Hey guys I wanted to get my truck ready for this winter's hwy trips and as a sled hauler so thought I'd share with you what I did.
I usually drive from Fort McMurray to Thunder Bay every winter and needed a good set of lights that won't get broke from rocks, etc so I went with a VisionX 22" LED Lightbar. My first experience with LED and I gotta say it's amazingly bright and draws next to nothing for power. It is equivalent to 800watt Halogens for lumens.
I orderd up some stainless steel winter grille inserts from Ford for these cold months and already I can notice a big improvement for heat at -30.
I also decided to build a sled deck So I got 3/4" plywood, 2x6's, 1/4" puckboard for the skiis to slide and some hinges. Keep it flipped up so I can close my tailgate the here is what it looks like when you load:
Then lock it in the up position when sled is ontop. My aluminum ramps slide underneath so I think it turned out pretty well on a very low budget.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Anyways I just thought I'd share what I did this week.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I usually drive from Fort McMurray to Thunder Bay every winter and needed a good set of lights that won't get broke from rocks, etc so I went with a VisionX 22" LED Lightbar. My first experience with LED and I gotta say it's amazingly bright and draws next to nothing for power. It is equivalent to 800watt Halogens for lumens.
![photo49.jpg](http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/RazorGTP/My Truck/photo49.jpg)
![photo48.jpg](http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/RazorGTP/My Truck/photo48.jpg)
![photo52.jpg](http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/RazorGTP/My Truck/photo52.jpg)
I orderd up some stainless steel winter grille inserts from Ford for these cold months and already I can notice a big improvement for heat at -30.
![photo45.jpg](http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/RazorGTP/My Truck/photo45.jpg)
![photo46.jpg](http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/RazorGTP/My Truck/photo46.jpg)
I also decided to build a sled deck So I got 3/4" plywood, 2x6's, 1/4" puckboard for the skiis to slide and some hinges. Keep it flipped up so I can close my tailgate the here is what it looks like when you load:
![photo50.jpg](http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/RazorGTP/My Truck/photo50.jpg)
Then lock it in the up position when sled is ontop. My aluminum ramps slide underneath so I think it turned out pretty well on a very low budget.
![photo51.jpg](http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn122/RazorGTP/My Truck/photo51.jpg)
Anyways I just thought I'd share what I did this week.
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