LED light install... BUT look mom, no holes!

[Teikas Dad]

Dragoneggs, I really like the mounting system but I have a question about the lights. How bright are the 27w LED lights? Do they light up enough area ahead for snow plowing at night?

Thanks

 

[Scooby074]

Very nice and clean install.

But.. I LOVE that CB product! Ive been around heavy equipment and later on industrial electrical/plant maintenance most of my working career and ive never heard of CB. There has been so many times it would have made life much easier. So much time wasted in fabbing up brackets etc. And those old, white, stick on cable tie mounts.. God they suck!

Are there any suppliers in Canada? Mail order? What kind of cost are we looking at to get a starter kit?

 

[MikePA]

Are there any suppliers in Canada? Mail order? What kind of cost are we looking at to get a starter kit?

I'm not sure what you mean by 'starter kit'? There are so many CB products, I don't see how they'd create one.

I found The Flight Shop (click here), located in Utah, has online ordering. The Electrical Hub (click here) sells CB products, but the CB products all say 'Call for Quote'.

Unfortunately, the CB web site doesn't list retailers. The Tech Contact for Canada is listed as;

Larry Biggin
20 Black Creek Court
Georgetown, Ontario, L7G 4S5
phone: 905-877-9772
email: lbiggin@clickbond.com

 

[radioman]

very nice mod guys!

 

[Scooby074]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'starter kit'? There are so many CB products, I don't see how they'd create one.

I found The Flight Shop (click here), located in Utah, has online ordering. The Electrical Hub (click here) sells CB products, but the CB products all say 'Call for Quote'.

Unfortunately, the CB web site doesn't list retailers. The Tech Contact for Canada is listed as;

Larry Biggin
20 Black Creek Court
Georgetown, Ontario, L7G 4S5
phone: 905-877-9772
email: lbiggin@clickbond.com

Ahh.. I managed to find a couple prices on The Flight Shop. First couple pieces I looked at had "Request Quote" and no price. Looks like its about $1.50-$2.00 per piece for the cable tie mounts.

When I say "starter kit" I mean a kit aimed at somebody just getting into the product, with samples of several different common mounts for that trade. One aimed at mechanics could have 12 cable tie mounts, 12 1/4-20 stud mounts, adhesive, adhesive gun, mount clamps, 12 mix tubes..... etc etc.... all in one package. Many companies do this to get people to use their product and expose the user to what different components are available.

However, Id settle for local counter access to their product! Price/mount doesnt look bad when you consider time saved. If NAPA carried this stuff, Id use it a fair bit.

EDIT: Found some kits at Aircraft Spruce. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/ha/fast_click.html

 

[MikePA]

Ahh.. I managed to find a couple prices on The Flight Shop. First couple pieces I looked at had "Request Quote" and no price. Looks like its about $1.50-$2.00 per piece for the cable tie mounts.

EDIT: Found some kits at Aircraft Spruce. Click Bond from Aircraft Spruce

I looked for the pieces dragoneggs used on the ROPS, which all had prices listed, not so the ones marked as specialty items.

Thanks for the find on the kits.

 

[CHDinCT]

EDIT: Found some kits at Aircraft Spruce. Click Bond from Aircraft Spruce

Nice find on the prepackaged kits. Looks like you would still need the gun/tool to apply the adhesive. Wonder what the tool costs with several tips?

 

[Scooby074]

Nice find on the prepackaged kits. Looks like you would still need the gun/tool to apply the adhesive. Wonder what the tool costs with several tips?

Here's the manual mixed adhesive. CLICK BOND CB200 ACRYLIC ADHESIVE from Aircraft Spruce

Not as convenient as the gun version though.

Wish this stuff was more readily available at a national brick and mortar retailer, like at Napa for example. Id suggest Acklands Granger up here, but unless your a national account you would pay FAR more than what those sites are charging.

 

[dragoneggs]

Dragoneggs, I really like the mounting system but I have a question about the lights. How bright are the 27w LED lights? Do they light up enough area ahead for snow plowing at night?

Thanks

Yes they are bright enough! There are higher wattage out there now but for the money and wattage they are quite impressive! I pointed two forward and two rearward but I can swivel them and double the light in front of me.

 

[CHDinCT]

Here's the manual mixed adhesive. CLICK BOND CB200 ACRYLIC ADHESIVE from Aircraft Spruce

Not as convenient as the gun version though.

Wish this stuff was more readily available at a national brick and mortar retailer, like at Napa for example. Id suggest Acklands Granger up here, but unless your a national account you would pay FAR more than what those sites are charging.

OK, I assumed you had to have the gun to use the adhesive. For somebody like me, that won't be using this product all that often, I could probably live without the gun. Thanks again.