micahfelker Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Hey everyone I finally made an account on here after a very long time of just looking at the forums! I'll jump right in! Me and my friend built this cb antenna mount in his garage with some spare metal lying around. I screwed it in to the same hole that the tailgate stopper attaches to, so no drilling was required. All it took was shaving down the rubber stopper 1/4" and bending/welding the mount together. The main reason I'm using the antenna is to fly my American Flag, as I do not have a cb radio, though I have been thinking about it. Let me know what you guys thing! (: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDN_S4 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Good idea. And welcome to NPORA officially! Be advised, when you create a thread on Crapatalk it will say error and you'll hit retry, meanwhile every time you click again it will actually create a thread. So simply click cancel after the first warning. The thread will be posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLORx4 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) Welcome to the forum. That's super cool and very clean! Is the flat part of the mount gusseted underneath so that it won't easily bend down if the antenna hits something? The antenna will be able exert a pretty large torsional force to the 90° angle where the horizontal and vertical faces meet. Looks like the mount was welded, so it wouldn't be that much more difficult to tack on a small gusset there. Nice window sticker, too. Edited January 29, 2016 by XPLORx4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDESI Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Looks great and welcome to the community... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underoath Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Welcome and nice mount. I did a similar one but mounted it low since my antenna is long. I like your no holes drilled idea I had to drill mine. Seems we have a similar sticker in the same spot as well! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahfelker Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks for all the support guys! CDN_S4: I realized that as soon as I logged in on my computer I will definitely keep that in mind in the future. XPLORx4: I did weld a gusset onto it for that exact reason. Its in the back near the body so you can't really see it in any of the pictures Underoath: Oh yeah! Representing Not Of This World too, I see (: I'm hoping to get a HE>i sticker sometime in the future as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgruhn76 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Nice, I may use your mounting location and method when I install my antenna as well. Which antenna did you use? I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahfelker Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Honestly I have no idea what antenna it is. My friend just had a few old cb antennas lying around in his garage and he gave one to me. All I know is that it's 2' tall. I may get a bigger one so I can fly a full size flag. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaDan Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 On 1/28/2016 at 6:03 PM, micahfelker said: Hey everyone I finally made an account on here after a very long time of just looking at the forums! I'll jump right in! Me and my friend built this cb antenna mount in his garage with some spare metal lying around. I screwed it in to the same hole that the tailgate stopper attaches to, so no drilling was required. All it took was shaving down the rubber stopper 1/4" and bending/welding the mount together. The main reason I'm using the antenna is to fly my American Flag, as I do not have a cb radio, though I have been thinking about it. Let me know what you guys thing! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm resurrecting an old thread. How's this holding up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaDan Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 On 1/30/2016 at 10:57 AM, Underoath said: Welcome and nice mount. I did a similar one but mounted it low since my antenna is long. I like your no holes drilled idea I had to drill mine. Seems we have a similar sticker in the same spot as well! Can you share info on yours too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahfelker Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 On 9/16/2018 at 10:28 PM, AlabamaDan said: I'm resurrecting an old thread. How's this holding up? Sorry I haven't been on here in awhile! It's still doing it's job of holding the antenna there haha, and I never put more than that one screw in. Over the summer my kayak got dropped on it pulling it off the roof which snapped the antenna, but the mount help a-okay. I replaced it with a longer antenna and it seems to still work just fine. I just wish I had made it more carefully, the antenna doesn't stick up perfectly straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaDan Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Are you open to making another for a NPORA brother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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