Trailer Lighting

[xPosTech]

I have been looking for some lights to illuminate the wheels/footprints on my 83"X18' tandem lowboy. At night it would help a lot to know exactly where they are when making a turn or when backing into my driveway.

 

Either a single light pointing down from the fender between the wheels or a light at each end of the fender would seem to work but the closest I have found for the actual mounts are license plate lights which aren't bright enough.

 

Actually the light at the end of the tunnel . . .uhhh . . . I mean at each end of the fenders might work. I just thought of those while typing this. They would be much closer to the ground so shouldn't need to be as bright. I'll check that out tonight.

 

Anyhoo if anyone has an idea to light up "where the rubber meets the road" (no they're not Firestones) I would really appreciate your input. I am not looking for Bling lights - just so I can see how close my wheels are to curbs, lines between lanes, etc.

 

Ted

[Blue2500CC]

Just try some of those valve stem lights! Lol

 

Sorry, couldn't resist!

 

On a serious note, I have a 6.5x16 TA utility trailer that I mounted a clearence light at the front outside edge of each fender. Works great!, just be careful not to hit anything as they will take the lights out quickly!

 

Also, for backing up I mounted a set of back up lights from Pilot, their Navigator model, and they work great as well! I plan on doing this to our snowmobile trailer over the summer! Just shop around for price, I paid $20.00 at our local Meijer, but it has been a few years.

 

To mount the BU lights, I used 1/8" x 1" wide steel bar drilled to mount behind the tail lights. Then I mounted the BU light below the tail lights. I did mount a mud flap I cut up to protect the BU lights also.

 

I will see if I can get a picture tomorrow. Depends on how much snow is around the trailer!

 

Chris

[TRCM]

When I had to same problem with my 24' flatbed gooseneck, I mounted some driving lights on the underside of the deck up front. I set them up to come on with the back up lights and shine back on the rear tires.

 

It worked very well, and not only did it let you see the tires, but it also let you see where the tires were going since the beam was wide enough to illuminate outside the tires as well. They also came in handy when you needed to check tire pressures or change a flat in the dark.

 

You could also wire them up to come on manually as well, but I only needed them when backing up.

 

Like this:

 

[herm0016]

http://www.truck-lite.com/webapp/wcs/store...2&langId=-1

[old-chevy-dude]

Check out customdynamics.com. They have tons of motorcycle marker lights I bet you could find something that works for the trailer.

[TRCM]

You could also mount some LED's on the bottom side of the deck just above the wheels like we used in this post if you want to be able to see them all the time

 

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=128355