Adventurer
yeah, I've had that happen before on a previous vehicle, actually, the base for my bumper mount bike rack obscures more of the plate and makes me more of a target to the cops, but, knock on wood, three trips Colo. to Ohio and one to Tx. as well as 3 trips in Canada, in 10 yrs, never a problem.
'00 Dodge Dakota, modified gibson exhaust, AFE intake, Cobra CB, Astro Topper/Yakima rack system, Winch Ready front bumper, Milemarker E8000 winch, 4.10 gears, ssbc rear disc conversion, a few extra lights and a build that will never end.
'00 Dakota
New project, 2009 Kawasaki Versys, will be more of a street oriented expo vehicle, but it's still in the planning stages.
Adventurer
So, I've started building my storage box, it's going to be a bit of a long process to build: 1. because I hate the heat and it's too hot to work on it in mid-day, 2. have to fit it into the budget as I go along, thankful for a mid-year bonus to get me started on it, 3. I have to work on it around 13 and 14 hr work days. But, I've got it started, using 3/4 and 5/8" plywood and OSB, planning to do it all using liquid nails and 18ga. brads. Once complete, the drawers will be carpeted, the box will either be carpeted or line-x'd.
So this is what I was dealing with previously, the contents of two storage tubs that are breaking into a box of sorts, as well as my power outlets. I plan to leave the carpet kit in place, it's out now while I work on the build up.
The sub-base, I will be adding a pullout table to the box so I had to build a sub-base for the table
Made some weight saving cut-outs in the sub-base and using it as a temp. table for some other pieces
Some work done on the main body of the box, the sides are in place and drying, decided to stop for the mid-day heat, will work on it some this evening and then some on Monday morning. Didn't realize til I had them cut and glued in place that my OSB was warped. Hopefully once the end pieces are installed I will eliminate that problem.
'00 Dodge Dakota, modified gibson exhaust, AFE intake, Cobra CB, Astro Topper/Yakima rack system, Winch Ready front bumper, Milemarker E8000 winch, 4.10 gears, ssbc rear disc conversion, a few extra lights and a build that will never end.
'00 Dakota
New project, 2009 Kawasaki Versys, will be more of a street oriented expo vehicle, but it's still in the planning stages.
Observer
Awesome dakota man, I have to ask, who makes that bumper and winch mount? I really want to find a way to add front end protection to my Dakota, along with a winch, without spending like $1500 on a Dakota bumper that WinchReady makes. Also, I see the pic of your roof lights lit up, but I dont see them in any of the other pics, do you have some sort of fold-down prerunner bar, or are they removed?
Really nice build though, I dont know how I missed your build as I was looking through for other Dakota builds to base mine off of.
KC9ULI - Technician
Emergency Management Volunteer; Emergency Response & Search-Rescue Specialist
Certifications: CPR/FA, CERT, CERT Adv. Med., FEMA: IS-200b, IS-230a, IS-100b, IS-005A, SKYWARN Basic/Adv.
1999 Dodge Dakota Sport 4x4: 31"x10.5x15's, Rigid Industries Lighting, K&N Intake,Yaesu FT-7900R, Cobra 19, Wilson Cell Amp., ArmorLid Hard Tonneau, Custom Bed Storage, Garmin 60CSx
Adventurer
The grill guard/winch mount is Manik, not sure if they are totally out of business or bought out. Try Tactical Armor Group (formerlly Kennesaw), I priced out a bumper from them at around $1,000 shipped. Yeah, my lights are mounted on my Yakima rack, it's been off for the last several months. The wiring harness I made for the lights is jacked up and the lights are in bad shape. Hopefully, once I'm done with this box, I'll get to work on redoing the harness and replacing the lights, I bought a welder and am going to teach myself to Mig weld, maybe make a new rack.
'00 Dodge Dakota, modified gibson exhaust, AFE intake, Cobra CB, Astro Topper/Yakima rack system, Winch Ready front bumper, Milemarker E8000 winch, 4.10 gears, ssbc rear disc conversion, a few extra lights and a build that will never end.
'00 Dakota
New project, 2009 Kawasaki Versys, will be more of a street oriented expo vehicle, but it's still in the planning stages.
