Someone sold it for cheap due to the fact that it’s 30 years old. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it’s in pretty good condition considering.

In the picture I am in the process of scrubbing away the worst rust bits. Turned out to be mostly surface stuff. Scrubbed what I could, and got a nice thick coat of Hammerite

The brakes should be replaced soon, but it’s not urgent. Same goes for the bed, but that’s not urgent either.

Lights worked fine, but used the old 7 pin connector. I replaced it with a proper 13 pin ISO 11446 connector so I can plug it into my car without an adapter.

  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    On big trucks like semis the electrical connector to power lights on the trailer is called a 7-way, it had seven pins, next to the two pneumatic connectors, it’s a big fat cylinder

    • ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      28 days ago

      And 7-way roundpin truck/ag is different from the 7-way flatpin that most bumper-pull trailers would use.