured the constant removing/installing would eventually loosen the NMO mounts in the roof causing problems later, as usually in time the threads get corroded and they don't come apart in the right spot anyways. Plus if I forgot to remove them as thin as the roof is, it would probably tear through. These mounts on the rack are encapsulated and bolted to the top, so there's no worries with them. The rack itself mounts in the stake pocket holes, and it's grounded to the frame. It was bought from Summit Racing equipment and was designed to hold off-road lights...works well for my purpose, and looks alittle classier than a basic headache rack.