My First Dumpster Dive. What is 86" long and .... ?

[Skulldigger]

Somebody retrieved this from the dumpster for me.
86" long, with 4 rotators and 3 LED's. The center LED is amber, the end LED's are cornered !









It needs a little cleaning up, but everything works. I am going to have to replace the connectors, but this thing needs very little. It is a Whelen 4500 Plus Series. The date is faded and most of the numbers are . I will put it in photoshop and see what I can bring forward later.



I will do a video when I get it all cleaned up. The big question is..... where do you put an 86" lightbar? I don't think I have a wall this big !!

 

[Pete L.]

Good catch............
The bigger question is "who in the world throws something like this
in the dumpster ??" Some people are nuts.

 

[dmathieu]

I love good stuff free!!

 

[toon80]

Whilte dumpster diving must pay off from time to time, does it usually turn out to be like this?

Dumpster divers be: "Rumaging in trashes, rumaging in trashes"
Cop walks by: "What are you doing behind that firehouse?"
Dumpster diver: "I'm searching for that impossible-to-find free lightbar"
Cop be like:"WTF?!"

 

[Skulldigger]

I have another one that was found with this one. It is a 76" all LED, but three of the LED's are missing. All the covers are there. The flasher is in it and the lights light up and flash side to side. The markers light and this one has two center alley lights that also light. I am trying to decide if I want to try and rebuild it or part it out. It has some good parts. These Whelen 4500's are build a lights and are compartmentalized. You can take an LED out and put in a Halogen or a rotator, or an oscillator. You can arrange anyway you want.

I have a couple of the halogen sections but the tubes are burned out. I wonder if the tubes can be replaced or is it a toss and replace only. Going to have to mess with that.

 

[CamaroGuy]

Thats a wicked find!

 

[JazzDad]

... The big question is..... where do you put an 86" lightbar? ...

Rear warning on the luggage rack!

 

[Skulldigger]

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Rear warning on the luggage rack!

I"m not sure about that Rear Mount.



I think handlebar mount might be better.

 

[toon80]

You need corner warning too.

 

[jph2]

Great save! Nice addition to your collection.

The big question is..... where do you put an 86" lightbar? I don't think I have a wall this big !!

Up on the rooftop peak so Santa can find your place. lol

 

[894]

Some of clowns have SERIOUSLY wayyyy to much time on your hands...

 

[kitn1mcc]

That is a nice bar, Some soap and water and wax should be good as new. Or order new lenses

 

[Skulldigger]

Video

 

[motorolamaniac]

Nice! Good save as well!

 

[Skulldigger]

I found it. An 86" light bar fits great over a 90" doorway ! Ignore the messy desk, a lot of creativity takes place there.

 

[CrownVic97]

^^^^^^^

 

[ERIC6913]

lol perfect! Soon you will run out of doorways though!

 

[Pete L.]

Ah, hell.......... there's lot's of room for more toys on those walls