Train Horns

I want to install a train horn in my Ridge. The type with air tank and compressor. Any recommendations????????????

me too, me too!

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Check this out.

http://www.hornblasters.com


Even if you don't get the horns, the videos are hilarious.

Those videos are priceless!!!

I don't know which horn he is using. I want the 350 set up not 2700 set up. I need to find someone that has one or knows someone.

I wonder if there is legal issues with these.

I would assume he's using the real train horn not one of his knockoffs. That thing sounds wicked loud.

Check this out.

http://www.hornblasters.com


Even if you don't get the horns, the videos are hilarious.

LOL....All Ridgelines should be equipped with these hornes.

I want to install a train horn in my Ridge. The type with air tank and compressor. Any recommendations????????????

Well I don't know if you are serious or poking fun at another ROC member..... Look here....

http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/showpost.php?p=234285&postcount=64

http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/showpost.php?p=234349&postcount=66

OO!!!!! OOO!!!! If you do this you have to post the pics with directions.. I'm dying to do sumthin like that. Coulda really have used it this morning when the little Asian lady stopped dead in the middle of the road... if i had one of these her back window woulda burst throu on her....LOL:D :eek:

Stebel makes some great sounding horns, I bought the compact nautilus series for my motorcyle, works great.

Stebel website (http://www.stebel.it/stebel/index2006.htm)

I would assume he's using the real train horn not one of his knockoffs. That thing sounds wicked loud.


I very much doubt he is using a real train horn. A real train horn w/o compressor or tank in rough condition is about 2500-3000.
These 3 horn kits are for real. There are several manuf out there and I'm trying to find the best.

And no I'm not poking fun. I will not be mounting these in the bed nor the tank in the trunk. I want a set up I can mount under the hood. A 1gallon tank with compressor will fit and I would problem mount the horns in front of the radiator.

http://www.airhornsoftexas.com/train/train.html

Rebuilt, $1085.00.

http://www.airhornsoftexas.com/train/train.html

Rebuilt, $1085.00.

That's the cheapest I have ever seen. Looks like they have more then one.
the knock offs at 150psi will put out about 150db.

Stebel makes some great sounding horns, I bought the compact nautilus series for my motorcyle, works great.

Stebel website (http://www.stebel.it/stebel/index2006.htm)

Where did you get it? i want one for my bike.

Check out the link below.

RealTruck offers truck horns from WOLO. Many different horns to choose from and reasonable priced.


WOLO Horns (http://www.realtruck.com/category-summary/5539/horns_and_horn_accessories.html)

Where did you get it? i want one for my bike.

Here is where I got mine for my Electra Glide.

http://www.bjspecialties.com/

If I were going to do this I'd get a set of the Nathan K3LA rebuilt horns. They sound nasty.

http://www.airhornsoftexas.com/Sounds/K3LAsoundsfile.htm

Boxsky,

I bought mine here (http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productlist/539/), works awesome.

If you want real locomotive air horns you need to buy a set of Nathan Airchimes. It takes six horns to sound like a locomotive. You'll need a minimum of about an 80 gallon compressed air storage tank with a couple of 1" lines to the manifold. The compressor is not as important unless you intend to maintain a sustained blast (the 80 gallons will last maybe 10 seconds).

There won't be much room left in the Ridgeline but you'll make your presence known with a set of Nathan K5's.

You can hear them here:
http://trainiax.net/recordings/sample-k5l-2248.wav

Joe, that link I posted has them all.

If you want real locomotive air horns you need to buy a set of Nathan Airchimes. It takes six horns to sound like a locomotive. You'll need a minimum of about an 80 gallon compressed air storage tank with a couple of 1" lines to the manifold. The compressor is not as important unless you intend to maintain a sustained blast (the 80 gallons will last maybe 10 seconds).

There won't be much room left in the Ridgeline but you'll make your presence known with a set of Nathan K5's.

