Lights on or of

mr glassies · Guru

Lights on or of

Desert Dweller · Guru

We travel with our lights on while towing our caravan in daylight hours. Our ute stays dead level as if there's no weight on the tow ball (150kg).

We occasionally strike nuff nuffs who flash their lights at us as an encouragement for traveling or to let us know that our headlights are on.

Wish they wouldn't, it makes us think that they are warning us that there's something wrong with our rig.

We pull over to check but there's nothing ever astray. No harm in checking though.

Kebbin · Guru

Should be looking at your combination if there is that much movement when hitching up, sort the van weight out with correct distribution of all added items, check ball weight, add WDH if necessary, this should fix the problem.

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

Good advice Dibs, but I agree with Kebbins .... sort out the rig set up first ... get it more level through the various methods of distributing weight and ensuring the vehicle is capable of towing the weight first.

Then if there is a need to "adjust the headlights" so be it ... but adjusting the headlights isn't sorting the issue, just masking a potentially unstable rig.

cheers - John

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Yep even when balance well . This can happen on some roads . Firmer shocks and springs do help. Load leveling device helps as it transfers weight to front wheels . Only issue is you DONT want to fit anything to over come bad loading or weak-sh suspension . Itâs often the lighter tugs and rolling bumps which cause this !! Looks like oncoming vehicle is flashing lights . ??

RustyD · Guru

My Ranger doesn't even move when I put my van on so I never get flashed (at least not from approaching cars).

The hardest thing to get a driver to do is to recognise that flashing them in the daytime may actually mean their head lights are on high beam. Been guilty of that myself as the BLUE high beam indicator is not actually that visible in very bright daylight.

Bello · Veteran Member

I do travel with the headlights ON all the time. Headlights, NOT parkers or FOG lights.

Have a look at www.headlightson247.com .

My vehicle has a "roller switch"to change the angle of the headlights. but I believe if the vehicle and 'van is level this is not needed.

Anyway safety is the go in my book.

Bello