I have a 1997 4.6L 4wd F-150. I plan on doing a bunch of work and have a few questions.
1) I have Goodyear Wrangler HP 265/70R17 tires on it now and it seems difficult to get these tires again, so I'm looking for good options. I live in the North East where snow and ice are a concern in the winter. I was told by Midas guy that Dunlop rovers are a good set but was wondering what other F-150 owners had to say.

2) I drive a lot and I do use my cb. Using the magnet types, the wire inevitably gets cracked etc due to repeated bending of same due to the door or window closing on it. In the past, I had a K-40 perminant mount antenea on the roof but when I kook at how deep the wire and the 90 degree bend comes through the roof into the driver compartment, I have to wonder how to do this without screwing up the overhead carpet thingy. Any ideas?

 

Mount the Antenna on the tool box or bed and run it through the grommets in the back of the cab. Thats a way i am thinking about. I saw a person on the Diesel truck forums that mounted it on the wiper cowl and ran the wire through a grommet in the firewall and into the cab.

 

I have mine mounted behind my toolbox and I was too lazy to send it through that grommet in the back haha
But it's mounted under the floor panel so no one can tell it's there

 

Another option is something like this
Fender Mount Antenna

 

Classy.

 

Laziness at it's finest 👍

 

Got you all beat on laziness. I went with a glass-mount antenna. Has very little range at all. With all of that usable metal on the bed of the truck as a ground plane, you could find somewhere good to mount it. If the roof is still good for you, then all you need to do is seal the @#$% out of it with silicon sealant. Police vehicles do this and never have leaks!