Lighting tower

A lighting tower system comprising:

• an extendable tower mounted in a container in a vehicle, the tower comprising at least an upper section and a lower section;
• a light assembly extending from the upper section;
• the tower being rotatably mounted in the container by a folding mechanism for raising and lowering the tower into the container;
• and
• the light assembly being rotatably attached to the upper section such that the light assembly can be rotated between a first position aligned with the tower to a second position extending outwardly from the tower.

A lighting tower system comprising:

• a tower having a lower section, an upper section, a telescoping part and a pivoting part;
• the tower being pivotally mounted by the pivoting part in a container of a vehicle, the container having a step in a wall of the container;
• a light assembly mounted to the upper section;
• and
• the pivoting part being spaced from the wall of the container and the step so that when the tower is vertically oriented, the lower section rests on the step.