The Frankenstein Build! LT/Expo/Trail rig..and BS

But it's pretty easy. Again timmy and I will help out a lot on the trip. Just need the license to make it legal haha

 

You aren't alone. The CB will remain the main means of communication between trucks on the trail.

 

I thought as much. Any good external speaker recommendation? I have it mounted in the center console so i dont want to keep it open the whole time

 

Which radio do you have? This is the one I am using. I like it. Plenty loud, I can easily hear it over the tunes.

$20 Uniden (BC7) Bearcat 7-Watt External Communications Speaker. Durable Rugged Design, Perfect for Amplifying Uniden Scanners, CB Radios, and Other Communications Receivers.,Black

http://www.amazon.com/Uniden-BC7-Communication-Speaker/dp/B009PIRQ6E

 

I'm running the BC15 or BC 23A can't remember. Sounds much much better the built in one

 

Do you recall how the camp light on the bumper is powered? I'm guessing it comes from the same line the powers the backup light relay, but wasn't sure. Is that last bit to the camp light fused?

 

Actually..I don't remember

Should be easy to tell though.

Something wrong with it?

 

Yeah, won't turn on. Worked fine last time I used it.

I've looked I don't see a fuse in that last bit. Of course, the main power from the front is fused but the trouble lies elsewhere. It looks to me like you got power for that light from the main source I ran back there from the fuse block.

The tail lights, the backup lights and the license plate lights are working.

 

Must be from the fuse block then..or the switch died.

Or the main wire you ran back there. I actually think you ran that wire cause I don't remember doing that.

 

I did run that wire. And I think you misssunderstood what I said. Power is fine to back there. You go power from that line I ran. You powered the backup light relay and also the license plate lights from that power.

Naw, if there is no hidden fuse just for that camp light, then its either the switch (my bet is here) or it's the light itself (seems unlikely).

 

Oh right.

Yea Id bet the switch is bad. Volt meter will tell you this easily.

 

Oh and it's not fused because it's off the same fuse as all the others. Not really needed.

 

The

$67 pro520xl pro series 40-channel CB radio. compact design. ANL switch and PA/CB switch. 7 watts of audio output and instant emergency channel 9. - black

pro520xl. Ok ill look at that, thanks!

Yea my built in isnt that nice, plus its in the console so if its shut i cant hear it

 

Geez, Spend $2K on a bumper and defeated by a $2 switch.

That isn't the point. Would have been so simple if it was a blown fuse.

That's a good radio. That is what all of us run.

 

Haha 2k?? Since when did it cost that?!

Stupid switch..try and find a weather sealed one.

Yea that's the best lil cb radio

 

Yup. More actually. When you add in shipping/transportation costs. Quite a bit more.

Its alright. Was worth it for sure.

 

Shipping and transportation...true..

Sheesh..hope so haha

 

I knew going in about how much it would cost me to do this. So that was not a big surprise. Then when it was finished and I saw the look on your face when it was on the truck, I knew it was the right move.

 

Fair enough

 

Ok, now Let's see this bumper haha