OVERSIZE LOAD amber lights placement on truck

Assuming your pulling the same trailer you can always install a set of Amber beacon lights in the bumper, or just get an amber strobe light and secure it to the deck when hauling od

 

Mounted on the mirrors would drive me nuts & depending on the width of the load, may not be visible to the rear.

I have one mounted on either side of the sleeper on the rear fairings, up high enough that they don’t flash in my mirrors. I also have one for the middle of the roof, but have taken it off temporarily while I come up with a better mount for it. Then the trailers have 2 4” round strobes mounted in place of one of the taillights.

 

FYI the strobes mounted in the tail light holes that are very popular ( I have them too) are not legal everywhere because they can’t be seen from the side. Many states don’t require lights but the ones that do have rules. Florida is one that will bust you.

You want to haul the od freight you need to buy the equipment, just put a light on the cab and get two for the trailer.

 

Fyi. I just went to nm this last week. Now if you are under 12 ft wide you can run at night. But ONLY if the truck has TWO beacon lights and you got another on the end of the trailer.


For the trailer i would get a regular rotating light or led pulse. If you got a steel frame, a magnetic one. If all aluminum mount it to a 2x4 and nail it to your wood strips. Or rig up something to slide down in a stake pocket.

 

I have led strobe light on front of cab above windshield.
Two round installed rear of trailer with tail lights.
I carry 2 magnetic led strobe lights. Put anywhere on load or on trailer. I also have 4 lights magnetic base, similar to Foxfire lights. 2 red lens, 2 yellow lens.

Trailer also has 4 led Amber led lights that slide out to 16 feet. Switched for full on or flashing. 2 each side.
Good luck with that oversize.

 

Mine are on the sides on brackets.

 

1 company i worked for. Had plugs in the back of the trailer. I would assume they were wired to the tail lights. Make up whatever configuration you want and plug her in. The company supplied a red light bar for the 60ft rebar. I had my own yellow flashers for the wide loads. 1 on each side.

Another company i worked for didn't have those. I'd use my points to buy the flashers from loves. Red were mostly available but ambers not so much. They were magnetic but you needed to pack spare batteries as 1 trip at night usually ran them dead. Energizers usually lasted 2 or 3 nights.

I don't know how anyone could stand the beacons on their mirrors or any side point to the door. That flashing yellow would bug me at night.

Some trucks run flashers inside the grill. In front of the radiator area.

YOu see a lot of trailers with flashers in the back. As stated above. Illegal in some states. And by federal standards. Illegal period as you're only allowed the color of red. I'd probably use them though if i didn't have to run those illegal states.