Headache Rack Mounting

I had LED work lights on my old truck and they were way too dim. But this is when they first came out. I have not seen any for sale that were much brighter but the ones they put on the state troopers cars are extremely bright, so maybe look towards Code 1 or another emergency equipment place??

 

I'd be interested to see how well LED work lights illuminate everything. Last I saw they were very expensive for a good set made by Grote w/ lifetime warranty ($300-$400) that is used on heavy equipment and construction applications.

 

They make those led strips that they sell as headlights now. Those might be a bit cheaper than so called truck specialized equipment.

 

We have work lights on our trucks and it seems that the best set up is just a good old incandescent light.

 

I am assuming Kenworth cabs from the A post back are similar. With that said my T600 has a spare switch next to the utility light (back of cab) switch. Mine was in the same area as the ignition. I popped that dash peice off and found the hot lead from the spare switch behind this. I ran wire for the strobe along the frame rail and up the left front firewall. On mine there was three holes in the fire wall with a rubber membrane. I just piecred one and fed a coat hanger wire through so I could pull the wire to the switch lead. There was a ground bolt to the left of the firewall holes and this is where I gounded the circuit. I put loom on the wires and zip tied it along the other cables inside the frame rail.

For the LED loading lights I just tied into the back of cab lights so I didn't have to run line all the way to the front and since I never used them with a headache rack anyways...

 

I did the exact same thing with my Western Star, and my lights on the back of the cab are blocked by the headache rack so I spliced into them as well.

 

Just wondering...does your headache rack have a tray in the bottom of it?? If not it would be a good time to put one on. Put it in between the braces. With a day cab you don't have alot of storage...would be nice to keep your bar, some chains, straps...that way you don't have to have everything on the trailer...if you use different trailers and own some of your own chains and binders they don't get left in the trailer. Better place to keep some misc fluids too...don't know how many times jugs get kicked over in a day cab and then we gotta get take the flooring out to get the oil and smell all out. Just a thought. Post some pics...would love to see some. Our W900's are my fav's!

 

if you plan to pull in and out of the port of jacksonville fl you should use duck tape and sheetrock screws. or velcro/bungee cords