I was wondering if there IS a purpose to roof clearnace lights on p/u trucks. Any one know?

 

Other than when you notice they are missing from the rig you know you are too tall for the underpass you drove under I have no logical reason otherwise. They look cool at night and make you more visible on the highway.

 

Yeah they make you look like a hot shot driver.:-X23

 

The truck looks cooler with them then without them.

 

From a previous thread on this about 2 weeks old:

Clearance lights have become a GOB (Good Ol' Boy) thing, I wouldn't expect you city slickers from California to understand.

If you grew up on a farm or in a rural area (southern Saskatchewan, Canada) like I did, you didn't see a truck without them. They were regulation (in Canada anyway) if your vehicle was over a certain height and wider than 80". I think this dates back to narrow two lane highways and country roads, when a lane was maybe 90" wide.

That, and like the previous posters, I love the look of a lit up truck on the road at night. I'm sure you've all seen a nice Kenworth or Pete light up the night as it barrelled down the highway.


>"Yeah they make you look like a hot shot driver.:-X23 "

Let me guess, your other car is a hopped up Honda Civic. To each his own I guess.

Waxy

 

Yes the clearance lights on the roof of the truck is to designate that the truck is wide and shows the height of the vehical oh ya they do make the truck look a heck of alot better at night. The lights also make others see you easier when they come in the opposite direction instead of two bright headlights.

I have forgotten the regs for the clearance lights but any cab and chassis truck F-350 and larger must be equiped with them or F-350 dually p/u's.

 

Waxy my other car is a Vett

You guys do not live in Louisiana where every other truck is running oilfield tools. They all have clearance lights, it is like having a white crown vic it looks like a cop car that is just the way it is.

 

>I have forgotten the regs for the clearance lights but any cab and chassis truck F-350 and larger must be equipped with them or F-350 dually p/u's.

I believe Waxy said it: 80" wide (not including the mirrors). Duallys obviously fit the bill and come standard with them.

 

Mine look cool.

They also let the aliens in the Mother Ship know where I am for the next pick up and inspection when I am driving at night along a lonely AZ road.''


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A GREAT BIG THANKS!!!

 

They make you look like a "Bad, Bad man" (Best said in your Billy Gibbons voice) (He's the lead singer for ZZ-top)

Some call it a six-pack, I call it a support group.

 

If you ask me, I'd say its job security.
I have to replace them little light bulbs at least once a month on our 15+ buses.

 

I am not sure if they are required on privately regestered p/u.
I do have a friend who drives a big rig and he once told me that any light you have on a 18 wheeler has to work. He looks like a christmas tree coming down the road and got a ticket for having one usless decorative light out. So I would check you state regs before putting them on b/c in some states if you have them and one is out you may face a ticket

 

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>If you grew up on a farm or in a rural area (southern
>Saskatchewan, Canada) like I did, you didn't see a truck
>without them. They were regulation (in Canada anyway) if

>
>Waxy

and Just where in S.Saskatchewan would that be Waxy ?


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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 21-Aug-02 AT 10:22 AM (EST)]I grew up splitting my time between living in Kannata Valley, little community on the north shore of Last Mountain Lake (just south of Silton), and Regina. I went to school in Regina though ( about a 1/2hr south). My family farms in the SW, a little town called Richmound, about an hour north of Maple Creek along the AB-SK border. So I spent, and continue to spend, a fair bit of time there when I can. I'm living in Calgary now.

How about yourself?

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P.S. - daimon1054- I take it back, and I'll buy you a virtual beer. Wish I had a Vette. I live in an oil town myself, so F350 CC 4X4's are more common than chebbie Cavaliers here too. In fact when I was shopping I turned down a couple of good deals on trucks because they were white. A white truck around here is automatically considered a rig (oil/gas) truck and has ZERO resale value, even if it's mint. For good reason too, most look like they've been through WWIII after 3 years of getting bagged and being dragged in and out of leases by Cats. You have to be careful, they often have low miles, so guys buy 'em, paint 'em, and sell 'em to the unsuspecting public.