You can hear them here:
http://trainiax.net/recordings/sample-k5l-2248.wav

Now you are getting crazy. I hear them on big rigs or other trucks. I'm not looking for authentic train horns but ones that sound like it. I'm looking for recommendations on a 3-5 horn setup, 1 gallon tank and compressor

Now you are getting crazy. I hear them on big rigs or other trucks. I'm not looking for authentic train horns but ones that sound like it. I'm looking for recommendations on a 3-5 horn setup, 1 gallon tank and compressor

Truck air horns and locomotive horns sound completely different. Like comparing a Hummer to a Pinto.

Sorry if the info was a duplicate. I didn't read the entire thread.

Truck air horns and locomotive horns sound completely different. Like comparing a Hummer to a Pinto.

Sorry if the info was a duplicate. I didn't read the entire thread.

WHAT? I'm talking the train horns on the rigs not a stock rig horn. That's why the thread is called TRAIN HORNS not big rig horns.:rolleyes:

WHAT? I'm talking the train horns on the rigs not a stock rig horn. That's why the thread is called TRAIN HORNS not big rig horns.:rolleyes:

What I think is that you don't know the difference. Not many "big rigs" have the air capacity to run a real locomotive horn.

There are a lot of people that want to say they've got "train horns" when they don't know what a train horn is.

A locomotive horn is not one you can run off a 5 gallon storage tank with a 3/8" air line.

If you want to think you have "train horns" on your Ridgeline then find a web site that tells you they're selling you train horns and you can buy them and think you have train horns.

If you want real train horns then there are only two brands to buy, and I don't think I've ever seen them on a big rig, but I won't say it's never happened.

What I think is that you don't know the difference. Not many "big rigs" have the air capacity to run a real locomotive horn.

There are a lot of people that want to say they've got "train horns" when they don't know what a train horn is.

A locomotive horn is not one you can run off a 5 gallon storage tank with a 3/8" air line.

If you want to think you have "train horns" on your Ridgeline then find a web site that tells you they're selling you train horns and you can buy them and think you have train horns.

If you want real train horns then there are only two brands to buy, and I don't think I've ever seen them on a big rig, but I won't say it's never happened.


Really???

I know what a REAL train horn is and everyone else that has read this thread knows I am looking for what we call train horns. Horns that sound like a train's horn. So you can take the sun and stick it.......

Really???

I know what a REAL train horn is and everyone else that has read this thread knows I am looking for what we call train horns. Horns that sound like a train's horn. So you can take the sun and stick it.......

Well silly me, I read your original post, "I want to install a train horn in my Ridge. The type with air tank and compressor. Any recommendations????????????" and thought you were serious.

I had no idea that you meant "I don't really want real train horns, I want what I call train horns".

Well, train horns are train horns. Horns made to sound like train horns are not train horns. Isn't that confusing?

If you want train horns then there are only two brands (in the last 50 years or so) to buy.

It's so much easier to actually say what you mean.

LET ME PUT THIS IS YOUR LANGUAGE, because everyone else who read this understood. I want a train horn, oh not the one that apparently only I call a train horn but about 30 companies that do. Does it have to be the one off of a conrail NO. I would like one that sounds like a train. Will it be exactly the same or as loud, NO.

And you your advise to my question is so helpful, I can't thank you enough.

"If you want to think you have "train horns" on your Ridgeline then find a web site that tells you they're selling you train horns and you can buy them and think you have train horns."

Well there are differences to the compressors, or type of horn, that's why I asked for recommendations. I hope you are this helpful to all the ROC members because without people like you we wouldn't be able to tell who the good guys are.

Oh, and I should have a REAL train horn in about 2 weeks from an engineer friend. I'll make sure to post when I get it, to find a use for it. I hope you can be more helpful then since I am really looking forward to your opinions.

Hey boxsky, lay off Joe. He's simply trying to tell you that real train horns are like the ones I sent you the link for. REAL train horns. You can't run them off of a 1 gallon tank or they'll sound like a fart.

