Rago Fabrications CB Antenna Mount with Total Chaos Bed Stiffeners

Installed Rago Fabrication CB antenna mount. Works well with already installed Total Chaos Bed Stiffeners and tail gate opens/closes well.

Posted for those wondering if they’ll work together

 

Hey thanks for that! Been wondering if that combo would work. Any tailgate rub?

 

No rub!

 

I have the same mount, no tailgate stiffener. No rubbing. I wrapped the mount in insulation tape just incase to.

 

How do you like the Diamondback Cover?

 

Omg love it!!!

 

Bed Stiffeners are a great option, love mine. Not Total Chaos but work the same.

 

Agreed, love the red!

 

Thank you kind of my favorite color.

 

Weird, I just got this mount and tried it installing alongside my Total Chaos bed stiffeners and the tailgate cover rubs one of the bolts when closing.

No go for me.

 

Awwww that sucks! I guess there’s decent amount of variation with these things

 

Yeah there must be. It doesn't rub a lot and the tailgate closes but it would wear through the tailgate fiberglass cover after a while. I may try using a lower profile bolt. TBD.

EDIT: I cut the rear mounting point off of the bracket, I bent the antenna mounting piece a bit, and used a lower profile bolt head, still no-go. Not all beds are created equal.

 

What is the logic and real world evidence that these things are at all useful? First of all, the tailgate attaches to both sides of the bed when closed, which would seem to be much more effective at preventing the sides of the bed from spreading. Secondly, if you were afraid that wasn't enough support, wouldn't a simple bar across the top of the bed make a whole lot more sense?

 

I mean it can’t hurt...

 

Mine rubs when opening and closing... I mounted it the same way OP did.

 

It would be nice to see this as one piece. Antenna mount and bed stiffener as one.

 

The first post has mine

 

Thanks for the photos and review, is the top bolt that's going through both the cb bracket and the top of the bed stiffener the original from TC or Rago, or is it aftermarket you had/picked up?

I am liking the full length of the TC stiffeners over other brands, but have the caliraised cb/light brackets on both side of my tailgate for aux backup lighting, and didn't want to be limited to either the TC taller style stiffeners or the bracket mounted aux floods, and after seeing your pictures am thinking a longer bolt might make it work.

 

Hm... I forget which bolt to be honest.