4 Wheel & Off Road – November 2019

62 NOVEMBER 20194-WHEEL & OFF-ROAD 4WHEELOFFROAD.COM

PROJECT DOUBLE-DUTY RAM

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What tools or spare items

to bring, and how to package

them efficiently on the rig

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SOURCES

BEDLINER VETERANS

480.559.1177

bedlinerveterans.com

HARBOR FREIGHT

TOOLS

800.444.3353

harborfreight.com

JOBOX

800.621.8814

crescenttool.com

MAC’S CUSTOM

TIE DOWNS

800.666.1586

macscustomtiedowns.

com

SMITTYBILT

310.762.9944

smittybilt.com

SWITCH-PROS

949.581.2991

switchpros.com

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The Switch-Pros waterproof power module

can switch up to 125 amps distributed across

its eight outputs to control a wide range of elec-

trical components. The module is compact and

easily fits near the firewall under the hood.

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A steel Jobox toolbox was purchased for

storage in the bed. The plan was to mount

it at the passenger-side, forward corner of the

bed. To mount it as tightly as possible in the

corner of the bed, the box was modified by cut-

ting and replating one corner of the box.

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A Harbor Freight Tools retractable hose reel

was mounted inside the box and can supply

50 feet of hose to easily reach any thing on a

trailer or another nearby vehicle. The input of

the reel is plumbed to the Smittybilt air com-

pressor outlet using flexible rubber hose.

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A hole was cut

in the rear-

facing panel of

the Jobox and the

hose feed roller

assembly bolted

in place there. It’s

simple to unreel

hose as needed w ith a tug from inside the bed.

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A 37-inch spare tire won’t fit under the

bed, and the owner didn’t want to eat up

too much bed space with a tire. He fabricated

a basic mount that allows the spare to stand

up behind the cab, sandwiched between the

driver-side wall and the Jobox. A single lock-

ing lug nut secures the tire to the mount.

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The spare tire and Jobox fit together

well to make the best use of avail able

bed space. The remainder of the space in the

lockable toolbox is used to hold a bottle jack ,

handtool rolls, recovery gear, and so on.

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DIY brackets were made to mount a Hi-

Lif t jack to the wall of the bed. A foot

plate uses two studs that mate with holes in

the bottom of the jack baseplate.

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The jack simply slips onto the foot pl ate

and then is held in place with a single

nut on a stud plate mounted forward in the

bed. Simple and quick.

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A shovel and axe are mounted to one

of the bed walls using rubber Quick-

Fist clamps. We’ve found these to be easy to

use, secure, and reliable for keeping tools in

place. Tie-down tracks from Mac’s Custom

Tie Downs were mounted along the bedrails

to provide multiple attachment locations for

straps when needed.

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