[AT] re : hayride / accidents

[Chris Britton]

In our local paper there was a report of a hayride where a semi truck hit a 
tractor toting a trailer full of hay and people.  there were injuries, and 
fatalities.. smv apparently.. but no trailer lamps.

I can't understand why people running hayrides don't hook up trailer lamps. 
it takes 5-10 minutes.

On my 6v tractors, I set a 12v 'car' battery on the front of the trailer, 
and using 14awg hookup wire and gator clamps just wire right from the 
battery and strip the wire, fold it over and shove it into the trailer plug 
and instantly have trailer lamps.  I also keep a spare blinker module, and 
hook it in line with the  blinker wire.. so I have running and blinking 
lamps on the trailer.  I also usually throw a 450watt invertor on the 
trailer and put up some sparkle lamps for decoration.. or those auto style 
12v neon lamps for ilumination for singing / caroling.. etc.  like i said.. 
takes 5 to 10 minutes to rig this up..

One of my SMV signs is glued to a big magnet, and i slap it on the back of 
the trailer, in addation to the smv sign on the tractor.. etc.

I do a hayride 1-2 times a year.. safely...

Soundguy


>Be carefull out there
>20 miles east of here Sunday, a family was having a Halloween hayride 
>riding on a utility trailer behind a tractor.  They pulled >out of a county 
>road onto a state highway and were rear ended by a small compact car. Five 
>on the trailer were in critical >condition as they were thrown free.  Most 
>of the children and infants were hurt but released as they were on the 
>front of the >trailer.  The wife of the tractor owner/driver is not 
>expected to live.  No lights or SMV emblem on the combination.
>The car driver was only slightly injured.  Impact at 65 mph.