Put trailer wirng on the van

[flyboy2610]

I installed a plug-n-play type trailer wiring setup on my '99 Plymouth Grand Voyager. It is a flat 4 plug style. It also has a hitch installed on it. I got it all done and used my multi-meter to verify which wire ran which lights. I wanted to double check that it would match up to the trailer wiring on the bump trailer.
I checked the plug that's on the '69 F250, and that's when I noticed that the pickup, and the trailer, have a flat 5 plug hookup. The 5th plug went to the backup lights. Oh, pooh, I thought. Now I'll have to change those. Plus I'll lose the backup lights on the trailer, which I liked having.
I have a spare 4 plug setup, and on a whim I plugged each end into the 5 plug on the pickup and trailer. They fit!
So, as it turns out, I can pull the bump trailer with the van, and I can pull any other trailer wired with a 4 plug, wired to DOT standards, with the pickup. Pulling the bump trailer with the van, I'll lose the backup lights, and few other small trailers I would pull with the pickup would probably have have backup lights anyway. Pulling the bump trailer with the pickup, I still have backup lights. So I guess I'm good to go!
I love those rare occasions when things turn out right!

[fordman]

i thought about wiring in backup lights on my trailers. but never have done it. i have been in a situation once where i thought it might be smart to have them.