Maglite
Maglite Mounting
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[QUOTE=Bear Hunter]I have mine mounted here:
http://www.truckblog.com/gallery/BearHunter/12411.jpg[/QUOTE]
Mine is also next to the seat, but the rear door. I find that I tend to kick the 6D when it's next to the drivers seat.
http://www.truckblog.com/gallery/BearHunter/12411.jpg[/QUOTE]
Mine is also next to the seat, but the rear door. I find that I tend to kick the 6D when it's next to the drivers seat.
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From: Utah County, UT
Originally Posted by Bear Hunter
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I mounting my 3D Maglite on the dash. Left of the steering wheel, and right under the headlight swiches. Kinda hard to explain...but it fit PERFECT, is strong, I can't kick or hit it on/with anything, and is real easy/quick to grab.
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From: colorado
Originally Posted by billbain
What are the screws going into for the overhead mount?
to the other questions; i have never had a clap break or the flash light fall out even when banging around off road, i had it that way in my bronco for 6 years and its been in this truck for 5 years. i am not worried about a rollover because i will be wearing a seat belt.
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Originally Posted by wlihntr
i am not worried about a rollover because i will be wearing a seat belt.
I've seen people killed or more seriously injured by aftermarket accessories (stuff on the panel below the steering column is also particularly dangerous - excellent to shatter a knee/shin, entrap you, etc.) Do what you like, but there's no way I'd put something there.
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From: colorado
Originally Posted by tvsjr
I hate to tell you this, but that's an absolutely foolish attitude. Speaking as someone who's been to many, many wrecks .
ps. if i wanted you opinion on my attitude...i would have asked for it
Last edited by wlihntr; Jan 2, 2006 at 01:54 PM.
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From: Slatington, PA
Originally Posted by wlihntr
the screws are screwed into the cross brace that the over head lamp is mounted to.
to the other questions; i have never had a clap break or the flash light fall out even when banging around off road, i had it that way in my bronco for 6 years and its been in this truck for 5 years. i am not worried about a rollover because i will be wearing a seat belt.
to the other questions; i have never had a clap break or the flash light fall out even when banging around off road, i had it that way in my bronco for 6 years and its been in this truck for 5 years. i am not worried about a rollover because i will be wearing a seat belt.
With the clamps breaking.....I had my 6D cell mounted on the hump in my first truck (an old chebby shortbed). It took one heck of a beating cause the truck was so light, 3000 lb, and it had a 3/4 ton suspension (basically no suspension). That thing shook so hard that you could hear the batteries rattle over all the noise and it never once came loose or broke a clamp.
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I mounted mine (4D) beside the seat like many others. However, I did not want to drill through the carpet and into the floor metal. I made a 14ga sheetmetal mount that bolts to the seat frame and extends mounting pads for the Maglite clips down at the same slope as the floor, about 3/8" up off the carpet. I just used machine screws with nuts and lock washers on the back side to attach the clips to my mount. The mount is held to the seat frame by two 1/4"-28 x 3/4" bolts. There is an area of the frame that is clear of moving parts and plenty thick enough to thread to 1/4"-28. Everything's painted black (black oxide bolt heads.) Looks professional, works great, and no holes in the carpet.
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In my crew cab, I mounted it in the back floorboard right in the middle of the bottom of the back of the front seat. I drilled the holes through the hump under the center. Nothing there to bother. Sure hope this makes sense. I like it in the back. In my old truck I had it mounted on the drivers rocker panel right at the bottom of the drivers door. Kept kicking it off when entering and exiting.
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