Pegasus Group
Junior Member
New guy here....testing the waters. Not new to Rams, new to the forum. Since the fall of 2007 I've driven a 3500 Mega Cab, Cummins powered. That truck served me well but my needs expanded.
For approximately the past month I've owned a 2018 Ram 4500 Laramie Cab and Chassis, 4X4 with a Hillsboro model 4000 flatbed. I'm running the Cummins and the Aisin on a 197" wheel base. The Laramie crew cab came equipped with the 8.4 inch entertainment center, which includes Nav. At present it does NOT have a backup camera.
My question pertains to installation of a backup camera. I was crawling around under the truck the other day, spraying paint onto the frame weld joints created during the flatbed install before they get too scaled-up with rust. I was taking notice of the workmanship involved (lack thereof) when I came across a wire bundle that was not connected at the extreme rear of the truck. This bundle was tucked way up inside the rear of the flatbed in a difficult to get to spot, is three wires bundled together, clipped flush and not even capped off. One quite thick wire, like maybe it could be coax cable and two common sized electrical wires. I got to thinking that these might be for a dedicated back-up camera system.
Does anyone have knowledge of the Ram Cab and Chassis Laramie wire harness system with respect to a backup camera system? It would be really sweet if I could just install a backup camera onto the rear of the aluminum flatbed and hook up the existing wiring harness to have an OEM backup camera capability at the dash when I hit reverse.
If you know, where would I get a quality aftermarket backup camera? I'd prefer that type with the Green Yellow and Red reference lines that bend as you turn in reverse.
Thanks for the knowledge base....
Mike
For approximately the past month I've owned a 2018 Ram 4500 Laramie Cab and Chassis, 4X4 with a Hillsboro model 4000 flatbed. I'm running the Cummins and the Aisin on a 197" wheel base. The Laramie crew cab came equipped with the 8.4 inch entertainment center, which includes Nav. At present it does NOT have a backup camera.
My question pertains to installation of a backup camera. I was crawling around under the truck the other day, spraying paint onto the frame weld joints created during the flatbed install before they get too scaled-up with rust. I was taking notice of the workmanship involved (lack thereof) when I came across a wire bundle that was not connected at the extreme rear of the truck. This bundle was tucked way up inside the rear of the flatbed in a difficult to get to spot, is three wires bundled together, clipped flush and not even capped off. One quite thick wire, like maybe it could be coax cable and two common sized electrical wires. I got to thinking that these might be for a dedicated back-up camera system.
Does anyone have knowledge of the Ram Cab and Chassis Laramie wire harness system with respect to a backup camera system? It would be really sweet if I could just install a backup camera onto the rear of the aluminum flatbed and hook up the existing wiring harness to have an OEM backup camera capability at the dash when I hit reverse.
If you know, where would I get a quality aftermarket backup camera? I'd prefer that type with the Green Yellow and Red reference lines that bend as you turn in reverse.
Thanks for the knowledge base....
Mike
