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 IMA No Hair Style Gal
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When hauling with our trailer with our lights on we often get people who flash their brights at us. We have even stoped at a red light and had someone on the other side of the intersection flash their lights at us. When the light turns green we stop in the middle and rolled down the window concerned that the road my be closed ahaead, something is wrong with our trailer, or just to see what he was flaging us down for just to be told our "bright lights are on prick". They clearly were not but that has happened twice with two different people!
It gets old driving on these country roads with this trailer having people blinding you for know reason. Please tell me someone else has this issue!!! |
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  Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | We had this same issue with our 2008 dodge 2500. Not with our 2011 5500 though. |
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 Ms Bling Bling Sleeze Kitty
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Location: LouLouVille, OK | just flash ur brights back lol |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | cindyt - 2014-03-09 9:24 AM
just flash ur brights back lol
That's what I did! I had it happen alot in my 2011 but not in my 2012 which sits higher and is a 4 x 4. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Roping pen | I would say that your springs are getting weaker on the back axle and allowing the front of your pickup to raise up when the tongue weight of the trailer is applied.
3 fixes that I know of is to have a repair shop re-aim lights with trailer on, but that could become an issue when not hooked up as lights will be to low.
Could get the springs "re-built" or replaced.
Other option is to put air bags or other load leveling device on that will keep truck level, loaded or not.
Or just put up with it.
Good luck! |
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| Have a 2006 Dodge dually, 4 door. Happened all the time with my 3 horse gn with weekender. I down sized to a lighter trailer and have not had that issue. |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Adjust your headlights down some. On a GM product you can do that so I'm assuming you can on a Dodge. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Are you driving with your foglights on (some people call them driving lights)??
Some people don't realize their secondary lights are just as bright as having the high beams on, especially when pulling a trailer. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | CYA Ranch - 2014-03-09 10:41 AM Adjust your headlights down some. On a GM product you can do that so I'm assuming you can on a Dodge.
This ^^^ I bet your headlights need adjusting.. |
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| I when I get flash I just flash them back. |
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Expert
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Are they High Intensity headlights?
If so, you should just throw them in the garbage... everybody hates those except the ignorant people who have them and drive around blinding everyone. :) |
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| Never had that problem. We've had an 01, 07, 06, and 99 dodges. |
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Location: Here | Nita - 2014-03-09 11:22 AM Are you driving with your foglights on (some people call them driving lights)?? Some people don't realize their secondary lights are just as bright as having the high beams on, especially when pulling a trailer.
Bravo. Yes!!! And on some states it s considered failure to dim which is a finable offense. Fog light are used in raining and fog lol. otherwise turn them off when you meet people. And I agree on those HI lights |
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Location: Here | Spin Doctor - 2014-03-09 9:41 AM I would say that your springs are getting weaker on the back axle and allowing the front of your pickup to raise up when the tongue weight of the trailer is applied. 3 fixes that I know of is to have a repair shop re-aim lights with trailer on, but that could become an issue when not hooked up as lights will be to low. Could get the springs "re-built" or replaced. Other option is to put air bags or other load leveling device on that will keep truck level, loaded or not. Or just put up with it. Good luck!
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Location: The Great West | If you have LED headlights they seem brighter. they may need adjusted, but if you only get flashed when your trail earring it may not be the case. Also there are some differences between trailer plug wiring for dodge and ford and your trailer may be wired for ford. |
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 I Sell Dreams
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Location: Freestone TX | I had that happen with my Dodge until I figured out the fog lights were on. Once I turned them off, I stopped getting flashed every time I passed another vehicle. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| It happened with my 2006 ALL.THE.TIME. - and It STILL happened after I took it to the dealer to check the headlights. I take that back - it was my 2003 - no issues with my 2006.
Edited by Griz 2014-03-10 5:50 AM
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 Husband Spoiler
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Location: North Dakota | Nita - 2014-03-09 11:22 AM Are you driving with your foglights on (some people call them driving lights)?? Some people don't realize their secondary lights are just as bright as having the high beams on, especially when pulling a trailer.
Yes! My husband drives with the foglights on quite often and always gets angry when he gets flashed. I keep telling him to turn his foglights off when vehicles are coming towards him but you know you can't tell a man how to drive.  So then I just say well get use to getting flashed and quit complaining about it. |
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| Had the same issue with ours and yes, you can just adjust the headlights down a bit. Simple fix.  |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | Spin Doctor - 2014-03-09 8:41 AM
I would say that your springs are getting weaker on the back axle and allowing the front of your pickup to raise up when the tongue weight of the trailer is applied.
3 fixes that I know of is to have a repair shop re-aim lights with trailer on, but that could become an issue when not hooked up as lights will be to low.
Could get the springs "re-built" or replaced.
Other option is to put air bags or other load leveling device on that will keep truck level, loaded or not.
Or just put up with it.
Good luck!
Excellent! This is why I read this board. Learned something new and going to take our ranch truck in to see about the springs. |
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Blessed
Location: Here | luvropin - 2014-03-10 9:08 AM Spin Doctor - 2014-03-09 8:41 AM I would say that your springs are getting weaker on the back axle and allowing the front of your pickup to raise up when the tongue weight of the trailer is applied. 3 fixes that I know of is to have a repair shop re-aim lights with trailer on, but that could become an issue when not hooked up as lights will be to low. Could get the springs "re-built" or replaced. Other option is to put air bags or other load leveling device on that will keep truck level, loaded or not. Or just put up with it. Good luck! Excellent! This is why I read this board. Learned something new and going to take our ranch truck in to see about the springs.
I had the heavy duty springs put on my 95 at about 150000 miles worked so much better But made it ride rough when not pulling But love that I can put anything in it now And it won't squat |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | We are constantly brighted in the Ford and I would imagine the springs are shot by now. It pulls some heavy loads. You guys teach me every day! Our Dodge is good so far but I do need to make sure I don't have the fog lights on. |
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Location: Colorado plains standing on a goat head! | I used to get flashed a lot on our 2006 4x4 with the 4h LQ until I put Firestone air bags on it with the compressor. You can adjust the ride on the fly with the compressor and I don't believe I have had anybody flash their lights at me since adding the air bags!
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 Cute Little Imp
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Location: N Texas | cindyt - 2014-03-09 9:24 AM
just flash ur brights back lol
That's what I do! I have a 2005 Dodge 2500 and occasionally get flashed. So I'll flash right back at them to show I don't have my brights on. I don't think they're THAT bright, but apparently some people do. This is without being hooked up to a trailer. |
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Location: Purcell Ok | Gunner11 - 2014-03-11 8:55 AM
cindyt - 2014-03-09 9:24 AM
just flash ur brights back lol
That's what I do! I have a 2005 Dodge 2500 and occasionally get flashed. So I'll flash right back at them to show I don't have my brights on. I don't think they're THAT bright, but apparently some people do. This is without being hooked up to a trailer.
This is what I do in my 2010 4x4 dually! I get flashed all the time with and without a trailer. |
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Location: Here | Gunner11 - 2014-03-11 8:55 AM cindyt - 2014-03-09 9:24 AM just flash ur brights back lol That's what I do! I have a 2005 Dodge 2500 and occasionally get flashed. So I'll flash right back at them to show I don't have my brights on. I don't think they're THAT bright, but apparently some people do. This is without being hooked up to a trailer.
Remember that those of us with Cataracts bright lights really hurt our vision or even lights that don't shine level |
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Location: On a paint horse... | We also put airbags on our '03 Dodge...but we did it because we pull a fairly big trailer.  |
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Dodge owners!!!