ShadowsPapa
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- Bill
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Exactly (to most of the above LOL)That would definitely incent me to do something if I were you. And if I recall, you tow cars to shows pretty regularly.
Do you have LEDs or halogens?
Which goes back to my original question. How often does he tow this rig, how far, and now that you've mentioned it, is it typically in the daytime or at night.
I have friends who rent a space on Hamonasset beach for the summer in CT. Every June they haul their 30 foot trailer 25 miles from their home. And every September they haul it back. Its hardly worth the hassle in that case.
Contrast that with someone like my dad who hauls a race car 10 weekends per year, often for 300 miles and often at night.
One has to think for themselves as far as their own needs, time of day, frequency and so on.
Most of the time when I return home from a show, it's in the dark after things end on Saturday or Sunday, depending, and it's hours of driving.
I ordered my truck with 100% LED, factory LED all the way around.
Sound like your dad tows a lot more often than I do, and perhaps farther distances many of the times.
Now before anyone jumps "well, just use a WDH!, that's simple!"
Nope, not on an aluminum trailer with aluminum frame and tongue. I've talked to trailer engineers and for some trailers, a WDH can be trouble for the trailer - people don't understand the stresses such a thing applies, stresses that certain parts were not designed to operate under. One engineer went into great detail and when his plane took off and flew over my head I told him thanks, that was good enough for me HAHA. I was not that great at trig and all that stuff.
I did understand what he was saying and he did send me a diagram in email (which I promptly lost after a computer crash - IT guy didn't take his own advice and back up back then)
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