A backup camera for $50!!!!!!!!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

Mine came in about 5 days.

If I'm on a tractor ........ there will be a cigar involved.

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[PILOON]

Here is my follow up:

OK, I was sold on the idea and purchased one on EBay from China.
Ordered the 7" and one camera.
Cost me $55. (landed) and about 30 days delivery, but I knew that.
While it has been installed for about 3 weeks now last night was the first 'real time' night test.
It was cold, windy and the snow fairly 'loose' and a moderate wind.
Absolutely no interference from snow on the lens (did mount it high under roof overhang).
Cold did not interfere. (was -14c last night)
My rear work lights made visibility so good that I'd spot twigs etc on the ground, if anything a bit too bright but I can adjust the sensitivity if I want.
Only (slight) downside is that my roof strobe introduces a yellow blinking shadow but that is understandable and could be corrected but not really a problem.

If a person had no roof overhang he could always fabricate a tiny 'roof' over the camera (if needed) .

The only negative comment is that the interconnect wire is super thin and needs careful protection.( I ran mine parallel to heavier wire and used lots of tie wraps)
Because the display on/off switch was rather dinky I left it permanently on and wired a toggle into the +12v line.

But now like a passenger side mirror there is a learning curve as 'objects seem further and smaller'. Also the built in guide lines, while adjustable in width, are narrower than my blower is but one quickly gets used to that and gauges clearances just fine.
LOL, I still twist around when close to a car as I am still in the 'learning curve'.

For sure a very worthwhile addition for rear mounted blowers on cabbed tractors, especially at that low cost.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Roger, yes, but you spread the joy to quite a few of us. I probably never would have bothered to go to the trouble (and perceived expense) of installing a back-up camera on my tractors. Now I smile every time I start up and that $28 monitor flicks on. :dance1: Even if it quits in a few months, I'll know what I was missing and can go with something more durable.

My camera continues to work without problem. So far down to -5° F.

 

[kneedeep]

OK guys, I read this thread from start to finish and have to admit- you guys have taken this site to a high tech level! I am impressed at the effort it took to get all the components and work the bugs out.

Now- A Challenge.

Most of us have open station tractors and would really like to have a similar system. Myself, I have a swift hitch for hooking trailers alone and I like it but it is not the best system.

How about a weather proof monitor and remote wireless magnetic camera that can be used front, back or on a implement???

 

[94BULLITT]

Here is my follow up:

OK, I was sold on the idea and purchased one on EBay from China.
Ordered the 7" and one camera.
Cost me $55. (landed) and about 30 days delivery, but I knew that.
While it has been installed for about 3 weeks now last night was the first 'real time' night test.
It was cold, windy and the snow fairly 'loose' and a moderate wind.
Absolutely no interference from snow on the lens (did mount it high under roof overhang).
Cold did not interfere. (was -14c last night)
My rear work lights made visibility so good that I'd spot twigs etc on the ground, if anything a bit too bright but I can adjust the sensitivity if I want.
Only (slight) downside is that my roof strobe introduces a yellow blinking shadow but that is understandable and could be corrected but not really a problem.

If a person had no roof overhang he could always fabricate a tiny 'roof' over the camera (if needed) .

The only negative comment is that the interconnect wire is super thin and needs careful protection.( I ran mine parallel to heavier wire and used lots of tie wraps)
Because the display on/off switch was rather dinky I left it permanently on and wired a toggle into the +12v line.

But now like a passenger side mirror there is a learning curve as 'objects seem further and smaller'. Also the built in guide lines, while adjustable in width, are narrower than my blower is but one quickly gets used to that and gauges clearances just fine.
LOL, I still twist around when close to a car as I am still in the 'learning curve'.

For sure a very worthwhile addition for rear mounted blowers on cabbed tractors, especially at that low cost.

Thanks for the update. What camera and monitor did you end up going with?

My camera continues to work without problem. So far down to -5° F.

That's awesome:cool2:

OK guys, I read this thread from start to finish and have to admit- you guys have taken this site to a high tech level! I am impressed at the effort it took to get all the components and work the bugs out.

Now- A Challenge.

Most of us have open station tractors and would really like to have a similar system. Myself, I have a swift hitch for hooking trailers alone and I like it but it is not the best system.

How about a weather proof monitor and remote wireless magnetic camera that can be used front, back or on a implement???

There are wireless cameras on amazon. If you want to do a monitor on a budget I would get a regular monitor and wire it up so you can plug it into a cigarette lighter. Then when the tractor is not in use you can take it off.

