Magnetic, battery operated, wide load clearance lights. What's good?

Discussion in 'Heavy Haul Trucking Forum' started by Troy_, Oct 12, 2019.

  1. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

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    I bought my first set of battery powered led lights several years ago when I had a 17 wide going north. I loaded in north pole and turned them on. It was 40 below at the time, it was less than 20 miles to the scales and when I pulled in they were just a dull glow. I left the scale and stopped at hilltop, 5 miles down the road and they were off not even a glow. lol
    I pulled them off and threw them in the passenger floorboard, and got about 10 miles down the road and they were all burning bright again. lol
     
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  3. booley

    booley Road Train Member

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    Right before I gave up hauling steel I had to deliver some long bridge beams at night. Permit required lights on the overhang(probably 20 ft or more) Our maintenance man came up with some pretty slick LED lights on a string just like Christmas lights. I was really impressed with them, wish I had taken a picture...or knew something more about them...
     
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  4. kylefitzy

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    I’m a big fan of plastic totes. And labels.
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  5. Landincoldfire

    Landincoldfire Heavy Load Member

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    Isn't it more fun to spend a half hour digging through a side box for the simplest things.
     
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  6. roundhouse

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    Just got some of these and made one 900 mile trip with them with a 10.6 wide load That’s unpainted metal with surface rust so it’s hard to see

    We Run daylight and at night where allowed .
    Happy with them so far, they are bright enough even in daylight and have a setting to dim

    Don’t know how long they will run on a charge , but They were activated for 16 hours total, maybe more counting the time we were waiting out the curfews.

    Runnin them in the daylight was a surprise , it seemed the other traffic gave us a little more space ,
    As if they never saw the 4” LED strobes on the back bumper of the trailer or the beacons on top of the headache rack

    only thing I don’t like is you can’t get a yellow / red combo
    If you want both colors you gotta buy two lights , or get the white / yellow light and put the transparent red tape over the white

    it has a good magnet but we use zip ties Also (our loads usually have a lot of holes in them

    I’m going to make a nylon harness to slip over the light and bungee to the load

    sorry, I can’t post a video
    The client doesn’t allow us to photograph or video the cargo ,
    Every one else on the road can, but company employees can not .


    https://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Angel-Hands-Free-Flashlight-Rechargeable/dp/B07TMYKFRK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=guardian+angel+strobe&qid=1574683215&sr=8-1&th=1&psc=1
     
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  9. Troy_

    Troy_ Road Train Member

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    thank you! these are the exact ones I have been searching for! I bought 2 of them years ago at a truck stop and haven't seen them anywhere since.
     
  10. Troy_

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    Home Depot US won't ship them to Canada, and Home Depot Canada does not stock them. bummer.
     
  11. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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    Google "emergency roadside flare lights". There are several versions available in Canada; battery, rechargeable, etc. Those particular ones are made by StonePoint and are available on Amazon or through Walmart.ca.
     
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