Anything else is an imitation, clone, knockoff, or as Frank Zappa would say, a Sears train horn. They do not sound the same. They try and sound the same but they don't. You can't replace the sound of an engineered, cast aluminum trumpet with a spun brass trumpet.

It's like going to Wal-Mart and buying a Les Paul clone, taking it home and plugging it into your Marshall, and wondering why it doesn't sound like a real Les Paul. Gee, it sure looks like a Les Paul.

Hey boxsky, lay off Joe. He's simply trying to tell you that real train horns are like the ones I sent you the link for. REAL train horns. You can't run them off of a 1 gallon tank or they'll sound like a fart.

Anything else is an imitation, clone, knockoff, or as Frank Zappa would say, a Sears train horn. They do not sound the same. They try and sound the same but they don't. You can't replace the sound of an engineered, cast aluminum trumpet with a spun brass trumpet.

It's like going to Wal-Mart and buying a Les Paul clone, taking it home and plugging it into your Marshall, and wondering why it doesn't sound like a real Les Paul. Gee, it sure looks like a Les Paul.

Again did I say a real train horn off a CSX or Conrail, NO. In the post I said what I was looking for. I know what a REAL TRAIN HORN takes to run.

Don't post if you can't help a person with their question. I don't need a person telling what is real and what is not. I know that already. Next time for you two I will have to post I am looking for a train horn sounding horn that I can run in my Ridge with a 1gallon tank. Would this be more helpful for you to understand?

LET ME PUT THIS IS YOUR LANGUAGE, because everyone else who read this understood.
I must be in the minority...I thought he wanted a horn off a train.

Can someone help me find a source for real margarine? :D

I don't mind the loadness or the sound of the Ridgelines horn. My Civic on the other hand...........................
Hey! Would a train horn work on my Civic? Imagine the look of surprise when I lay on the horn after someone cut me off.:eek:

I must be in the minority...I thought he wanted a horn off a train.

I thought he meant a real train horn as well. Train horns is pretty specific. Train horns to me are horns that would be found on a train. Likewise big rig truck horns are horns used on big rig trucks.

What are you exactly looking for Boxsky? I can tell you that I had air horns on my RL at one time. Mine had a compressor but didn't have a tank. I had the 2 trumpet ones made by Wolo. They were ok but I wouldn't swap them out for the Ridgeline OEM horns.

Here is a source for train whistles and sounds:

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds.html

Check this out.

http://www.hornblasters.com


Even if you don't get the horns, the videos are hilarious.


This is what I'm looking for. There are numerous companies out there selling these and each tank/compressor combo is different.

http://www.hornblasters.com/products/details.php?item=CAB315GCC or
http://www.hornblasters.com/products/details.php?item=H5LA35LCC

I could go to a 3gal tank in need be. Notice how the site calls them train horns. According to a few here maybe we should inform them that they are not train horns.

If walks like a duck, sounds like a duck, it must not be a duck:confused:

Listened to the horns. They are lacking something. Kind of tinny and no send shivers thru you bass. Train horn wannabe. I'd rather have the horn off a semi.:D

I like trains!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/spun04si/gmr_green_engine804.jpg

I also would like a *louder-than-average-horn for my ridge.

I live about 2 miles from a BNSF track and I can clearly hear the train engineer sounding his warning as he approaches the road crossing, even with my windows closed. I love the sound. Near the crossing it is drop to your knees, plug your ears, prepare for shock loud!
Until now I too was not aware that some companies were selling feeble knockoffs and calling them "train Horns".
Perhaps we need to get our terminology correct. There are true locomotive horns like those made by Nathan, and there are wimpy automotive knockoffs they try to sell as "train horns".
If it does not require a 100 gallon air tank and a very high volume air compressor it's just a pretender.:D If that's what the original poster wants he should have made that clear!

