Dmurph2016 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Looking to add a cb to my 13 chu613 day cab. in the overhead there is what appears to be a antenna hookup as well as power. the drivers side door has an antenna mounted on the mirror, I’m assuming this is for the am/fm radio. the pass side has the same setup with just a stud. Do I just need a radio and a 4ft whip? Install seems pretty straight forward, just need some patience to get it calibrated. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75867-cb-radio-for-13-pinnacle/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmurph2016 Posted August 18 Author Share Posted August 18 After taking a closer look.. there is no coax cable going to either of the mirrors…. What is the easiest way to fish a wire from the mirror to the cb cubby in the overhead? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75867-cb-radio-for-13-pinnacle/#findComment-580933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I am not sure what to tell you I used to run a lot of CB radios. If it looks like it’s too difficult you might wanna just run it in the back of your cab. There’s lots of us that used to mount them on the slide bar where your airlines hang from Above the back window or just bolt the bracket to the back of the air shield and run your cord through the window, insulation side door and tuck it into the ceiling panel. But wherever you mount the antenna, the bracket has to be grounded on steel. You might need to run a ground strap from a bracket to wherever you can find anything steel back of air shells usually has both going into the cab. You can put the ground strap on one of those bolts. Good luck. Bob. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75867-cb-radio-for-13-pinnacle/#findComment-581064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I’ve had very good luck with reception on the back of the cab or the passenger door these days with all the plastic it’s a little bit more difficult than it used to be our Peterbilts have a pigeon perch on both sides above the doors, makes it very easy to hook the cable and antenna up and run ithe cord through the door weatherstripping kind of hard to explain without being there to point out what I’m talking about Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75867-cb-radio-for-13-pinnacle/#findComment-581066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 If you’ve got steel mirror brackets it’s going to be a lot easier Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75867-cb-radio-for-13-pinnacle/#findComment-581140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heinz Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Several drivers at my last job ran their own CB antennas on the towel bar behind the cab. The cable running through the headliner to the mirrors was broken, so they just went that route with great results. Mack made it difficult to remove everything just for a rubbed cable... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75867-cb-radio-for-13-pinnacle/#findComment-581142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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