LED Work Lights for Work Trucks & Service Bodies

Most work trucks start life as a pickup. A heavy-duty pickup chassis — the F-250/F-350 or 2500/3500 class — gets a service body with tool compartments, and utility crews, mechanics, and contractors run their day out of it: opening compartments, running a compressor or a crane, working at the tailboard, often before sunrise or after dark. Medium-duty bucket and mechanics trucks do the same job on a bigger frame. The lights on the body decide whether a job takes ten minutes or thirty, and whether the crew is seen when the truck is stopped at the roadside.

We supply upfitters, service-body manufacturers, and fleet buyers with sealed, low-draw LED work and warning lights for exactly this duty: compact lamps for compartments and steps, body-side floods for the working perimeter, higher-output scene lights for medium-duty bodies, and amber beacons for roadside visibility, all on 9–32 V DC.

Where lights go on a work truck or service body

A typical lighting plan covers four zones: compartment lights inside the tool boxes so a technician can find parts without a torch; step and tailboard lights for the work platform; body-side flood lights mounted high on the compartment tops to light the working perimeter without shadows; and an amber beacon on the cab or headache rack for roadside warning — all wired to the upfitter switches in the cab so the whole body lights up with one press. Our heavy-duty LED work lights cover the compartment, step, and body-side positions, LED beacon and warning lights handle the warning duty, and an LED light bar adds forward throw for crews driving into unlit sites.

Specifications that matter on a service body

• 9–32 V DC input — One part number across 12 V pickup chassis and 24 V medium-duty trucks, tolerant of the voltage dips that inverters, compressors, and cranes put on the electrical system.
• Low current draw — LED compartment lights and floods let a crew work with the engine off; ask for the draw of each model when you plan the battery budget for a body.
• IP67–IP69K sealing with potted drivers — Electronics encapsulated in resin, rated for pressure washing, road salt, and the spray thrown up by the wheels.
• Flood beams for the working perimeter — Wide, even light around the body so the crew works without shadows; spot and combo beams are reserved for forward driving lights.
• Stainless-steel brackets and vibration-rated mounts — Hardware that survives the constant shake of a running generator or compressor and years of rough site access.
• EMC suppression to CISPR 25 — No interference with two-way radios, telematics, or the electronics in the cab.

Sizing the lights for each position

Service-body lighting is a low-to-mid power job. Compartment and step positions need 12–24 W (960–1,920 lm) in a 3.5–5.8 inch housing that fits inside a tool-box lid. Body-side floods on a pickup-based body run 24–60 W (1,920–4,800 lm), mounted at the compartment tops and angled down — going brighter mostly adds glare for the crew and draw on the battery. Medium-duty bucket and mechanics trucks that have to light a full working area take 60–120 W (4,800–9,600 lm) scene lights, and the 160 W (12,800 lm) heavy-duty light is the top of what a truck body needs. Send us the body drawing and we will propose wattage and beam position by position.

Scene lighting and warning lights are different jobs

White floods illuminate the work; amber warning lights make the stopped truck visible — and in a growing number of US states a service vehicle on the shoulder is only covered by Move Over laws while it is showing amber warning lights. Keep the two jobs separate: a flood aimed at passing traffic blinds drivers, and a beacon does nothing to light a compartment. Amber is the colour most jurisdictions allow on utility and work trucks — our guide to beacon light colours covers who may use amber, red, blue, or green. We supply the beacon part of that package: 3-3/4 inch and 5-1/4 inch amber LED strobe beacons, sealed to IP69K and offered in 9–32 V through 10–110 V DC versions, for cab or headache-rack mounting. Surface-mount strobe modules and mini light bars are not in our range; specify them from your warning-light supplier and we will match beacon colour and mounting.

Standardising lighting across a fleet

Fleet managers rarely buy one truck. Because every work light in the range accepts 9–32 V DC and shares the same bracket families, a fleet can standardise a handful of part numbers across pickups, medium-duty chassis, and trailers, and stock one spare per position. We supply spec sheets and drawings for the upfitter’s build documentation, and 1–5 samples for a trial installation on one body before the fleet order.

Wholesale and upfitter supply

We supply service-body manufacturers, upfitters, and fleet distributors from 60 pieces per model, with production in 15–25 working days. Certification documentation is available on request, and warranty terms are listed on each product page. Send us the body drawing or a photo of the truck and we will quote a lighting plan position by position.

Beyond the catalogue, we also develop lights from scratch to customer requirements — from design and 3D-printed prototypes to production tooling, with exclusive supply protection. Learn more about our custom LED light development service.