screwloose
Seaman Apprentice
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- Aug 12, 2012
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I just picked up a 15' aluminum boat on a light duty C channel trailer.
It needs new tail lights and wiring. The original lights are 4x4" bell jar type lights, but they lower edge is ground off.
They hit the ground when the trailer tilts.
I intend to use modern 3x8" LED submersible lights and a new wiring kit.
The problem is that there's no real place to mount them where they won't get crushed or stepped on.
Mounting them on the sides of the frame will mean they will stick out past the fenders too far and they won't survive long like that.
The entire rear of the frame is drilled for bunk adjustments, but putting them there will certainly mean they will hit the ground when the trailer tilts.
I don't want or need pole type guide ons, so putting them up high isn't an option.
Does anyone make a corner bracket that would set them just above the frame level attached to the rear corner on each side?
If not I'm thinking of taking a piece of 3x4" galvanized angle iron and making up a set of corner mounts which will both raise and shield the new lights but it just seems like someone would have already marketed something like this?
It needs new tail lights and wiring. The original lights are 4x4" bell jar type lights, but they lower edge is ground off.
They hit the ground when the trailer tilts.
I intend to use modern 3x8" LED submersible lights and a new wiring kit.
The problem is that there's no real place to mount them where they won't get crushed or stepped on.
Mounting them on the sides of the frame will mean they will stick out past the fenders too far and they won't survive long like that.
The entire rear of the frame is drilled for bunk adjustments, but putting them there will certainly mean they will hit the ground when the trailer tilts.
I don't want or need pole type guide ons, so putting them up high isn't an option.
Does anyone make a corner bracket that would set them just above the frame level attached to the rear corner on each side?
If not I'm thinking of taking a piece of 3x4" galvanized angle iron and making up a set of corner mounts which will both raise and shield the new lights but it just seems like someone would have already marketed something like this?