Observer
Yeah, Kennesaw makes nice bumpers, but their rep is like 50% good, 50% horrible, so I'm iffy. They're the only company I know of other than WinchReady that makes a dakota bumper. Theirs are really fairly priced too, and they make a nice rear bumper for like $300. I wish I had a welder, Im going to start learning at school shortly, and it might turn into making a push bar style bumper for my truck out of square tube, but we'll see how that goes haha. I look forward to seeing the rest of your build with the storage.
KC9ULI - Technician
Emergency Management Volunteer; Emergency Response & Search-Rescue Specialist
Certifications: CPR/FA, CERT, CERT Adv. Med., FEMA: IS-200b, IS-230a, IS-100b, IS-005A, SKYWARN Basic/Adv.
1999 Dodge Dakota Sport 4x4: 31"x10.5x15's, Rigid Industries Lighting, K&N Intake,Yaesu FT-7900R, Cobra 19, Wilson Cell Amp., ArmorLid Hard Tonneau, Custom Bed Storage, Garmin 60CSx
Adventurer
try one of the 4wd shops in your area, maybe someone will fabricate for you
'00 Dodge Dakota, modified gibson exhaust, AFE intake, Cobra CB, Astro Topper/Yakima rack system, Winch Ready front bumper, Milemarker E8000 winch, 4.10 gears, ssbc rear disc conversion, a few extra lights and a build that will never end.
'00 Dakota
New project, 2009 Kawasaki Versys, will be more of a street oriented expo vehicle, but it's still in the planning stages.
Observer
There really aren't any, hahah. I don't know what the extra cost a full custom build might be, but my budget is only around 500-750, which is why the Kenn. Mtn. ones looked so good.Originally Posted by colodak
KC9ULI - Technician
Emergency Management Volunteer; Emergency Response & Search-Rescue Specialist
Certifications: CPR/FA, CERT, CERT Adv. Med., FEMA: IS-200b, IS-230a, IS-100b, IS-005A, SKYWARN Basic/Adv.
1999 Dodge Dakota Sport 4x4: 31"x10.5x15's, Rigid Industries Lighting, K&N Intake,Yaesu FT-7900R, Cobra 19, Wilson Cell Amp., ArmorLid Hard Tonneau, Custom Bed Storage, Garmin 60CSx
Adventurer
A little dress-up under the hood I did
Billet battery hold down and t-handles
'00 Dodge Dakota, modified gibson exhaust, AFE intake, Cobra CB, Astro Topper/Yakima rack system, Winch Ready front bumper, Milemarker E8000 winch, 4.10 gears, ssbc rear disc conversion, a few extra lights and a build that will never end.
'00 Dakota
New project, 2009 Kawasaki Versys, will be more of a street oriented expo vehicle, but it's still in the planning stages.
Adventurer
measure 3 times, cut twice, plan a trip to the lumber yard for some new plywood, oh joy, I mismeasured not once, but twice
'00 Dodge Dakota, modified gibson exhaust, AFE intake, Cobra CB, Astro Topper/Yakima rack system, Winch Ready front bumper, Milemarker E8000 winch, 4.10 gears, ssbc rear disc conversion, a few extra lights and a build that will never end.
'00 Dakota
New project, 2009 Kawasaki Versys, will be more of a street oriented expo vehicle, but it's still in the planning stages.
Adventurer
had to scrap 50% of my storage box build up and start over, was working on a pull out table idea for it, but when I did the Urethane on it, the wood swelled too much and totally ruined the base. Today my table saw burned up while cutting so, I'm even further behind, had to buy a new sheet of plywood today and have Home Depot make the cuts for me. It hasn't helped that it's rained every night for the last week so I haven't been able to get any work done at night. I'll do as much as I can before I have to work on Sunday, won' tbe able to work on it again til probably next Thursday because of my schedule. Ordered some camping equipment today as well, pic-nic table and camp kitchen.
'00 Dodge Dakota, modified gibson exhaust, AFE intake, Cobra CB, Astro Topper/Yakima rack system, Winch Ready front bumper, Milemarker E8000 winch, 4.10 gears, ssbc rear disc conversion, a few extra lights and a build that will never end.
'00 Dakota
New project, 2009 Kawasaki Versys, will be more of a street oriented expo vehicle, but it's still in the planning stages.
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