Knocked out a few things I've been procrastinating on for awhile.
Finally mounted my Smittybilt CO2 tank in the bed ith a heavy duty Kidde Marine mount.
Then I finished up my Hi-Lift jack mounts and installed the jack in the bed. I didn't get a pic because I was racing daylight but for anyone mounting either a jack like this or anything closer to the bed and need to be able to hold the nuts on the backside between the bed and fender what I did was (And I don't care if you judge me lol) I removed the cap on the top of the bed. There are squares cut out for the clips on the cap to snap into that are 1 1/2"x3/4" spaced out about every 12". I cut an access hole between the factory ones about 2"x1" and used it to but my nuts and washers on and tighten the bolts. It also made it easier because I put a piece of 3/8" steel plate cut a little bigger than the mounting bracket for a backer plate since the jack is a tad heavy.
Lastly I found these cool tie down brackets I used in the bed so I could strap down my spare until I finally decide on a bed rack. They're nice because when you're not using them and need the bed the top hoop just unscrews and they have plugs you can screw into the holes so shit doesn't collect in them for when you want to put them back in. I ran out of time but I plan on spraying them with bedliner to protect them and so they blend into the bed.
I also removed the spare from under the truck to mount it in the bed and took the winch for it off because I knew it would drive me crazy rattling around. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get my fire extinguisher mounted in the cab, figure out how to secure my HF 2 ton racejack in the bed and then get everything loaded up for the trip to the Pine Barrens on Sunday.
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CBC, I can understand using bolts for the jack due to its weight. Did you use rivets on the CO2 tank hardware?
