To chicken light, or not

OK last thread you said you were just about broke fixing to lose everything and now we’re talking chicken lights there’s something amiss here?

 

All the lights were on the truck when I bought it, and it’s a butt connector mess. I always solder and heat shrink my connections, and use grease on all the plugs. The problem with the lights on there now is the plugs are starting to corrode, and wires that are rubbing through their insulation. I have auto reset circuit breakers, so I guess after the wire shorted it would pop the breaker then turn itself back on? Either way I feel it’s better to eliminate the potential problems.

Right now all I have left are the step and sleeper filler panel lights. They’ll stay until they give me problems.

The shop I brought my truck to last year wouldn’t pass me for my annual because of a few accessory lights didn’t work. I had to argue with the bumpkin for a few minutes before over it. That old “if it’s there it must work” thinking just won’t die.

 

Yeah, I’m eliminating them rather than fixing. Seems pretty sensible.

 

Well I hope things are looking up don’t wish anybody any miss fortune just ribb’n you a little bit !

 

Steady as she goes. The issue I have is constant downtime especially right before a $9000 insurance bill is due. Need to get a reserve built back up in the bank which is difficult with all the repairs plus a worse flatbed market compared to last year.

 

Atleast if I get hit at night they cant use the excuse they didn't see me 157 lights.

 

Those lights look great but are simply more trouble than they are worth. I already have enough work to keep up with.

 

I say just take your time with it, get your reserve account back to a figure your comfortable with and then when the time is right make a project out of it.

I think they look good on trucks and it separates you from all the "plain jane" trucks out on the road...

 

I have to fix some amature electrician’s work every once and awhile. Cut all this junk out of a trailer last week to get the strobe lights working. Not a single thing was sealed, the (still functional) switch was bypassed, if you wanted the lights to work both lights had to be plugged in, but they worked all the time.