[AT] tractor hauler a pain to install headlights.

[Cecil Bearden]

There was an article in one of my Commercial truck magazines that stated 
that the new LED lights are so much brighter but do not give the long 
distance lighting that the old halogen lights did. They also mentioned 
that they were so bright that they blinded oncoming vehicles.  As far as 
the height, the new pickups are so high off the ground that I need a 
stepladder to get in them.   We used to use a pickup on the farm for 
everything, building fence, moving feed sacks etc.  Now, the bed is so 
high off the ground that they must have steps to get into.  If anything 
is in the front of the bed forget it.   This is the reason the Polaris 
Ranger type of ATV is so popular.  it is easier to get into than a 
pickup, and the bed is about the same height.  The Ranger is about $24K 
new for the one that has A/C.  Our first 1/2 ton pickup in 1963 did nto 
have A/C but it had v-8 and automatic and only cost $1800.  It would 
haul 60 bushel of wheat to the elevator, and pull a 20ft cattle trailer 
with no brakes...   ( not something I want to do today ) .  Now, a 3/4 
ton is necessary to do what a 1/2 ton pickup would.  The gooseneck stock 
and equipment trailers have had to be rebuilt to clear the bed sides of 
the newer pickups or a flat bed must be installed on the pickup now.

I looked at a new 2017 Dodge 2500 before I bought my used 2011 Chevrolet 
and the salesman had to bring me a stepstool so I could get into it.     
The electric running boards were a $1000 option....  I could get into my 
2011 Chevrolet without the running boards even though  it has  them.   
With all the hype about mileage, I would think that a higher profile 
vehicle would have more wind resistance and get less fuel mileage....
Some call it progress.
Cecil

On 1/18/2020 8:52 AM, James Peck wrote:
> If automatic high beam is selected, the vehicle only turns on high beam when there are no approaching headlamps.
>
> https://owner.ford.com/support/how-tos/exterior/lights/how-to-turn-on-off-daytime-running-lights.html#
>
> Ron Cook Salix, Iowa AT List Member (ron at lakeport-1.com) ; I travel mostly 2 lane roads and I am sick and tired of being blinded by about every other vehicle I meet.  Very few are because of failure to use low beam.  Most are just plain too bright of headlights completely out of proper adjustment.  More than likely because of the original lamps having been replaced by some super bright lamp.  Or some jacked up in the air pickup that some youngster thinks is really cool.  Then there are the bright light tailgaters that blind you by mirror.  I really think the law needs to get involved in a big way.
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