So I did a quickie on the mount and I only have the after pics but here it goes. I bent up and cut a little bracket and then drilled an oversized hole where the mount goes. Then I welded a 3/8" grade 8 flat washer around the hole to beef it up a bit. Then I welded it to the tire carrier. It's still "raw" right now because I plan on moving the tire mount to the right and add a jerry can holder on the handle side. I'll paint it then. Enjoy!












I think I need the spring mount to go between the stick and the mount because the Antenna Dave gave me may, or may not have been broken already. I think I need to suck it up and buy a firestick. Found one on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/RED-FireStik-II-4-H ... dZViewItem

nice work. Did you TIG that washer on top?

Mig with .035 Flux core





(That's all Ive ever really used.)

I just realized I was logged in as nolan, so that previous post was me...Anyways looks pretty.

lol, I was like "Wow, Nolan posted". Now it makes sense. Thanks for the complement.

Dave (or anyone else with some knowledge), do I need to do a spring mount between the mount and stick? also, does the Ebay link look like a good deal / right item?

nope, the shipping makes it bad, looks like it whould be a bout 26 in store price,,, the one I gave you should work for now. look at the post I put up ro the cb and put yourself down for a 4' firestick II under 27

about the spring,,, that is why the one you have is loose at the base. the vibration without the spring tends to make them loosen up that way and it makes them always back out of the threads. The other advantage of the spring is when you snag the antenne on a tree or parking garage.

I never ran a spring until the one on the truck now and never broke a whip but I was never able to keep the thing tight.

Got my mount done for when the spare tire carrier is off. I even painted it!

Did you consider triangulating it? even the thicker steel will bend eventually.

I was going to but then I thought that if it wants to bend, I'd rather the free mount bend than the $40 antenne.

Thats why you get a $3 Antenna spring...

Have you seen these things bend on the freeway?

A sppring is $14 at radio shack and yes, they do bend on the freeway. I'm not worried about it since my mount is thicker than my last which worked great.