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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iowa Dave" data-source="post: 32502" data-attributes="member: 2195"><p>Then you don't want a back-up alarm and the needed switches at all anyway. You just need something like the trigger-switch alarms that are on the newish machines (I think my 2007 models are the first to have this, but I could be wrong--I know my 2005 machine doesn't have it). Unsure what that would take--the alarm and tying it in to one of the trigger switches should be all that you need. But let me give you a little real-world knowledge from experience: The guys with the shovels in their hands get annoyed/p*ssed real quick if you "toot the horn" when you want their attention. If the alarm was "triggered" about once a year in a real emergency, then maybe it COULD help avoid a catastrophe--otherwise, the guys will just roll their eyes and ignore it. You are much better off to idle down and talk to them, ESPECIALLY if you have a cab and heat or air--the guys will REALLY get p*ssed if they are out in the heat and you--in your air conditioned cab--"toot" at them. Spend your money on a CabCam back-up system instead--they are GREAT. (just google CabCam--should be able to get one for about $300-325.</p></blockquote><p></p>