Bob_Skurka
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It has been raining all day and I finally got some pictures of the front and rear lights I put on my NH TC24D.
The lights are PIAA 35-watt yellow fog lamps. I had no desire to put lights bright enought to warm the top of my head on a cold winter day or to light the whole countryside with some 100-watt flamethrowers that would overtax my alternator. My lighting goal was pretty simple, to put out enough light to mow the lawn on summer nights (I chose yellow because I HOPE they won't attract bugs). I chose fog lamps because they throw a wide pattern and I simply wanted to supliment the light I get from the headlights, not to project light 100 yards beyond the front of the tractor.
The rear facing lights are the same PIAA fog lamps. My goal there was to put out a wide beam pattern to supliment the rear auxiliary light for when I am working with an implement. I have found that the factory rear light is low enought that the light hits the implements and casts a very black shadow. Mounting two wide beam lamps up high should eliminate the shadow effect and also should illuminate a much wider area around where I am working.
The lights are mounted to a piece of angle iron that I epoxied to the ROPS. I took the paint off the ROPS prior to applying the epoxy. The epoxy used is a waterproof marine grade epoxy with a 5000# shear strength so I figure it won't come off. Because I have a lot of hilly land I was worried about drilling into the ROPS and I was leary about welding brackets for the same concern. The epoxy seemed to be the best solution I could come up with.
The lights are mounted UNDER the ROPS to protect them from trees, that is also why I epoxied the bracket to the rear of the ROPS, it puts the front facing lights slightly behind the front edge of the ROPS.
The lights are PIAA 35-watt yellow fog lamps. I had no desire to put lights bright enought to warm the top of my head on a cold winter day or to light the whole countryside with some 100-watt flamethrowers that would overtax my alternator. My lighting goal was pretty simple, to put out enough light to mow the lawn on summer nights (I chose yellow because I HOPE they won't attract bugs). I chose fog lamps because they throw a wide pattern and I simply wanted to supliment the light I get from the headlights, not to project light 100 yards beyond the front of the tractor.
The rear facing lights are the same PIAA fog lamps. My goal there was to put out a wide beam pattern to supliment the rear auxiliary light for when I am working with an implement. I have found that the factory rear light is low enought that the light hits the implements and casts a very black shadow. Mounting two wide beam lamps up high should eliminate the shadow effect and also should illuminate a much wider area around where I am working.
The lights are mounted to a piece of angle iron that I epoxied to the ROPS. I took the paint off the ROPS prior to applying the epoxy. The epoxy used is a waterproof marine grade epoxy with a 5000# shear strength so I figure it won't come off. Because I have a lot of hilly land I was worried about drilling into the ROPS and I was leary about welding brackets for the same concern. The epoxy seemed to be the best solution I could come up with.
The lights are mounted UNDER the ROPS to protect them from trees, that is also why I epoxied the bracket to the rear of the ROPS, it puts the front facing lights slightly behind the front edge of the ROPS.