Looking for a used cb am/fm radio for my tractor - Brown Cafe

team player · 11-02-2009, 07:19 AM

Anyone who is recently retired or has an extra cb radio and am/fm radio combo already put together and would like to sell it please let me know. The one I had is shot and I need another right away, I would like to have one that is in a slip seat box with the am/fm radio with a cd player.

rod · 11-02-2009, 12:38 PM

How the heck can you listen to the radio, talk on the CB and text all at the same time?

Cementups · 11-02-2009, 07:43 PM

Craigslist?

terry mac · 11-02-2009, 07:48 PM

the newer am/fm/cd players now offer mp3 format also, thats about 5 hours of music.

scratch · 11-02-2009, 07:52 PM

I used to have a CF driver on my area that made a lot of money building boxes and selling them to other drivers. I don't know if EBay would have anything like this, but I would look there. I didn't think these things were that expensive anyway.

bluehdmc · 11-03-2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by scratch

I used to have a CF driver on my area that made a lot of money building boxes and selling them to other drivers. I don't know if EBay would have anything like this, but I would look there. I didn't think these things were that expensive anyway.

They aren't cheap, you can get an aluminum box at some cb shops for about $100 or so, a decent am/fm cd player is at least a $100+ depending on if it has sattelite or remote control even more, a cb another $125, then depending on whether the box comes with speakers, ($50.), you have to get power cords and a few other odds and ends, labor to assemble, your looking at $500.00 and up depending on how fancy you want to get.
I"ve put a couple together, it takes about 3 hrs or so to assemble one. Depends on what kind of box you use. Some guys make them out of plastic tool boxes. Some use wood, more time involved in that though.
Occasionally I have seen them on ebay.
I've also seen some people just mount a cb and a radio on a board and hook up the wires to the tractor. Most tractors have power and speaker connections, with the exception of the old internationals.

over9five · 11-03-2009, 06:05 AM

I think it makes a great project to do it yourself! I used an old craftsman plastic toolbox I had lying around. Amazon has rebuilt stereos, I got one with cd player for well under $100. Also got my cb at Amazon, a little over $100. Deducted both on taxes (unreimbursed employee expense). And I've also mounted a Sirius dock to it.

I use the tractor speakers, and I don't even bother to hook up the tractors FM antenna anymore, I only listen to Sirius.

feeder53 · 11-03-2009, 07:36 AM

There are a lot of places out there, this is only one. Try a local Truck Stop.

http://bobscb.com/slip_seat/slip_seat_products.htm

feeder53 · 11-03-2009, 07:43 AM

http://slipseatcb.com/

http://cbworldinformer.com/200109/sl..._radio_box.htm

http://www.cbradiostore.com/servlet/...io-Box,/Detail

http://www.walcottcb.com/slip-seat-r...xes-c-269.html

I had Satalite Radio and did not like it, it would break up going under an overpass and in the city some times.

rod · 11-03-2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by over9five

I think it makes a great project to do it yourself! I used an old craftsman plastic toolbox I had lying around. Amazon has rebuilt stereos, I got one with cd player for well under $100. Also got my cb at Amazon, a little over $100. Deducted both on taxes (unreimbursed employee expense). And I've also mounted a Sirius dock to it.

I use the tractor speakers, and I don't even bother to hook up the tractors FM antenna anymore, I only listen to Sirius.

I could be wrong but I bet the IRS would frown on your deduction if you were ever audited. You and I know that a radio/CB/cd player are a great way to maintain your sanity on the road but for some reason I don't believe they would be clasified as a MUST HAVE for business by the IRS.

rocket man · 11-03-2009, 06:29 PM

Dont you make enough money to go out and buy a new one?

Cementups · 11-03-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by feeder53

I had Satalite Radio and did not like it, it would break up going under an overpass and in the city some times.

You need an outboard antenna then.

outta hours · 11-03-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rod

I could be wrong but I bet the IRS would frown on your deduction if you were ever audited. You and I know that a radio/CB/cd player are a great way to maintain your sanity on the road but for some reason I don't believe they would be clasified as a MUST HAVE for business by the IRS.

I know I don't want to be on the road without my CB. Especially in bad weather. It is extremely helpful in those type conditions. You can find out what you have ahead of you from the trucks coming from the opposite direction. Emergency channel is always available, even when cell phone reception is not.

Mine is always on, not always up loud as I am usually listening to XM also. But it is there if and when I need it.

Bryishre · 11-05-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by outta hours

I know I don't want to be on the road without my CB. Especially in bad weather. It is extremely helpful in those type conditions. You can find out what you have ahead of you from the trucks coming from the opposite direction. Emergency channel is always available, even when cell phone reception is not.

Mine is always on, not always up loud as I am usually listening to XM also. But it is there if and when I need it.

+1

UpstateNYUPSer · 11-05-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by over9five

I think it makes a great project to do it yourself! I used an old craftsman plastic toolbox I had lying around. Amazon has rebuilt stereos, I got one with cd player for well under $100. Also got my cb at Amazon, a little over $100. Deducted both on taxes (unreimbursed employee expense). And I've also mounted a Sirius dock to it.

I use the tractor speakers, and I don't even bother to hook up the tractors FM antenna anymore, I only listen to Sirius.

Over, remind me not to have you do my taxes for me.

terry mac · 11-05-2009, 06:46 PM

It dosent matter what you write down on your taxes, until you get audited.........

rushfan · 11-05-2009, 07:19 PM

I made a box out of scraps I found one day at a trailer manufacturing facility. (I'm cheap and didn't want to pay for a 4X8 sheet of 3/8 plywood). The box was a bit too bulky to put on the dash, and putting it in the passenger seat took too much room. Also it was in the way when I attempted to take my lunch. Lunch is a nap during night runs.

I finally just took the bottom of the box, it's about a 5X12 inch piece of plywood, and mounted the c.b. and cd player to it. It doesn't look pretty, but it works.

One more item of interest. When radios/power sources were taken from package cars, I got some choice comments from the package brethren how unfair it is that I can have a radio, and they can't.

cachsux · 11-05-2009, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by terry mac

It dosent matter what you write down on your taxes, until you get audited.........

It`s how you write it down. Instead of radio,it`s an emergency communication device. thats how the government gets away with paying 1 million for an am.fm radio.

over9five · 11-06-2009, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer

Over, remind me not to have you do my taxes for me.

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Originally Posted by terry mac

It dosent matter what you write down on your taxes, until you get audited.........

I think it's 7 years back that they can go? I only have 5 more years to worry!!!!

over9five · 11-06-2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cachsux

It`s how you write it down. Instead of radio,it`s an emergency communication device. thats how the government gets away with paying 1 million for an am.fm radio.

Yeah......that's the ticket.....emergency communication device!

JimJimmyJames · 11-07-2009, 09:42 AM

As bluehdmc stated, you can easily spend at least $500 on a slip seat box. I know I did.

If your in the NJ area, there is a real nice guy in the Meadowlands hub who makes them.

raceanoncr · 11-09-2009, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Cementups

You need an outboard antenna then.

Gee, I would, but it's too hard and dangerous to go out and pull-start it every time I turn the radio on!!!

over9five · 11-09-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by raceanoncr

Gee, I would, but it's too hard and dangerous to go out and pull-start it every time I turn the radio on!!!

Yup, and then you have to mix the fuel with the oil....

Cementups · 11-09-2009, 06:45 PM

You guys are jerks......but it mad me LOL

team player · 11-17-2009, 07:57 PM

yeldarb I am interested in finding out more about your radio, I sent you several responses to your e-mail but they are not going through. Please contact me again and hopefully I can respond back to you.