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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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Who here has seen the movie Twister?
I like the antenna mount style that they have on the ram in the movie for the 2 antennas and i want the same for my d'kota. does anyone know anyone who makes the style i'm talking about?
its like the one in this picture http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_10719-GMC-Transmode.html
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Old May 19, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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Looks like a rear bumper mount. It'd be easy to make your own, or just get a standard bolt mount of whatever and rig it to your back bumper. Personally, I have a K30 mag mount on my Kota and it gets about 4-5 miles. So my recommendation would be that lol
 
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Old May 19, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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You know not trying to thread jack or anything but I really want two antenna's one on each side.. that both look like radio antenna's one for the radio and one for a CB.. IDK if that would even work or not but I think it would look good if they both looked factory.. LOL.
 
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Old May 20, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jondakotaguy
You know not trying to thread jack or anything but I really want two antenna's one on each side.. that both look like radio antenna's one for the radio and one for a CB.. IDK if that would even work or not but I think it would look good if they both looked factory.. LOL.
My 78 F250 had a CB antenna on the other side of the hood, just across from the radio antenna. It looked like it had 2 radio antennas. I thought it looked pretty goofy to be honest lol
 
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Old May 20, 2012 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtbiker
Looks like a rear bumper mount
it looks like it from the side but its actually a bedside mount. its kinda like a body colored cup that holds the scanner and CB antenna.

TwisterRam3.jpg

I know its a toy, but this is the general idea of what it is.
 

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Old May 21, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Here is my setup. Bracket is made for Dakota. Bought through Truckerstore. com
 

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Old May 21, 2012 | 06:17 PM
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Its a conformed bedside mount. I've never saw one but anyone that does body work will be able to do one but it will have to be welded it to look clean.
 
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Old May 22, 2012 | 10:10 AM
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i do a bit of body work, and i got a buddy that can weld for me. I may do this a bit down the road but for now i might just do duals off the bedside
 
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Old May 22, 2012 | 10:58 AM
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Fyi duals do nothing unless they are like 6 or more feet apart. They actually lessen performance of the cb
 
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Old May 22, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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Like Ramguy said, duals mess up the CB performance. If you just want it for looks, only wire up one of the antennas to the CB. Leave the other one alone.
 
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