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01-22-2018, 10:48 PM
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Train horn?
Wondering if anyone has a train horn on their truck. Could come in handy.....in certain situations....
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01-22-2018, 11:06 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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A buddy has one. It’s obnoxiously loud.
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01-22-2018, 11:27 PM
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I have been looking at them. More and more many drivers are messing with their phones. I just want to get their attention when they are swerving into my lane. Of course it would give a little piece of mind onthe occasional time I go through an intersection with a yellow light
I am installing this one now. I am pointing the horns downward to hopefully get more side to side volume.
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01-22-2018, 11:30 PM
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Location: Southern NM
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Yep. My nephew has one. Had to put in an extra battery, air tank/pump and larger alternator. It is OMG loud 
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01-23-2018, 12:09 AM
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Always Learning
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Other than to have fun with it, I can’t see any possible legitimate safety excuse for one. A horn like that in an emergent situation seems like it’s more likely to CAUSE a bigger accident/problem than to solve one. Just my not-so-humble opinion.
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01-23-2018, 12:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
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Check the legality and use restrictions. Some states don't allow them.
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01-23-2018, 01:15 AM
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Location: Space Coast of Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
Other than to have fun with it, I can’t see any possible legitimate safety excuse for one. A horn like that in an emergent situation seems like it’s more likely to CAUSE a bigger accident/problem than to solve one. Just my not-so-humble opinion.
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I agree. You expect a train coming down the track to blow its horn or you hear the emergency vehicle coming so you are aware of it. Imagine if someone happens to be next to your truck ( and they just happen to be the bystander vehicle that you are not honking at) and that 150db horn goes off. Windows down, possible hearing damage... sounds (pun intended) like a bad idea but each to his own..
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01-23-2018, 01:48 AM
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Just as confused as you
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: south central Wisconsin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MLBHSB
Check the legality and use restrictions. Some states don't allow them.
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X2 they are illegal to use on the roads in Wisconsin.
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01-23-2018, 01:57 AM
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I was in the KOA campground in Fond du lac, WI two years ago. It was the "Halloween" weekend. There was a motor home next to me. The guy came over with a remote control in his hand and showed me how the front grill of his MH flipped down and two 2-trumpet air horns slid out. Then he blew them.
WOW!
He was planning to blow them when the kids came by on the "hay ride" and "hoped I wouldn't mind."
Fortunately, it rained later in the day and the hay ride was cancelled.
I should have taken a pic for the "Things you see in a campground" thread. LOL
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01-23-2018, 06:32 AM
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One of my boys and myself installed one in his Jeep years ago. We had a little fun with it and there is a few people out there that ran red left turn lights right in front of me, that to this day, are still trying to get the skid marks out of their shorts. 
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01-23-2018, 07:00 AM
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They make for good Youtube videos. 
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01-23-2018, 07:19 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
Other than to have fun with it, I can’t see any possible legitimate safety excuse for one. A horn like that in an emergent situation seems like it’s more likely to CAUSE a bigger accident/problem than to solve one. Just my not-so-humble opinion.
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Agreed. Would hate to cause an innocent traveller to be startled into an unrelated accident just for a laugh. But hey, you have to live with yourself if it does happen.
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01-23-2018, 10:32 AM
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Location: Southern NM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tkarper14
Agreed. Would hate to cause an innocent traveller to be startled into an unrelated accident just for a laugh. But hey, you have to live with yourself if it does happen.
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Wet blanket.........party poopers.....fun killers
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01-23-2018, 10:38 AM
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https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B008J151H4
Easy to install. Not a train horn, but it does get everyone's attention.
You can add it to your existing horns.
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01-23-2018, 10:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mslaman
Wondering if anyone has a train horn on their truck. Could come in handy.....in certain situations....
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You got some Redneck in your DNA?
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01-23-2018, 11:40 AM
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Location: Southern NM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cavie
You got some Redneck in your DNA?
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You say that like it might be a bad thing?
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01-23-2018, 11:46 AM
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Location: Between Pickles Gap and Toad Suck, AR
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I got a pile of Redneck in me. I take it as a compliment.
But.........I try to not be noisy. Slip in like an Indian, slip out like an Indian. Loud mufflers, radios, yelling, and air horns, are not for me.
Now, my buddy has a train horn. Course............he drives a train!!
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01-23-2018, 12:02 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Port Charlotte Fl/Hinsdale Ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMWildcat
You say that like it might be a bad thing? |
Depends on the amount of DNA. ME? I got some but not so it shows. Well, I guess it does. Love red neck cookin'
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01-23-2018, 08:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cavie
You got some Redneck in your DNA?
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Yep. I work outside in Arizona. Neck has been red my entire life.
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01-23-2018, 09:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 459
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ben31
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X2 ~ many bikers install the WOLO on their bikes and get rid of the beep beep horns! Be sure to add a relay from your existing horn wiring for the trigger and direct 12 volt wires from the battery.
Good attention getters ~ but for that matter so are 12 volt boat horns.
Just my opinion of course ~~
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