BX23s Headlight Question

[RaydaKub]

VERY NICE JOB!!!! Have you run this in the snow yet...? Where did you get your cab at? Was it really expensive?

Thanks PaPow. I just got the blower a week ago, cut the driveshaft on Saturday. I was only missing the rear ROPS lights last year (6 lights instead of 8 now). It was ok for using a blade and bucket. Of course the bucket isn't mounted on any of these shots and does tend to render the headlights useless. I might still build a pusher for the bucket so I can still use my horse mat squeegee w/o changing over to the blade. We got about 5 inches of snow a couple weeks ago, but haven't seen a flake since I got the blower. Yes, it really must be that good! :cool2: :shocked::laughing:

The cab is from Original Tractor Cab company. It was new in box, but several years old and dusty as heck. Found it on eBay or CL, can't remember. Cost me about $650, but here's a link for what I have. Hardtop Cab for Kubota BX 183, 223, 15, 18, and 222 Sub-Compact Tractors 11486 I did have the front panel altered where the diagonal rods reach down to the dash. It was all black vinyl and I had more lexan put in this summer. I don't know if it was worth the $40, but I'm going to pretend it is.

 

[BX23S-1]

Thanks PaPow. I just got the blower a week ago, cut the driveshaft on Saturday. I was only missing the rear ROPS lights last year (6 lights instead of 8 now). It was ok for using a blade and bucket. Of course the bucket isn't mounted on any of these shots and does tend to render the headlights useless. I might still build a pusher for the bucket so I can still use my horse mat squeegee w/o changing over to the blade. We got about 5 inches of snow a couple weeks ago, but haven't seen a flake since I got the blower. Yes, it really must be that good! :cool2: :shocked::laughing:

The cab is from Original Tractor Cab company. It was new in box, but several years old and dusty as heck. Found it on eBay or CL, can't remember. Cost me about $650, but here's a link for what I have. Hardtop Cab for Kubota BX 183, 223, 15, 18, and 222 Sub-Compact Tractors 11486 I did have the front panel altered where the diagonal rods reach down to the dash. It was all black vinyl and I had more lexan put in this summer. I don't know if it was worth the $40, but I'm going to pretend it is.

Wow Ray, i hope to see your rig in action.
Yeah i hear that on the bucket pusher, i`m looking into doing something similar myself. I bought some stuff already, just haven`t really spent much time on how to go about it yet. I have some idea`s, just nothing concrete yet.

I went to tractor supply and bought some of that thick rubber flooring that they sell on a big roll. Cut quite a few strips for my blade to use as a squeegee on my driveway. I was sort of thinking of building some sort of adapter edge`s for my bucket where i could switch it up when i want a cutter edge, tooth edge, or the rubber edge.

I`ve been playing around with the idea too, to build my own cab. I think $5/$6 grand is way to much money for a cab. I dont know, maybe the soft cab is the way to go... i only need a cab for winter weather, in the spring summer fall the cab would be removed. I like the hard cab that Kubota offers, but i`m not spending that kind of money when i can build one just as good, and for a heck of alot less money.

Hardest part about all this... finding the time to do it all... lol. So many projects, so little time... lol.

 

[RaydaKub]

I hadn't grabbed a shot of the sandwich I mentioned earlier. This let's me move or flip the lights around any way I need for different seasons, out and high for snow, in and protected for mowing, when it's more likely to hook branches.

 

[BX23S-1]

Ray, that is a heck of a great idea!!! Thinking ahead keeps more money in your wallet...lol. My kinda thinkin...sometimes...lol

Utttt ohhhhh, now i`m looking into those rear LED lights for my BX again. Your set-up has got me thinking

 

[RaydaKub]

Ray, that is a heck of a great idea!!! Thinking ahead keeps more money in your wallet...lol. My kinda thinkin...sometimes...lol

Utttt ohhhhh, now i`m looking into those rear LED lights for my BX again. Your set-up has got me thinking

These are the lights I used. The web lists them at $20 a pair, but when I went in to get the last set, there was a price on the shelf of $13 a pair through November I think. Each light draws 1 amp. When I bought the first 6 a couple years ago I spent around $75.
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200648983_200648983

 

[BX23S-1]

These are the lights I used. The web lists them at $20 a pair, but when I went in to get the last set, there was a price on the shelf of $13 a pair through November I think. Each light draws 1 amp. When I bought the first 6 a couple years ago I spent around $75.
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200648983_200648983

Hey thank you so much for the link! I`ll check it out!
Let me know if any of your LED lighting has flicker issues in the cold weather. Seems i read quite a few complaints about LED lights flickering in cold temps.

 

[RaydaKub]

Hey thank you so much for the link! I`ll check it out!
Let me know if any of your LED lighting has flicker issues in the cold weather. Seems i read quite a few complaints about LED lights flickering in cold temps.

Well, unless the load of 8 is too much for the 15 amp dynamo. The first 6 of them have been in use for 3 years now and I have no complaints yet. And even if there is a flicker, it's better than 2-1156 bulbs that came with it. :thumbsup:

 

[BX23S-1]

Well, unless the load of 8 is too much for the 15 amp dynamo. The first 6 of them have been in use for 3 years now and I have no complaints yet. And even if there is a flicker, it's better than 2-1156 bulbs that came with it. :thumbsup:

Thats GREAT to hear Ray! I`m very happy to hear they are working good for you after that amount of time. I hope mine last for awhile. Fixed income sucks let me tell yah, i can`t afford to waste money on stuff that wont last...lol.

I`m still kind of a greenhorn when it comes to LED lighting, kinda learned a bunch, but i still think i have alot to learn about them yet. I`ve read a few complaints that LED`s can flicker during cold temperatures, but not due to the voltage, but due to the quality of the LED lights themselves. I dunno Ray, i`m no expert on LED`s by a long shot.

Are you going to do a video of yours when you get some of that darned ugly white stuff?

 

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I thought about going the above route but the FEL gets in the way of the headlight beams, best to just add a ROPS / cab lightbar.

Me too!

 

[BX23S-1]

Me too!

Did you add a light bar to your ROPs?