Landscape Lighting Truck Decals: Logo Ideas and Door Layouts

Landscape lighting truck decals are read by two audiences: the homeowner whose yard you are working in, and the neighbor watching from the next driveway. Name, "landscape lighting" and a phone number on both doors cover both. A logo helps if it stays readable, and that is a common trap, since a delicate, thin look is tempting for a lighting brand.

A landscape lighting truck logo: the path light

The Path Light Glow Lighting Logo is built around a small black path light on a stake, with a gold glow circle behind its shade. Beneath it, your name sits in widely spaced dark green capitals, and a thinner line below says "Landscape Lighting". The sample art carries a placeholder name; yours is fitted and shown in a proof before printing. The price is $120 per door.

Two honest notes about this design:

• The lamp is small compared with the lettering. From across a street, people read the name first and the lamp second, so the name has to carry the truck.
• The lettering is light in weight. Thin strokes thin out at distance and look weaker when the door is dusty. A wider decal helps, so look at 18 or 24 inches wide in the preview rather than 12.

If a bolder look suits you better, the plain lettering options below are sturdier.

What to put on a landscape lighting truck

People ask what the crew does, not what the company is called, so the second line matters. Short phrases such as "Outdoor Lighting" or "Landscape Lighting, Design and Install" tell a passerby in one glance. Add the phone number and, if you work a limited area, a town or county name.

Check with your state licensing board whether it wants a license number shown on the vehicle, and add one only if it does. Whether a truck pulling a trailer of spools and ladders needs a USDOT number depends on weight and use, which is explained in who needs a USDOT number.

Door layouts to copy

All made-up names, all (555) numbers:

1. MOONLIT PATH LANDSCAPE LIGHTING, then (555) 010-0154
2. STONEBRIDGE OUTDOOR LIGHTING, Design and Installation, Serving the Hillside Towns, (555) 010-0137
3. Name, "Landscape Lighting", phone and website, as four short lines

Layout 3 fits the Make-Your-Own 5-Line decal, which takes any text on up to five lines. It also suits a website line, which homeowners comparing designs may want. If you only need layout 1, the Business Name + Phone Number decal is the shorter route.

Reading the door at dusk and in daylight

Some lighting companies visit a client in daylight and return in the evening to show a demonstration. That means the truck is read in two kinds of light. A pale-gold or thin dark-green line can fade at dusk, while a high-contrast pair stays legible: black on white, white on black, or dark blue on white.

Our decals are a solid rectangle in the background color you choose, so the pair is up to you and does not depend on the truck's paint. The fonts and colors guide lists pairings that read clearly and ones to avoid. Gold glow is a fine accent in the logo. Keep it away from the lines people need to read, like the phone number.

Contour cut or rectangle

For logo designs, the optional contour cut is +$10 per door. The decal is cut to the shape of the logo instead of a rectangle, so the lamp and lettering sit directly on the paint. On a dark green or black truck the dark lettering would disappear without its white block, so the plain rectangle is the better choice there. Steps for applying either are in the install guide.

Crews that also mow, mulch or plant may want the lawn care truck decals page. Crews that run wire and fixtures for a living may like the electrician truck decals layouts.