I went to AutoZone and bought something that fits my needs 100%. It is a light on a suction+magnetic base that is 100 watt rated and can be mounted on the roof of my pickup. It has a regular cig lighter plug. Works great, though I have not yet had a chance to try it in the darkness, but it works. It is very solidly made. Price is $30.
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:58:04 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Ignoramus7365 quickly quoth:
Now that I'm stripping that freebie 13' travel trailer, I picked up a pair of halogen driving lights from HF for $9 today. They're black resin and sport 55W H3 halogens. If I end up putting a pipe rack on the back of the new truck, I'll wire them into that, mounted sideways on the back uprights. That will be the equivalent of a pair of headlights pointing backwards, for use with or without a trailer.
I also didn't like their cheap trailer lights so I picked up a pair of the towing lights for $20.
While in Mudford, I stopped at Costco for $80 worth of gas and found a nice SURPRISE: they have Sumatran coffee beans back in stock!
-- Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness. -- Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:29:55 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Winston quickly quoth:
I thought about that, but feel it might light up the ground around the truck and trailer instead. I'll definitely do an o dark thirty trial run before welding up mounts. If you're right, I'll mount them in a
1/2" square stock w/ 1/8" plate cage on the inside edges of the rear arch.
We shall see.
-- Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness. -- Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711
I was just wondering.... If you mounted the light(s) on your trailer, instead of your truck, the area your trailer is backing toward would be illuminated.
On the other hand, if you back a trailer the way I back a trailer, the only time a cab mounted light will illuminate the area I'm trying to back toward, is when I finally have everything lined-up straight, and then I don't need the light for backing anymore.
Once you're lined-up, the light on the trailer would illuminate the trailer bed and the area behind it, for loading purposes.
I can use it in a variety of ways, on the trailer or on the truck, depending on what I need. I do like it, though it needs a longer cable. The 7' cable it has is barely adequate.
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