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Old 11-16-2015, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by ChrisD View Post
Only required for trailers over 30'
ok thanks, I thought it was much shorter like 20 ft but its good to know that and what the "real" number is
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Originally Posted by redaddiction View Post
Remove the side lights completely instead of just disconnecting. If they are there, they are required to work.
well the marker light brackets were just tacked on and were in the way of running the wires so I knocked them off with a hammer. the main reason I needed to rewire is they were shorted out because the wire was pinched in a small crack where the marker light brackets were blocking the path the wire needed to pass so they had just wedged the wire in the tiny 1/8" crack with sharp edges between the two ends of angle iron and there was no other place to pass the wire. with the brackets knocked off there is no more obstruction to running the wires safely or that could cause damage to the new wires and there is no visual evidence left that the trailer ever had marker lights.

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Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458 View Post
I wouldn't even worry about lights on that trailer.


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those are my thoughts too but I wanted to be sure they weren't "required" by law first.
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Originally Posted by fishingonewild View Post
I would rewire the whole trailer and get every light working for two reasons one is safety for ur self and others on the road and two to keep the hungry cops away from giving ya a ticket for faulty lights or burned lights .
well I agree with your thoughts but as explained just above this quote, the marker light brackets were removed and I wasn't sure if it was required that I should bother drilling a hole and remounting them to put the marker lights back on it.
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Originally Posted by swamp snorkler View Post
Do this, if you leave them on rewire them. I would take them off and put some refelctive tape on the side rails.
that's a great idea, I had thought about adding a stick on reflector, but the stick on reflectors I have used in the post didn't impress me with quality and reflection. the reflector tape sounds like the perfect solution

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