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Originally Posted by Peter_C
Not sure I understand the overhang part. With an inflatable boat the tubes always stick out past the trailer as the trailers in the USA generally end at the transom. No one wants to have their boat and vehicle rear ended so we all want good lighting. We can only have parts hang so far off the sides and rear.
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Someone will be along to quote the regs. But I think 1m (3ft in your money)..
But...
If you a thriving a truck, and it's only 70cm of boat overhanging you still want to be able to see the lights.. truck driver is much higher...
So it would be common to either put the lights on the boat (e.g. the a frame) rather than under the boat. Or to attach to
some extended bars that project back
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What is the minimum height? I could see the height requirement being an issue. We too must have an illuminated license plate. That is a none issue. Solder and heat shrink all wiring. LED's are sealed units. We are also required to have reflectors on the sides and rear. Side marker lights are required, and if a longer trailer it is a really good idea to have turn signals on the sides.
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The picture you show doesn't show a licence plate.
While I'm sure many of us would quite like it not to be visible so that speed cameras can't catch us, it's the kind of thing that will get you pulled over and then a traffic cop with a grudge looking for every possible defect...
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How does a light bar make storage any easier? As our trailers end at the transom I park my trailers, and I am done, with nothing to remove.
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Potentially Makes the trailer shorter
The other reason is you can't break the light by hitting it with the RIB when coming in, depending where you mount it.
Generally in the UK we want our trailers light to minimise tow weight because we tend not to drive 3Litrr gas guzzlers.
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There are some flexibilities allowed but basically quou want the boat as low as possible to make launch and recovery easier and stability on the tow and the lights higher than as low as possible!