I live about 2 miles from a BNSF track and I can clearly hear the train engineer sounding his warning as he approaches the road crossing, even with my windows closed. I love the sound. Near the crossing it is drop to your knees, plug your ears, prepare for shock loud!
Until now I too was not aware that some companies were selling feeble knockoffs and calling them "train Horns".
Perhaps we need to get our terminology correct. There are true locomotive horns like those made by Nathan, and there are wimpy automotive knockoffs they try to sell as "train horns".
If it does not require a 100 gallon air tank and a very high volume air compressor it's just a pretender.:D If that's what the original poster wants he should have made that clear!

I did say what I want. I did not say I want a Nathan horn. Maybe you should put your glasses on.

I was driving next to a Ford the other day that was jacked up and had mud tires on it, and it blew its train horn (Not an actual TRAIN horn) But it was still pretty loud... I was about 3 car lengths behind him and it scared me :o There is also another person that has one around me, but it isn't as loud as that one was.

I like trains!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/spun04si/gmr_green_engine804.jpg

I also would like a *louder-than-average-horn for my ridge.

bah get a real train
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/jrcrum/work/DSC00830.jpg
Im an engineer for bnsf, personally I think the train horn on the ridge is dumb, but thats just me. as long as you don't get a "real" one that can be heard for miles away you won't piss to many people off. :) good luck in your search post some pics and vids if you get one.

http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/1/26jan15-monster-airhorn.jpg

WOW!

I now have a better understanding of "Over the top". The first time was cool, but I can see that getting old very fast.Check this out.

http://www.hornblasters.com


Even if you don't get the horns, the videos are hilarious.

how bout firetruck horns? :D

I want to install a train horn in my Ridge. The type with air tank and compressor. Any recommendations????????????

Everybody on this thread is horny. Lighten up, people.
My father was a 'station agent' when every little town had a station. We lived above. Looked out my bedroom window at 15 feet of platform and the tracks. My bed would vibrate without quarters. The sound of the train horns (real ones :D ) brings pleasant childhood memories. But I still don't want to be heard miles away whenever I 'honk'.
Now maybe a pretend train horn??:rolleyes:

Again did I say a real train horn off a CSX or Conrail, NO. In the post I said what I was looking for. I know what a REAL TRAIN HORN takes to run.

Don't post if you can't help a person with their question. I don't need a person telling what is real and what is not. I know that already. Next time for you two I will have to post I am looking for a train horn sounding horn that I can run in my Ridge with a 1gallon tank. Would this be more helpful for you to understand?

Somebody needs a nap.

What are you trying to compensate for with the big horns?

Where I'm from, I'd be afraid I'd get shot if I honked like the guy in the video. Too many people carrying to go around pissing them off. (Too many who don't think before they do.) But it would be pretty cool to have one every once in a while.

Check this out.

http://www.hornblasters.com


Even if you don't get the horns, the videos are hilarious.


That is one of my favorite all time websites.

I generally like to keep my mouth shut and learn things rather than say things on this wonderful site. I must however speak my peace. I pity the fool that blasts me with a "train horn" and scares me and my family half to death such as is shown on those idiotic videos. It would be very tempting to chase them down and punch them in the nose (old school). But then as was previously mentioned in todays world you have to worry about being shot.


What if someone got hurt ??????

Are these things legal ???

Are these things legal ???


I'd bet a dollar that they are not. I'm sure that they all come with some sort of disclaimer that these horns are for "offroad use" only.

I mentioned earlier in the thread that there is a guy in my area who has a set of these horns on his truck. I saw him being written a ticket by the police on a public road after spending an afternoon scaring the pink hair off of old ladies at the local mall.

Most local jurisdictions have laws against loud music and noise. I would say that a 120 dB shrill chord from a set of hornblasters could be construed as loud music in any court of law. A 3 note musical chord by definition is music.

I would sure swear out a warrant. I believe that would fall under the "He who laughs last" category.

I would sure swear out a warrant. I believe that would fall under the "He who laughs last" category.

I agree 100%.

