VaBeekeeper
Member
- Joined
- May 16, 2012
- Messages
- 31
- Location
- King George, VA
- Tractor
- 2016 Kubota L3901 HST with LA-525 front loader
Ditto for me. Those LEDs worked great. Mounted them on the ROPS of my Kubota L3901. Put two facing forward (see photo); put another facing backward when I discovered that I couldn't see anything at night when backing up. The lights are of very solid construction and provide ample light.
So ample, in fact, that my neighbor called the cops on me one night when I was mowing my field, claiming I was "harassing him by shining lights on his property." Which reflects more on him than me... that guy is a piece of work, who has taken up the hobby of making war on all his neighbors. The cops know him well, he calls them so often, but they can't do anything, as they have to respond to each call. On this occasion, they informed the guy that they didn't believe I was intentionally harassing him (I wasn't), that I was well within my rights to mow my fields after dark, and that I had offered to stop mowing any time the light bothered him, if only he would give me a courtesy call rather than automatically complain to the police. Apparently he didn't like that response; I never received a call from him, but soon started finding various objects that had been tossed into my field: bottles, spray cans, bug bombs, bundles of wire, chopped-up pieces of furniture, a nearly full jug of RoundUp, an 8' fluorescent lamp, all hidden in tall grass near our shared property line. I could have responded forcefully to his escalation, but believe me, dealing with this guy is not worth the hassle. So now I am reduced to mowing much of my field under the hot sun, and what I have to do at night I do with an elaborate mowing pattern designed to prevent my beautiful, bright lights to shine upon his accursed domicile. I know one thing: come a hurricane or a snowstorm, I'll use my tractor to help every neighbor on my road, with one significant exception...