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| Unobtanium-inc |
 Nov 9 2020, 10:55 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,208 Joined: 29-November 06 From: New York Member No.: 7,276 Region Association: None 
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Ok, so picture this, you're 300 miles from home. You've slept 3 of the last 29 hours. The trailer is full, the truck is full. All I want to do is get home and sleep in my own bed. As I'm backing up to the trailer in the dark I bump it, and crush the wiring coupler. So no lights on the trailer, and with 300 miles to travel in the dark on major highways, guaranteed to get a ticket, as well as being unsafe.
What to do? It's Sunday night, so most things will be closed. Do I get a hotel and fix it in the morning, not likely during Covid. Nothing left to do but rig it. My back up plan when a tail light goes out on the road is simple but very effective. Get a flashlight, some 3M sticky lens, tape and zip ties. The trailer is lit all the way home, no tickets, and I sleep in my own bed. Rig big or go home! Attached thumbnail(s)     
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| altitude411 |
Nov 9 2020, 11:37 PM
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I drove my 6 into a tree Group: Members Posts: 1,306 Joined: 21-September 14 From: montana Member No.: 17,932 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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I have to take my shoes and socks off to count this many levels of stupid... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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| Unobtanium-inc |
Nov 9 2020, 11:45 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,208 Joined: 29-November 06 From: New York Member No.: 7,276 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(altitude411 @ Nov 9 2020, 09:37 PM)  I have to take my shoes and socks off to count this many levels of stupid... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I like to think staying in a hotel right now is pretty high on the stupid meter. |
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| mepstein |
Nov 10 2020, 06:29 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,261 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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I would have probably gone to HF for some cheap trailer lights but you do what you gotta do.
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| Unobtanium-inc |
Nov 10 2020, 08:06 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,208 Joined: 29-November 06 From: New York Member No.: 7,276 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Nov 10 2020, 04:29 AM) I would have probably gone to HF for some cheap trailer lights but you do what you gotta do. On a Sunday night? |
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| RFoulds |
Nov 10 2020, 09:10 AM
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Green Teen 66 Group: Members Posts: 837 Joined: 10-August 09 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 10,656 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Dude. You crushed it. (See what I did there.)
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