g'day I'm Brett this is a quick review of the RAM mounting system which may
just be the system you're looking for for mounting accessories on your over
landing or touring vehicle now this is a highly customizable system with each
component can be purchased separately to build something specific for your
desired accessory or mounting position. so this system I have now is for my GPS
map 62 and also matches the 64 that comes in a multitude of mounting base
plates here I have a standard bolt down mount. there is also suction mounts for
your windscreen and loads and loads of other mounts for motorcycles for bars
anything you can think of there's probably a mount there for it.
the suction mount can be applied to any flat surface and is a single hand
operation this is the B component size mounting plate with the one-inch rubber
ball it's capable of holding weights up to 5 pounds or 2.2 kilograms
it's designed with a ball and socket type attachment which fits on and allows
an infinite amount of adjustment in any direction you can see here the purpose
of the spring is to keep the accessory end open for easy installation of
accessories and the other end closed so it fits on the ball joint gives you a
chance to put your accessory in and tighten fully. B size components the
arm lengths come in three sizes there's a short which is from ball to ball 1.75
inches or 4.5 centimeters a standard from ball to ball three inches or seven
point six centimeters and there's a long which is 5.25 inches or thirteen point
four centimeters so you can buy an arm length depending on how far you need to
extend your accessory so you can see here the components for the arms made
out of marine grade aluminium and poweder coated these a very strong I thought
originally that there was some sort of plastic but they're not so these are
long lasting components you have a fairly solid bolt holding the two
together a spring to make it easier to put your accessories in. A couple washers
and then the nut so even if this nut does fail should this ever come undone
you can always put a separate nut on the bolt and keep it held all together the
components can be purchased separately allowing different base plates arm
lengths and accessory bolt ons to all to integrate with each other so here I have
my B size one inch ball with a medium length arm and I'm using a GPSMAP 62s
or 64s mounting system that bolts in tightens up screw on the side and I
basically have infinite number of positions depending on how I want to
mount my GPS
the Mount allows the GPS to slide in on a roller access to the rear USB power
port is still available.
now should you want to move your accessories around you can such as by
using the suction mount just undo the screw on the side reposition retighten
the nut and there you go it's very strong so I think that would survive
very well on corrugated tracks and as ram suggests you can always upgrade to
the next level component series this is a B series rated to 5 pounds or 2.2
kilograms but for extra strength on your really rough conditions you can go to
the next one up which will be even more load carrying capacity so it'd be very
very strong so I'm very happy with this system thus far I have to test it out
some more on some tracks but it seems to be very well built like I said it has
marine grade aluminium parts and the bolt going through is very solid
so this mounts made of composite so it should be fairly strong plastic we'll
see how it stands up over time with UV degradation being positioned close to
the windscreen here so Ram mounts are available for many
different accessories including smartphones tablets gps's Sat Navs
laptops fish finders and even cup holders anything you can imagine there's
probably a mount for it so if you need something really strong sturdy and built
to last for your overlanding vehicle then jump online and check out Ram
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