I want an electronic horn (Not an air horn) like the ones that used to be used on Police bikes and Police cruisers.

I want an electronic horn (Not an air horn) like the ones that used to be used on Police bikes and Police cruisers.


mostly legal, but not in some states... Texas is a "green" state, but it might fall under the "unauthorized use of emergency equipment" violation if you did it around a real ******* cop.


either way, google "Whelen air horn" and you'll find what you're looking for.

mostly legal, but not in some states... Texas is a "green" state, but it might fall under the "unauthorized use of emergency equipment" violation if you did it around a real ******* cop.


either way, google "Whelen air horn" and you'll find what you're looking for.

Well, kind of a grey area. According to the Texas DOT, adding the electronic horn is not illegal and its "proper" use is not illegal. You can be written a ticket for honking your OEM horn if there is not a "real" reason for sounding it/them. Train horns are illegal because they are even louder than the horns and sirens on firetrucks and (in Texas) they are specified as illegal for public road use.

Well, kind of a grey area. According to the Texas DOT, adding the electronic horn is not illegal and its "proper" use is not illegal. You can be written a ticket for honking your OEM horn if there is not a "real" reason for sounding it/them. Train horns are illegal because they are even louder than the horns and sirens on firetrucks and (in Texas) they are specified as illegal for public road use.

well, if you're feelin froggy, you can't beat the Whelen Power Airhorn w/PA. :D The newer Whelen SA315 speaker fits beautifully behind the grill. I have a pair of them waiting to go in my truck. My OEM horns are useless, you can't hear them at all when my Grover airhorn is aired up.

ok so has anybody found a louder horn ( kinda like the train horn) but without the tank and compressor

http://www.lshlights.us/AMAZING/customkititems.asp?kc=CARBUNDLE&eq=

Select the Whelen SA315P speaker that ISP mentions, and your price is $207.11

Hello all...I bought the Ridgeline Used and it included these Train Horns, so i cant tell you how to install it or what type of train horns they are, but they are super loud. The small air compressor is conected to the battery and switched on/off by a red switch on the left hand side of the steering wheel. You blow the horns with a botton located next to the cruise control switch. Its very fun to have!!

ok so has anybody found a louder horn ( kinda like the train horn) but without the tank and compressor

http://www.amazon.com/Compact-Loud-139-Decibles-Horn/dp/B000VYBSSI

Well I already bought some, im going to install them asap. Its 4 horns and a compressor too. Ill keep you guy updated

I am having a set of 2 trumpets, compressor and tank installed on Saturday.

It will be wired so that there is a switch to go from regular stock horn to the train horn knock-off. So I will use the regular horn on the steering wheel but can switch back and forth at will for which horn blasts.

Won't be the super load real train blast but will be loud enough to knock the cell phone out of the hand of the person running 10 under in the fast lane !!

All concealled under the hood neatly

Need pics, please

Thanks for the information. I'm in the market.

To the OP and anyone else considering this type of mod, you are all morons. You obviously do not care about anyone else but yourselves and are willing to scare other drivers into potential accidents with your sophomoric behaviors. Why not install external speakers and play Vivaldi operas? Why, becuase it does not make a statement about your small 'winkles', probably.

I generally like to keep my mouth shut and learn things rather than say things on this wonderful site. I must however speak my peace. I pity the fool that blasts me with a "train horn" and scares me and my family half to death such as is shown on those idiotic videos. It would be very tempting to chase them down and punch them in the nose (old school). But then as was previously mentioned in todays world you have to worry about being shot.


What if someone got hurt ??????

Are these things legal ???

I bet you are right that road rage has occurred using this horn against the owners of the air horn. We have many elderly drivers here in Florida that should not be driving, but you could give one of these elderly drivers a heart attack, resulting in other incident people getting hurt.
It's all fun until someone gets hurt. Spend your money on other mod's;)
I usually avoid the topics that are of personal choice, but I felt a need to share an opinion.:cool:
I guess the owner will need to be ready to deal with the reaction from blowing this horn. Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut and avoided this thread.