Here is a waterproof monitor. Amazon.com : Veise 7" Wired Digital Rear View Back up Reverse Cctv Security Camera System, Waterproof Monitor+1 Rear View Camera for Tractor Outdoor Use, Bus, Van, boat, Yacht : Car Electronics

Here are some wireless cameras. Amazon.com: wireless backup camera

 

[94BULLITT]

Here is my follow up:

OK, I was sold on the idea and purchased one on EBay from China.
Ordered the 7" and one camera.
Cost me $55. (landed) and about 30 days delivery, but I knew that.
While it has been installed for about 3 weeks now last night was the first 'real time' night test.
It was cold, windy and the snow fairly 'loose' and a moderate wind.
Absolutely no interference from snow on the lens (did mount it high under roof overhang).
Cold did not interfere. (was -14c last night)
My rear work lights made visibility so good that I'd spot twigs etc on the ground, if anything a bit too bright but I can adjust the sensitivity if I want.
Only (slight) downside is that my roof strobe introduces a yellow blinking shadow but that is understandable and could be corrected but not really a problem.

If a person had no roof overhang he could always fabricate a tiny 'roof' over the camera (if needed) .

The only negative comment is that the interconnect wire is super thin and needs careful protection.( I ran mine parallel to heavier wire and used lots of tie wraps)
Because the display on/off switch was rather dinky I left it permanently on and wired a toggle into the +12v line.

But now like a passenger side mirror there is a learning curve as 'objects seem further and smaller'. Also the built in guide lines, while adjustable in width, are narrower than my blower is but one quickly gets used to that and gauges clearances just fine.
LOL, I still twist around when close to a car as I am still in the 'learning curve'.

For sure a very worthwhile addition for rear mounted blowers on cabbed tractors, especially at that low cost.

Thanks for the update. What camera and monitor did you end up going with?

My camera continues to work without problem. So far down to -5ｰ F.

That's awesome:cool2:

OK guys, I read this thread from start to finish and have to admit- you guys have taken this site to a high tech level! I am impressed at the effort it took to get all the components and work the bugs out.

Now- A Challenge.

Most of us have open station tractors and would really like to have a similar system. Myself, I have a swift hitch for hooking trailers alone and I like it but it is not the best system.

How about a weather proof monitor and remote wireless magnetic camera that can be used front, back or on a implement???

There are wireless cameras on amazon. If you want to do a monitor on a budget I would get a regular monitor and wire it up so you can plug it into a cigarette lighter. Then when the tractor is not in use you can take it off.

Here is a waterproof monitor. Amazon.com : Veise 7" Wired Digital Rear View Back up Reverse Cctv Security Camera System, Waterproof Monitor+1 Rear View Camera for Tractor Outdoor Use, Bus, Van, boat, Yacht : Car Electronics

Here are some wireless cameras. Amazon.com: wireless backup camera

 

[jix]

I have also made this decision, but my tractor cab is a tad late being ready with the backup camera installed. I have decided to mount my camera inside the cab, looking through an aperature in the cab wall which is fitted closely to the diameter of the lens. I will not have my tractor back from the fabricator until probably the end of November. Then I plan to post a complete report witrh a few pictures.

My tractor is a B7100 D, so II have had to fit an alternator driven from the fan belt, a powered heater, a new seat position, hydraulic joy stick, tire chairs, three floodlights , a flasher on the roof with a branch guard, and a set of custom tire chains on the rear wheels. The Bab is made if 18 guage steel with safefty glass windows. the rear window tilts open and the doors are removeable for summer use. the cab has integral fenders and a low step entry to accommodate my handicap. There is a lot more space for me now because the cab is as wide as the rear tires and covers the hood up to the forward end of the battery compartment and the fuel tank. the fuel tank filler cap has an access hole cut in the engine cover for easy access and the hood has been modified to allow easy removal for asccess to the entire engine compartment.

The heater hose is fed by an auxillary electric water pump that routes hot coolant from the engine to the heater. The heater is mounted ear the top front of the cab ans heated air is ducted to ther cabin floor, the windows and the rear of the cab.

Because the small diesel engine does not necessarily produce enough heat for the cab heater there are louvered covers over the radiator air intake which are thermostatically operated. Instuments have also been added:a voltmeter and a temp gauge.

I can't wait to try it out..in about a week or so, around the 29 th of Nov.

I almost forgot; the cab incorporates a ROPS, not stock on this model Kubota.

The whole cab is removable by unbolting, if necessary. And oh yes, there are electric window wipers fron and back, plus the Meteor blower has power operated chute steering controlled from the front operator console.

JIX

 

[94BULLITT]

I have also made this decision, but my tractor cab is a tad late being ready with the backup camera installed. I have decided to mount my camera inside the cab, looking through an aperature in the cab wall which is fitted closely to the diameter of the lens. I will not have my tractor back from the fabricator until probably the end of November. Then I plan to post a complete report witrh a few pictures.

