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PowerTale Lights Up Your Hitch

Accessory provides colorful lighted messages from your trailer hitch

by Jim Walczak
for About.com

Research has shown that there are approximately eight million vehicles on the road today that are equipped with trailer hitches. But when those hitches are not in use, they aren't the most attractive of auto accessories. Now a new product called the PowerTale is able to turn those hitch receivers into attractive, interesting lighted message displays.

Fits Any 2-Inch Hitch Receiver

The PowerTale from Dreamers, Inc. is an oval shaped, illuminated display that slides into any 2-inch hitch receiver. Just like the taillights of a trailer, the vehicle powers the lights of the PowerTale, making the product visible during the day or night. The PowerTale shines with running lights and even gets brighter when brakes lights come on.

Interchangeable Lighted Displays

What sets the product apart from other hitch accessories is its interchangeable Lighted Tail Displays or LTD's - vibrantly colored, slide-like film with adhesive that slip into the PowerTale and offer a wide selection of photos and greetings: Holiday Messages, Sports Logos, Patriotic-Themes, and many others.

"The idea came to me as I waited behind an SUV at a traffic signal," says PowerTale Inventor and Dreamers, Inc. President Brad Brafford. "That SUV owner had hung a small Christmas wreath on her trailer hitch for the holidays. I thought that it would be fun if it had lights -- and the PowerTale expanded from there."

Durable and Tamper-proof

The PowerTale's high impact thermo plastic body is tough enough to withstand extreme temperatures and conditions. It also includes a novel tamper-proof security device to deter theft of the product. Dreamers, Inc. also offers "Club PowerTale", a service for customers that will alert them of new LTD designs; offer personalized designs, and provide free replacement of keys for the locking system.

For More Information

Get your very own PowerTale today. To choose from a number of different styles, or customize your own, check out the PowerTale website.

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