Elevated lights on trailer

[JMichael]

A member requested some better pics of how my trailer lights were set up. So rather than clutter up some ones thread, I decided to post the pics in a new thread. These were not designed or built by myself but I'm unsure who the builder was so I can't give them credit. These serve as guides as well as side bunk mounts so there are forward and aft mount post. This first pic is just a general pic showing both post. They are about 5' apart.

The front post is made of 7/8" solid bar stock.

The rear post is made up of 1 3/8" square tubing. It has an angled brace at the rear to give it fore and aft strength in case it's hit with the boat when pulling on to the trailer. I have tested this feature and it works very well.

A piece of 1/16" steel plate is bolted to the top of the post. It serves as a mounting plate to attach the yellow marker light and the tail light to. The marker light is extremely useful when backing the trailer up at night even when it's empty. And yes that is a cracked marker light lens. I've got some new lenses and lights that I plan to install when I rewire the trailer but that's after I finish with my boat mods.

The wires are run inside the tubing which protects them from getting caught on anything or damaged. Sorry about the fingers in the pic but the sun was causing a bad glare on the lens.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Thanks - that is a nice neat set up

I need to come up with something - my trailer is a bit different so off to the creative workshop to fab up some super ugly but working brackets!

 

[FuzzyGrub]

When you extend the wires, make sure you are making good, water tight connections. A corroading connector will be allot more "fun" to find, than a blown bulb, especially inside of a tube. If you are going to use some non-metal products, or clamp-on, for the guide-ons, recommend running a seperate ground wire from frame to each light.

 

[PSG-1]

When you extend the wires, make sure you are making good, water tight connections. A corroading connector will be allot more "fun" to find, than a blown bulb, especially inside of a tube. If you are going to use some non-metal products, or clamp-on, for the guide-ons, recommend running a seperate ground wire from frame to each light.

You're right about that. Any connection made with wires on trailer lights, should be made with adhesive lined heat shrink butt connectors, then wrapped with 3M splicing tape. For the tap connectors, coat the ends of the wires with dielectric grease, then, wrap the whole connection with splice tape as best as you can.