Fun with trailer lights

I got a new harness from TSC and put it on it's side to work on it. I had to reweld the back upright on that the light was mounted to- just the wood was holding it on so that side didn't work. After running all the new wires and hooking it up, everything worked except the running lights- Turns out that was the end on my truck, that terminal was full fo corrosion but I had a new lead so I put that on. Now one side had the running light but not the side I welded on. Had a bad connection in there as well I guess, so I ended up buying a new light for that side and now the lights are better than ever.

Heck, even my magnetic trailer lights work better now with the new lead on my truck...

I coated all the connnections with some dielectric grease to keep the corrosion down some, still gotta tape up the splices by the lights.

Some time I want to put a set of lights onto one of our hay wagons that we use on a regular basis for hauling other stuff. The running gear is 40-50+ years old but still goes down the highway 65MPH straight as ever, loaded or empty. Has nice heavy 16" truck tires on it too, so it's a good road worthy wagon... just needs some more permanent lights...

Donovan from Wisconsin

I may look into some LED lights for it like someone else suggested. Don't know if I'll ever actually get around to it or not. As long as the wagons are loaded they don't bounce hard enough to shake the lights off.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Funny part about puling with my truck- we're buying hay from a guy 20 miles away and there's no good country roads out there so we have to go through town. He's got probably 20+ kicker wagons and some trail good, some bad. That's just the way they go.

His kid (14-15 or so) thinks my old 1/2 ton ford can't pull a really heavy load, like say 5 ton or so and ya gotta have a nice 3/4 or 1 ton to pull it. We may be trading him some cover hay we've had in the barn for the last 2-3 years to clear it out and he's running low. Gonna stack it on our best wagon and tow it out there with my old POS as he puts it(ok so I call it that too sometimes)

I'll have to weigh that load too, I'm guessing it'll be about 4 1/2-5 tons gross, with those bales weighing in at somewhere around 45#sx180+ on the wagon. His bales only weigh 35, but they seem lighter than that. Ours seem to stay right around 40 or so, and they're packed plenty tight.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Jim

Donovan from Wisconsin