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Re: [RC] [RC] A trailer improvement for safety - Laurie Durgin

I did the same thing with my new trailer as it is "Arizona beige"-- pretty but boy does it disapear--I bought the 3m tape at an automotiave and added it to back and sides two double strips on both sides and on lower and upper back doors--I also got reflective tape off ebay that says "Caution Horses" in 4" Letters and put it onthe back of my doors--safety before beauty....


From: Chris Paus <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Ed & Wendy Hauser <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   A trailer improvement for safety
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:41:43 -0700 (PDT)

thanks for the tip Ed. Also, when I repainted my old
trailer, I put lots and lots of reflective tape around
it.

One time the lights went out as I was driving in the
night and that spurred me to add the tape. It sure
works well. Headlights pick it up nicely. I'm going to
put it on my new used trailer too.

chris
--- Ed & Wendy Hauser <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> After the horse trailer was rear ended near my
> place, I started to think
> about the rear lights on my trailers.  I was
> impressed with the LED lights
> that a friend put on his new semi tractor.  I
> started to look around and
> found a couple of sights on the web that sell LED
> lights.  The lights I used
> are DOT approved and seem brighter than normal tail
> lights.  They appear to
> be better for blinking lights because they come on
> instantly in comparison
> to normal turn signals.  This makes the blinking
> light more noticeable to
> other drivers.
>
> I also noticed that newer trailers have a second set
> of stop/tail lights
> high on the back.  That made a lot of sense to me.
> You are doubling the
> number of lights, and they will shine over the top
> of some vehicles stopped
> behind you.
>
> I just added two more lights to each of my trailers
> and replaced the OEM
> with LED's.
>
> The two websites are:
> Vehiclelight.com
>     This sight has all of the standard trailer
> lights in LED, plus they have
> surface mounted units.  I used these to add the
> lights because it was easier
> to drill a 1/2" hole than to make a big oblong hole.
>  They also sell various
> brackets to hold lights.
>
> superbrightleds.com
>     This sight has all of the standard lights.  In
> addition they sell
> various bulbs using LEDs.  While they are not as
> bright as incandescent
> lamps, they use much less power.  I have replaced my
> incandescent lamps in
> my living quarters to conserve battery power during
> long camping trips.
>
> Ed
> Ed & Wendy Hauser
> 2994 Mittower Road
> Victor, MT 59875
>
> ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 406.642.6490
>
>
>
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