To the OP and anyone else considering this type of mod, you are all morons.

That statement is obviously coming from a very very intelligent person !!!


NOT!

I know it all sounds like a great idea, BUT my friend put a train horn on his Ford F-250. He got several tickets for using that horn near train crossings and at stop signs.

Undoubtedly he got a good laugh but in the end he doesn't use it except for when the deer try to cross into his path.

Just be careful.

Thanks, Brad

Just ordered in a set of the 4 trumpet set-up from HornBlasters called
"The Shocker"

To be installed next week :D

I know it all sounds like a great idea, BUT my friend put a train horn on his Ford F-250. He got several tickets for using that horn near train crossings and at stop signs.

Undoubtedly he got a good laugh but in the end he doesn't use it except for when the deer try to cross into his path.

Just be careful.

Thanks, Brad

Careful for sure.
I will not be using it to blast pedestrians

Rather highway quick blasts when people not paying attention need to move over and/or hang up the phone.

Also tied into the alarm system so when a bad guy breaks into my truck you don't hear those standard whistles and sirens that noone pays attention to.

My Alarm will get instant attention and I will come running armed and ready !

Rather highway quick blasts when people not paying attention need to move over and/or hang up the phone.


because a regular horn just can't get the job done...

I put a train whistle on my motorhome back in 99. Here is his web site. wwww.angelfire.com/biz2/brasswhistle/

Remember when Cadillac horns had a very distinctive train horn like sound?

because a regular horn just can't get the job done...


Absolutely correct

Also wanted to clarify something here.............................

The set-up I ordered is not an official "Train Horn" as used on locomotives.
Instead it is a 4 horn set-up from HornBlasters.com
It is not as loud as a train horn nor as big.
It is legal in all 50 states
It is designed for use on automobiles and truck


Those of you who do not like them are probably, my guess, the same people driving slow in the fast lane and/or talking on your cell.

Slow traffic keep right! Its the law.

Block me and I Blast you with my fake train horn
I live in South Florida where road rage is common so I have my concealed carry permit as well.

It is legal in all 50 states
It is designed for use on automobiles and truck .
(not that you need my permission or anyone else's for that matter)
If it is legal...I'm all for you getting your set up installed...press on with pride...


Those of you who do not like them are probably, my guess, the same people driving slow in the fast lane and/or talking on your cell.

Slow traffic keep right! Its the law..
Slow traffic to the right...agreed...I am one of those who don't like the train horn and I'm not driving slow in the fast lane or talking on the cell...sorry to be the outlier in your personal statistical poll...


Block me and I Blast you with my fake train horn
I live in South Florida where road rage is common so I have my concealed carry permit as well.

If your horn is legal, I can't question you using it when you need to. Please don't give old people heart attacks.
I hope you never find a day to have to unconceal your concealed weapon.

Those of you who do not like them are probably, my guess, the same people driving slow in the fast lane and/or talking on your cell.

Slow traffic keep right! Its the law.

Block me and I Blast you with my fake train horn
I live in South Florida where road rage is common so I have my concealed carry permit as well.

Doing a little stereo typing here I think. What do you consider slow? If I'm driving the speed limit in the left lane while passing someone in the right lane, I'M NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS. I hope you're not one of these bozos that get behind me while I'm doing the speed limit and ride my bumper. I see those people every day. They are a traffic hazard and kill many Innocent drivers every year.

You just further verified my initial response to this thread that you are a wreckless moron. I am also in S. FL. Blow it at me and we can discuss my point of view face to face. You draw a gun on me and you had better shoot me dead on the spot, douche bag!

Also wanted to clarify something here.............................

Those of you who do not like them are probably, my guess, the same people driving slow in the fast lane and/or talking on your cell.

Slow traffic keep right! Its the law.

Block me and I Blast you with my fake train horn
I live in South Florida where road rage is common so I have my concealed carry permit as well.

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