I bought a trailer for the Prindle 18, but the tail lights were junk and the side markers non existent.
I put LED tail lights on and thought I would skip the side markers, I am not sure if they are required technically or not.
Driving home in the dark last night I found that I really missed the side lights. Looking at photos of cat trailers it looks like many are built of 2 inch square tubing like this Sprint trailer, and many have side markers that look like they fit exactly into the tubing.
Searching the net I am not finding anything like that, a couple of round ones that might fit Anyone have a source for such?
Ideally I would love to have side marker/turn signal LED combinations but that doesn't seem likely.
Thanks
Kevin
Side markers for 2" square tubing?
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Posted: May 29, 2013 - 09:57 AM
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Posted: May 29, 2013 - 10:15 AM
I have a similar trailer and my marker lights are also LED. They hang below the tubing from a bracket. I suppose some people may reverse the bracket so that the light is in the tube. Hanging them down, outside and slightly inboard protects them better though- and the marker lights seem to get damaged more than the tail lights.
My two cents.
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Posted: May 29, 2013 - 11:40 AM
Thanks Bob, there is hope!
Any idea who makes it?
Any idea where to get em?
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Posted: May 29, 2013 - 05:36 PM
Kevin,
http://www.etrailer.com/T…s/Optronics/MCL36AB.html
Good prices, quality stuff and good delivery times.
Buy an extra cover lens for when you bust one:
http://www.etrailer.com/p-AL36AB.html
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Posted: May 30, 2013 - 05:07 AM
It's just a basic piece of flat stock bents to hole the light inside the tube. Pick up a piece at Home Depot and create your own.
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Posted: May 30, 2013 - 06:46 PM
The whole light assembly including the bracket is $6.95.
Your fabrication time is more valuable than that, and he needs the marker lights as well.
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Posted: May 30, 2013 - 09:57 PM
Doesn't look like it comes with the bracket? If the ends of trailer cross-arms are the open ends of 2" square tube you'll need something to bolt that light onto. Just a 2x4 inch piece of metal with a 90 degree bend and two holes will work.
I upgraded all my lights to LED on a trailer that already had side markers, but the existing bracket holes didn't match the lights I could find at Walmart, so I glued them on with 3M Trim Adhesive.
One thing that is important with side lights is to make sure you really have a ground. These are commonly grounded directly to the cross arm, but if your trailer has stacked arms the galvanized surfaces may not provide a good ground. A welded trailer is all ground though.
Here is my quick and dirty side markers, been using them for three years now no problem, trailer is really lit up at night, I like being able to see the sides of the trailer in my rear view mirrors at night.
You can see how the stacked galvanized arms might not be a good conductor for a ground, to be safe I ran a ground wire all the way to the main fore and aft trailer structure which is grounded from the vehicle.
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Posted: May 30, 2013 - 10:09 PM
Also, I created a new album in Beachcat Technical for "Trailer Lighting". Please everyone add your pictures and tips for doing trailer lighting there as well, help the next guy out, pictures are worth a thousand forum posts.
http://www.thebeachcats.c…ctures/?g2_itemId=102499
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Posted: Jun 01, 2013 - 06:05 AM
Thanks for all the ideas, I am still working through it here.
I am with you Damon, I really like seeing the trailer in the dark, and the tail lights on this trailer are situated so far inboard you can't see the integrated side markers.
I am looking at fabricating a bracket that would protect the light from getting stepped on and acting as a step and a tie down loop.
I will keep you posted and post photos once I figure it out.
Kevin
