2015 Overland/SAR F150

[Rubyredfozzy]

I love all of the attachments you have in the bed. Keeps the bed space usable. I dig it. I am interested in SAR for when I retire from the army. It's been something ive thought about in the past. How did you get started.

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[Cort]

I love all of the attachments you have in the bed. Keeps the bed space usable. I dig it. I am interested in SAR for when I retire from the army. It's been something ive thought about in the past. How did you get started.

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Thanks! I have a few friends that have been in SAR for a few years, the team needed to be rebuilt so I jumped in head first and haven’t looked back! I highly recommend looking at www.nasar.org when you have some time.

 

[Cort]

Removed my front air dam and underskirt/epas skid and installed my powder coated aluminum RCI skid plates for the engine, transmission and transfer case. Gas tank skid happens this weekend. Awesome stuff, super easy install. Took 1.5 hours to complete from unpacking to final torquing. Much improved protection, now to find som proper rock sliders.

 

[Cort]

Installed my RCI powder coated aluminum gas tank skid which was super easy then my RAM Pod HD with tablet X grip for my 12.9” ipad for nav. I’m super excited to test this out!

 

[Cort]

Not a big update. I took the Slumberjack tarp for a test run during a wilderness medicine class this weekend. While a small amount of rain pooled in the top overall it dis a great job! For the price I highly recommend it, killer amount of coverage.

The bed worked out great, I’m looking forward to finding the time to build the drawers. The Alubox 42s are the perfect seat height in the bed.

 

[RickLB]

Maybe I missed it but how do you have the SPod mounted? Nice build by the way

 

[Cort]

Maybe I missed it but how do you have the SPod mounted? Nice build by the way

sorry for the slow reply, I’ve been in the woods a lot. My SPOD is mounted to a simp,y fabbed bracket. Nothing fancy but it’s rock solid.

 

[Cort]

Not a big update. I finally had some time to work on the drawer system. Today I built the drawer boxes and installed the slides. I need to get back to the wood supply shop for some 1/2” Baltic birch to make the drawer faces. I so installed lashing points on the top to keep my sleeping pad in place as well as tie down gear whil mobile. The latches are a marine type cast stainless. I think these should work out pretty well.

I’m hoping to finish this up this week, we’ll see.

 

[Lindenwood]

Hey, Cort. This was in my thesis :) .

Renewed response efficacy.

In short, policy reforms following 2005's Hurricane Katrina disaster, starting with the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, paved the way for increased response efficacy across the spectrum of disasters (Abbasi, Shooshtari, & Tofighi, 2017b; Bullock, Haddow, Capolla, 2014a; Harrald, 2012e). Among the most significant shifts has been the reintegration of volunteer and other non-governmental elements into response plans, allowing for significantly greater surge capacities that enable states and municipalities to respond to emergencies and disasters with vigor beyond what can be affected at the federal level (Barbisch & Koenig, 2006; FEMA, 2017d; Harrald, 2012e). For example, Team Rubicon, a non-profit group that is but one of over 50 formalized National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster, was able to send dozens of individuals to support the response efforts in Houston within days after Hurricane Harvey struck (Glenn, 2017e). Within 24 hours after the rains ended, these volunteer floodwater rescue teams had already recovered 39 survivors, and within a week they had cleared multiple neighborhoods and rescued dozens more citizens (2017e). Not only did these actions expedite meeting victims' disaster needs without direct expenditure of precious state and federal disaster management dollars, but helped reserve high-priority government search and rescue assets for the most dire circumstances (2017e).

Great work you guys are doing :) .

 

[Cort]

That’s awesome, thanks for sharing!

Hey, Cort. This was in my thesis :) .





Great work you guys are doing :) .

 

[Cort]

Finished the bed/drawer system finally. 3 coats of Watco black walnut Danish oil and 3 coats of oil based urethane. I’m happy with the turn out and feel like this will last longer than my truck!

 

[winterhawk78]

Great looking build. And a lot of great ideas I might try to use when I start my build. Where could one find that compartment you have under your rear seat?

 

[Cort]

Great looking build. And a lot of great ideas I might try to use when I start my build. Where could one find that compartment you have under your rear seat?

Hit up amazon, it’s a must have in my book.

 

[winterhawk78]

Hit up amazon, it’s a must have in my book.

Know what its called? Is it specific to ford?

 

[Cort]

Know what its called? Is it specific to ford?

Here you go! They make them for other brands too.

 

[winterhawk78]

Here you go! They make them for other brands too.

thanks!

 

[Cort]

I wanted to get some more air moving in my truck and keep the bugs away but I couldn’t find a quality commercial option for this. I want to be able to keep the tailgate open for the summer months. This is just prototype V1.0 but I found a $20 mosquito net on amazon, cut it in half and taped the edges just to test this out. I envision a possible Velcro option that will attach to the underside of the cap door while its in the open position. We will see how this pans out. This set up will work great along with the slumberjack tarp I have.

Any suggestions are always welcome.

 

[Cort]

Today I had some new wheels installed, once the rubber wears I’m going to put 35”s on, currently stock size. I also installed a bed rug, I’ll be living in the truck for two weeks next month and my knees can’t take the rough spray liner. Hopefully this will be more comfortable in the winter too.

Picked up a 10’ lumenoodle and Velcroed it to the ceiling, perfect amount of light.

 

[Ronnie B 7070]

nice rig it is good to see more f150s . I have a 98 f150 2wd i use as daily and hunting rig

 

[Lee Mims]

@Cort Did you ever locate some proper rock sliders? The only ones I can find appear to be the SmittyBilt M1 Rock sliders which bolt to the frame, but appear to use a sandwich like bracket.

I'm still looking, because most "sliders" just bolt to the cab...