Trailer Lighgt hookup for M818 Tractor

Going to recover my M818 and 20 ton trailer next Friday (3 SEP 2010) .. Gent I bought it from states that the lights on the 818 work great .. but the trailer lights (12 volt of course) have never been hooked up to the tractor .. I want to get my baby home .. 3-4 hour drive to my HOR .. but not thrilled with running the trailer without lights .. Not wishing to re-invent the wheel, was wondering if others have run into this situation too .. and of course I am interested in any suggestions or workarounds regards the current lights ..

I plan on mounting 24 volt tail lights in the trailer when I get the opportunity .. of course I will need a 12 pin connector plug to connect to the tractor ...Would like to purchase if someone has and I welcome any others suggestions from the SME's on SS.

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Mark

Find someone with a wrecker with the clamp-on light setup. It will clamp onto the back of your trailer and then plug into your 818.

I had built my own set of clamp on lights using some 9 conductor direct burial wire and a couple extra lights I had laying around and an extra plug for a M105.

Originally I used a couple magnets bolted to the lights.

The best and easyist way will be to make a set of temp lights. Like above, I think you can get some premade ones for 12volt and chang the plug and bulbs. I've done this in the past.

Get an extra trailer plug connector from Austin Aviation HMMWV Surplus items - Get great deals on HMMWV Hummer Misc MV Parts items on eBay Stores!. He also has extra military lights - he is excellent to deal with! A heavy truck supply store has 4,6,& 7 conductor wire for commercial vehicle lights. Just for a Light Bar, all you would need is the "4" conductor wire.

Lee in Alaska