During the past few months I've been lending a hand helping outfit a couple of the local police and city pickups in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They'd lost all of their old vehicles and received several new ones in their place as a donation from Dodge Truck. The new pickups are really fine Quad Cab 4x4s. Being a lot better with a wrench and air gun than a hammer and circular saw, about the only thing I could offer my community was doing what I do best - tricking out a couple of the Rams so they are set up for multi-tasking instead of just transportation.

The cool part about this is a number of items that were installed to upgrade these Dodge Rams play just as beneficial and important a role in making any whitetail hunter's rig a very versatile piece of equipment.

My first order of business was making the bed easier on knees and cargo while protecting it from dents and dings. That was easily accomplished by installing a Wise Industries' Bedrug. The carpeted bedliner ($400) is perfectly molded for every application, and installs in minutes with hook-and-loop fasteners. Bedrug's solid plastic polymer fiber and closed-cell underside that makes up the bed liner will not soak up any liquid, plus it will not be permanently marked by transmission fluid, oil, grease, solvents, chemical compounds, mud or gasoline. To clean it, just hit the local do-it-yourself spray carwash...Read Full Article