pretender
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I guess you guys must have missed the "in-cab distractions" PCM.
Tongue in cheek...
I guess you guys must have missed the "in-cab distractions" PCM.
DVD player?
I don't have a new tractor so I mounted a radio in this:Amazon.com: Metra 99-9000 Dash Kit For Uni Under Dash Full Shroud: Automotive
This is meant to be screwed to a dashboard or van roof or something like that. I put a piece of plastic sheet on top and mounted a CB on top of that. Tomorrow I'll try to take a picture of it. I used this radio:JHD1130 Jensen Heavy Duty New for 2013
The Jensen Heavy Duty radios will hold the memory for the clock and radio settings, (according to then up to 30 days). Which makes it nice when you keep changing tractors. I put Velcro on the bottom and use small bungee cords to hold it down. With the CB on top it does stick up a little bit, without it's no problem. Its right in front so you don't have to look at the seat to adjust the volume or change stations.
Just buy a plywood shelf and cut it dowm to fit what you want. I took a cheap Sony car stereo and screwed the DIN mount to the board then slid the deck in. You can bolt a CB bracket to that too. Then make a power distribution block and have one long power wire feeding that and two speaker wires in cable shrouding so it will easily fit various tractors. Add a power outlet for your phone charger and some ring mounts for bungees.
Some guys cut up a Pelican case, briefcase, or toolbox and put it all in there.
GMAFB / You guys are pondering if a radio will be repaired at some point in the future, and I have leaks in the cab of my truck that have not been fixed.
Put a paper towel in the windshield corner on a Vision when it's raining, check it 5 min later it will be soaked. Some Visions have been popping out of 4th, 6th, and 9th gears since they were new. I was told once it was the way the air lines for the splitter run, but 900Kmiles, and 6 yrs later they still pop out of gear. I heard a rumor of a Kenworth where you have to watch out for the puddle on the floor.
Anyway I took a picture of my radio today: