need better lighting on truck

Lupine

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So I had another misadventure with my engineering truck Tuesday. 2004 F350 quad with a steel flatbed. Was up at a tower site on a dark foggy night. The site already had a too small footprint, making turning around to go back down a little hair raising (about a 20 point turn with the truck lol). They're resolving some erosion issues, and had an excavator parked up there. So I had to back down the road about 1/2 mile with a sheer drop off on the driver's side, and couldn't see the road at all. Fortunately I could see the wall on the passenger side, so hugged it all the way down. Balder and grayer.

So, I want better lights. The backing up lights did zilch, so want something I can mount to the top rail of the bed, that is against the cab of the truck. Either solid mount facing backward, or maybe there is a better solution. And more lights forward. I get in pretty remote areas, and just need better visibility all around. Any suggestions?
 
Do you want hard wired or removable? Lightbars/exterior mounted, hardwired lights are nice, but if a powerful magnet mounted spotlight that you can aim would do the trick…

Tractor Supply has a bunch of decent options, so posting a search from there just to put some options out there.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/catalog/exterior-truck-lights

Hardwiring would be the biggest challenge, but not too bad as most kits will have some kind of adapters available.

I had something similar to this on my f450..not this exact one though. They’re available with different mounting systems…

https://www.amazon.com/Unity-211036...ocphy=9002031&hvtargid=pla-570924434838&psc=1
 
Get some KC lights, and rig it up to a switch. If it's a work truck, they should do it for you unless they want to buy a new truck.
 
Get some KC lights, and rig it up to a switch. If it's a work truck, they should do it for you unless they want to buy a new truck.
Yeah, its our engineering truck. I'm the director, so yes ... work will pay for it lol.

Thanks for the tips guys.
 
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