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Inspect Wiring System and Light Integration

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The host highlights the trailer's electrical system, noting that all wiring is run through automotive-grade conduit and enclosed within the trailer's frame. This protects the wires from external elements and potential damage, which is a common issue with lower-cost trailers where wires might dangle. Additionally, the LED lights are recessed and mounted inside the extrusion of the frame, preventing them from being easily damaged if the trailer backs into an obstacle, unlike externally mounted lights common on other brands.

Goal: Identify protected wiring and integrated lighting for enhanced durability and reliability.

Tools and materials

  • Automotive Conduit N/A — Protecting electrical wiring inside the frame
  • CargoMax Utility Trailer Floe Trailers — Demonstrating wiring and light integration
  • LED Lights N/A — Providing illumination and turn signals, recessed into the frame

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creates a sacrificial shield that will protect the steel from rust for decades. typical axle. So, and the axle is where the rubber meets the road, so to speak. It It really is one of the most important things to look at when you're looking at this. >> Yeah, and most people just don't do what you just did there. >> And I'm going to jump in here before we keep going too far. As we look at the wheels, these are not upgraded wheels. This is the standard that FLO offers. So, you have different wheel and rim options as well, as well as the tire rating on the wheels themselves. Make sure you look at the load rating of the tires because that's going to affect the overall performance of how a utility trailer holds up. So, it's the axles, it's the rims for aesthetic purposes, and the tire rating itself. >> And while while people are looking down the other thing you want to look for on your trailer is the wiring system. >> Okay. >> So, our wires are all run through an automotive conduit, and they're inside the trailer frame. And there's a lot of the the lower cost versions that may have wires actually dangling around that you're going to have fall off and get >> So, your your wiring is inside of this framework? >> It's inside. You I mean, you can see where it has to come out of the tongue into the tube. And then back here comes out of that tube into that tube, but it's 99% all within the trailer frame. >> So, it's protected? >> It's protected from the elements, and it You know, if you take it off-road, or you're in the woods, or out out hunting, or whatever, you're not going to catch your wiring and rip it off. >> You very rarely see that, Don. I mean, realistically, you guys, I've I've only seen that on a higher end trailers where they ever have it enclosed like that and very few and far between if that. >> LED lights which I think are pretty much standard in the industry. Maybe there's some real low end that have LED or incandescent but I think LEDs are are pretty standard. But one of the things we do is we mount the light inside of the extrusion so that if you were to back your trailer into something you're not going to hit the light, you're going to hit your frame. You're not going to break it off. >> you're protected here. >> Yeah. >> The light is actually not flush, it's actually >> It's indented. >> It's indented so you got to legitimately have something hit it just…

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