What is the Point of Having Too Many Tractor & Trailer Lights???

[Aufgeblassen]

Is it:

(a) a case of "monkey see, monkey do"?

or

(b) the driver has OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)?

or

(c) the driver is too skeer'd at night to drive without them?

[freebirdrfd]

It just give the D.O.T. more chances to give you a ticket when a light or two doesn't work.

[TK THE TRUCKER]

Maybe some drivers just like the way they look on their truck. I would probably add lights if I had my own truck. I added air cleaner lights to my company truck when I went local to use up my truck stop points and to distinguish my truck from the other company trucks so people would know it was me. Does it bother you when drivers add extra lights ?

[freebirdrfd]

P.S. just for the record, I like extra lights (but not too many)...

[TK THE TRUCKER]

P.S. just for the record, I like extra lights (but not too many)...

I'm the same way. I like maybe some air cleaner lights, lights along the bottom of the cab and sleeper and then maybe some lights down the sides of the trailer top and bottom spaced out maybe 4 or 5 feet

[GMAN]

I had a lot of lights on my Peterbilt. I still like a lot of lights, but won't put them on any of my trucks. Running in snow with all the chemicals they put on the roads can be hard on wiring. Unless you really stay on top of your inspections you could get a ticket for a light being out. It can also be expensive adding a lot of lights, especially if they are LED. One benefit of having a lot of lights is that other drivers can easily see you in a parking lot. They are not as likely to run into you when you are well illuminated.

[Jackrabbit379]

I love lights. Nothing cooler than seeing a half dozen cow trucks, rollin down the highway at night.
I say the more the prettier.

[heavyhaulerss]

the d.o.t. can & will write you up for any light that is on your truck that does not work. could be noon on a hot summer day. does not matter if any light is out when he checks, you can get a writer up. I got one years ago. I never put more than comes on the equip. everything has to go out sometime. you never know when a light will fail to work. lately the d.o.t. is not giving any slack for any reason. the states need the money.

[BanditsCousin]

We do it to make useless threads in the o/o forum for people to boost their post count.

[TK THE TRUCKER]

We do it to make useless threads in the o/o forum for people to boost their post count.

Post count by proxy, sweet !

[YerDaddy]

What is the Point of Having Too Many Tractor & Trailer Lights???

Ain't no such thing as "too many" lights as long as we are talking marker lights. More than 2 headlights (I'm talking bumper lights and you A-holes know who you are) is definitely too many since they create twice as much glare for other drivers.

I count over 200 lights on my unit and sometimes I still feel invisible when some jackwagon cuts me off.

Lots of chicken lights down the side of my truck provides lighting at night so walking on strange terrain isn't so precarious. You never know what you might step in when you park where truckers park!

Chicken lights just plain look good. The general public loves to see those big fancy large cars with all the lights. It's part of American lore. We are old school and we ain't going away!

Now some guys are tasteless with their lighting application. Some trucks look like the owner just grabbed a handful of lights and threw 'em at the truck. Some guys go overboard trying to outline everything. Some guys have mis-matched lights which creates an unbalanced situation; ya know some are way too bright and drown out the others.

And it beats looking at the millions of crappy-azz fleet garbage clogging up our roads.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

We do it to make useless threads in the o/o forum for people to boost their post count.

Damn you beat me to it......

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

One benefit of having a lot of lights is that other drivers can easily see you in a parking lot. They are not as likely to run into you when you are well illuminated.

A benifit for you, but not the other truck said driver runs into while staring at all your lights

[Fredog]

the dot only checks the required lights, add on lights are not required to work
I dont even turn mine on during an inspection, I only turn on the legally required lights

[RostyC]

I always thought it was a "my d!ck is bigger than your d!ck" kinda of a thing.


not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Midnight Flyer]

Ain't no such thing as "too many" lights as long as we are talking marker lights. More than 2 headlights (I'm talking bumper lights and you A-holes know who you are) is definitely too many since they create twice as much glare for other drivers.

I count over 200 lights on my unit and sometimes I still feel invisible when some jackwagon cuts me off.

Lots of chicken lights down the side of my truck provides lighting at night so walking on strange terrain isn't so precarious. You never know what you might step in when you park where truckers park!

Chicken lights just plain look good. The general public loves to see those big fancy large cars with all the lights. It's part of American lore. We are old school and we ain't going away!

Now some guys are tasteless with their lighting application. Some trucks look like the owner just grabbed a handful of lights and threw 'em at the truck. Some guys go overboard trying to outline everything. Some guys have mis-matched lights which creates an unbalanced situation; ya know some are way too bright and drown out the others.

And it beats looking at the millions of crappy-azz fleet garbage clogging up our roads.

Jackwagon!! lol lol, Good one YerDaddy. I gotta remember that one!

[GMAN]

the dot only checks the required lights, add on lights are not required to work
I dont even turn mine on during an inspection, I only turn on the legally required lights

All lights on your truck are required to work unless they have recently changed the rules.

[Maniac]

add on lights are not required to work

Yes they are, I got written up for the one in the bumper that was out

[Fredog]

I have never turned mine on during an inspection and I have never been asked to

[Jackrabbit379]

You can have as many lights as you want, but they all have to work.