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I hate drilling holes in my trailers........

AaronW

New member
........so I didn't. I needed to mount a plate on my M105 and wanted to avoid making any new holes. After searching in vain for just a single hole that would work, the ole lightbulb came on for a second. I used a standard "T" mounting plate found on chassis/cab trucks. I drilled an offset from center 3/8" hole in the "T" plate and used the existing mounting bolt on the multi-function light. Seems to be in a good location. Should make the LEO's happy. Easy to remove for shows. In the future, I may tap into the running lamp wire and add a 24v bulb in the hole provided on the "T" plate.
 

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acmunro

Member
I know what you mean about drilling extra holes. I used the same thing on the back of my M1031 Contact Maint Truck. Before that I had it mounted on the tailgate. Funny thing there is - The bolts that hold the tailgate together are spaced properly for the license plate. The only reason I moved it to the tail light is they have the generic tail lights that also have a built in license plate light.
 
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