Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

You should just be able to pop those lights out of the rubber gromets and get to the wiring that way. I've had to re wire all the tailights/strobes on mine. It was a rats nest of crap going everywhere and the strobes didn't work when I bought it because no power going to the switch. (whowouldathunk?)

This winter I think I will take the time and build the harnesses for each taillight to clean it up a lot more and if one goes out its as easy as unplugging and plugging a new one in. Maybe I am sick but I like working on trailer wiring. I had my flatbed wired with deutsch plugs to each light. All wires nicely wrapped with loom and ziptied up out of the way. Whoever buys that trailer in the future will take one of those lights out one day and say Holy #### whoever had this before me is amazing. Rather than the usual " who the hell did this stupid #### ?! Why is this like that?! Buncha idiots ! "

 

It's a point of pride you take in not being part of the problem, but part of the solution, no matter how insignificant it may seem to others. I identify.

 

I tried that. Wherever it's messed up isn't the connection to the actual light it's somewhere else I do know it's on the back of the trailer because I shook the loom back there and it was intermittently working. Which really really sucks because. Those are the factory looms and they weather wrapped basically everything and I'm probably going to have to peel the banana. So I'm going to attempt to very carefully peel it. That way I can at least get it taped back on good if that ends up being the issue. Unless they've got some modular connectors back there somewhere I don't know yet that I couldn't see when I was initially looking at it.

I might be taking a look at it this weekend. I'm just going to pull the entire back plate off of those lights and see what I can see it's only like four bolts or whatever. Impact will make short work of it.

 

3 stopper

 

...plus $100 a pop for finding service for other guys

 

This week

 

Spec can be a nightmare. Bellemare in Quebec had an awful time with their lift axle tractors. They’d have to order 3 different specs to to be legal everywhere they ran with them. Their solution was rigging the back of some tractors for pin on axles like a trailer. No internal bridge and spacing problems with those trucks like they were having with configurations with lift axles. If you see those orange trucks laagered up somewhere with blades or bridge beams look at the way the rear of some of the tractors are rigged. If you see one with a trailing 4th on the truck with 255/70’s on it it’s one of the pin ons. Their set up is genius.

 

Just start with a test light and try to track down where ur losing power. I think u may find the problem where there will be 500 miles of electrical tape covering up something. That has always been the case for me. I have learned when trying to diagnose electrical problems always look for the electrical tape, there is 100% chance a hack job was done if tape is wrapped around it. Bonus points if you find duct tape !

 

I feel attacked.

 

Lmao . I've used duct tape before but only to get me to where I can fix it properly. The amount of duct tape I found on my flatbed. And chopped up factory plugs instead of just repinning the plugs is amazing. All to save 5 minutes but creates a lot of problems in the future. I'm just glad I own my trailer now. So I can do it the right way and reap the benefits