My tractor is a B7100 D, so II have had to fit an alternator driven from the fan belt, a powered heater, a new seat position, hydraulic joy stick, tire chairs, three floodlights , a flasher on the roof with a branch guard, and a set of custom tire chains on the rear wheels. The Bab is made if 18 guage steel with safefty glass windows. the rear window tilts open and the doors are removeable for summer use. the cab has integral fenders and a low step entry to accommodate my handicap. There is a lot more space for me now because the cab is as wide as the rear tires and covers the hood up to the forward end of the battery compartment and the fuel tank. the fuel tank filler cap has an access hole cut in the engine cover for easy access and the hood has been modified to allow easy removal for asccess to the entire engine compartment.

The heater hose is fed by an auxillary electric water pump that routes hot coolant from the engine to the heater. The heater is mounted ear the top front of the cab ans heated air is ducted to ther cabin floor, the windows and the rear of the cab.

Because the small diesel engine does not necessarily produce enough heat for the cab heater there are louvered covers over the radiator air intake which are thermostatically operated. Instuments have also been added:a voltmeter and a temp gauge.

I can't wait to try it out..in about a week or so, around the 29 th of Nov.

I almost forgot; the cab incorporates a ROPS, not stock on this model Kubota.

The whole cab is removable by unbolting, if necessary. And oh yes, there are electric window wipers fron and back, plus the Meteor blower has power operated chute steering controlled from the front operator console.

JIX

It sounds like your cab is going to be nice. Your are going to have in time to play in the snow.

 

[jix]

Hey Roger:

We still do not have any snow on the ground here in Tracyville, NB We did have two accumulations, but they melted. Old man winter is just teasing right now, for sure because we can get some really nasty snowfalls here. Nothing quite as bad as Buffalo, NY though (I hope). In 1976 Moncton, 120 miles to our north had a six foot snowfall overnight, once. We had to send in the army to help out. They can't drink enough beer there without army help..ha ha

There is a "snow belt" through this Canadian province which runs sorta NW to SE and it passes just north of here where my little farm is lkocated. Usually it misses my place, but not last year, which was terribly difficult for we older folk, hence my move to buy a Kubota with a blower. There really is no other solution open. I tried contractor service, but that did not pan out at all, and I tried an ATV plow and I tried an atv blower and I tried a hand controlled !5 HP snowblower. None of these methods were satisfactory because of my disability, and various other reasons, chiefly the highway snowplow which makes huge, heavy snowbanks across my driveway opening with every pass, usually three times per snowfall. then that compacted snow freezes and we are screwed till spring, so it has to be moved muy pronto after the government plow goes by. Usually that is in daylight, but not guaranteed. To make bad worse, the highway is a 60 mph rabbit trail, and the locals drive like doctors on a bobsled. Why is everyone so ignorant of the co-efficient of friction, and in such a breakneck hurry?..They must be trying to get away from the taxman. Hah hah One of those big pick-up trucks carrying a snowplow blade hits me in the tractor at 80 miles an hour, I will become just a greasy spot on the road. I put a lot of faith on the yellow flashing strobe light on the roof of the cab.

The little KUBOTA with a 51" wide blower is my last gasp. It sleeps in an unheated shed, with a block heater, glow plugs, and a battery charger. It has a very heavy duty earth-grader blade on the front with hydraulic controls to push or break loose frozen snow banks around my mailbox and across my driveway, so that the blower can dispose of them into the adjacent field across the driveway drainage ditch. The trouble with even a big plow is that there is always an edge which freezes in place and if you don't plow out wide enough, you run out of space to push the snow into. Last winter I had to hire an big heavy construction-type FEL to move the really tremendous piles of snow out of the way of the plow guy.. who was as thick as two short planks, but charged me 85 bucks per snowfall...his bill for the winter was 1800 dollars, but he only got half of that becoz he screwed up my driveway and lawn and forgot to plow me out several times. He will not be allowed back on my land, unless I am dead.

I am looking forward to being able to deal effectively with any reasonable amount of snow myself, from inside a heated comfortable cab, with a hot cup of coffee in the holder on the dash. If this system doesn't work, I will have to ask Scotty to beam me up LOL Ain't cell phones a godsend Roger? I just have to try to remember the number to call if I need 911 help. Ha ha Jix

 

[Threepoint]

Jix, sounds like you're going to have one tricked-out tractor when you get it back! :thumbsup:

"the locals drive like doctors on a bobsled."

"the plow guy, who was as thick as two short planks."

Those are two images I'm going to have a hard time getting out of my head. :laughing: