Toro Zero Turn Lights

[mitchash]

Anyone install led lights on a Toro 54”Timecutter MyRide zero turn? I see Toro makes a light kit for it, but I can’t find any available and it’s a bit expensive. Thanks

 

[Richard001]

From Acme Tools on-line:

Or from Amazon:

 

[stevem5215]

I bought a LED one at Gabriel Brothers in Pgh Pa for $10 and put it on my Simplicity Citation XL. It actually works very well. There was a spot already for the switch that I had laying around so it looks factory but again, like you mentioned the light kit was more expensive than it should be I thought. My $10 one works very well for the few times a year I would run in the failing light near the ends of the cutting seasons. (think November and December)

 

[5030]

I always wonder why anyone needs lights on a ZTR?

 

[mitchash]

In the northeast towards the end of the mowing season it gets dark early here. By the time I get out of work and try and finish mowing it’s getting too dark to see very well. Lights would be very helpful!

 

[5030]

Far as I can ascertain, cutting grass in the evening only produces cud from the wet (dew) on the grass, wastes fuel and clogs up the mower deck which will eventually rot it out as grass decomposing under there produces metal eating acid.

I look at lights on any ZTR as nothing more than a gimmick. We own 2 and no lights wanted or needed.

 

[nyone]

I always wonder why anyone needs lights on a ZTR?

I put led pod lights on my ZTR years ago. By the time I'm home from work it's nearly dark in the fall. I mulch leaves about every 2-4days in the height of the season.

 

[nyone]

Far as I can ascertain, cutting grass in the evening only produces cud from the wet (dew) on the grass, wastes fuel and clogs up the mower deck which will eventually rot it out as grass decomposing under there produces metal eating acid.

I look at lights on any ZTR as nothing more than a gimmick. We own 2 and no lights wanted or needed.

You would be wrong.

 

[5030]

You would be wrong.

No, I'm not. I guess if mowing damp grass is your thing, have at it. Far as light on a ZTR, I see no practical use at all. The only thing that mowing damp grass does is load the deck up with cud, eat up power and accelerate the deck rot from the cud working on the steel and corroding it.

 

[workinonit]

If I cut grass with my tractor and FM at dusk or dark when I see it the next morning it looks like Otis Campbell did it. I just can't see my cut lines at all with lights.

 

[5030]

I put led pod lights on my ZTR years ago. By the time I'm home from work it's nearly dark in the fall. I mulch leaves about every 2-4days in the height of the season.

Not a yardee (like you) obviously. I've never mulched leaves or collected grass clippings. When the leaves come down (and we have a lot of trees here, I let the wind blow them away and forget about them. I look at that is just wasting fuel and putting unnecessary hours on the mowers, but then I live on a farm, not in suburbia so lawn care is a low priority anyway.

 

[RoyJackson]

I don't see a big advantage to ZTR lights in my situation
But that doesn't mean there's not an application in other folks' ways (and time) they mow.
Mitchash, in post #5, has good reason for lights on his ZTR.

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[Handloader109]

Not a yardee (like you) obviously. I've never mulched leaves or collected grass clippings. When the leaves come down (and we have a lot of trees here, I let the wind blow them away and forget about them. I look at that is just wasting fuel and putting unnecessary hours on the mowers, but then I live on a farm, not in suburbia so lawn care is a low priority anyway.

Wow, kind of opinionated arentcha. Btw, where I live I mulch my leaves in my front yard as they are already coming down from one oak and I've still grass to cut for a couple more months. Leaves don't always just blow away either. Those oak leaves would still be there next spring.

And dew?

Maybe until about 10am, but it is still dry out there right now at 830pm and is plenty dark as sundown was an hour ago. Temp won't reach dewpoint till way past midnight.

I don't cut in the dark, but there are darn sure a lot of folks that have to... so lights on a ztr, might be necessary

 

[stevem5215]

Like I said. I use my Simplicity Citation XL with the lights on about 3 or so times a year. And mostly in the fall probably when the leaves start a comin' down. Yes, I live in a neighborhood where everyone keeps their lawn looking good. Everyone else is on 1/4 acre. I have 4 to cut here so it's not just a 10minute job. The lights are needed to finish the leaf chopping incidents so I don't have blow them and rake them and bag them. I'm not a farmer. I care about the lawn and how it looks. Yep, a suburbanite here. Just with 4 acres of it though.

 

[Dwellonroof]

I have a neighbor lady that mows her acreage after the sun goes down with her John Deere 1025r and lights.

 

[Alien]

I use my lights in summer when it is too hot during the day. (which is nearly every day) I have no close neighbours so the noise at night is not a concern. Handy if rain is forecast and you need to mow before it arrives.
Everyone has their own opinion and some like to comment just for the sake of commenting.

 

[nyone]

Not a yardee (like you) obviously. I've never mulched leaves or collected grass clippings. When the leaves come down (and we have a lot of trees here, I let the wind blow them away and forget about them. I look at that is just wasting fuel and putting unnecessary hours on the mowers, but then I live on a farm, not in suburbia so lawn care is a low priority anyway.

Good one but I'm not a "yardee". I just mulch the leaves in in the fall. No sprays, no fertilizer, no edging, no flower beds and in fact my "lawn" is mostly weeds. I just like being able to find my things and not dig through 2ft of leafs that have blow into corners.

 

[tradosaurus]

Good one but I'm not a "yardee". I just mulch the leaves in in the fall. No sprays, no fertilizer, no edging, no flower beds and in fact my "lawn" is mostly weeds. I just like being able to find my things and not dig through 2ft of leafs that have blow into corners.

Same here. I use to rake and burn leaves which was a pain.
But not anymore. Once the first leaves start to fall (early November) I put the mulch kit on my zero turn and mulch away.
As long as I don't wait too long I can stay ahead of the leaves of which I get a lot on the ground.

 

[WinterDeere]

lol... 5030 sees no need for lights on his ZTR, so you are all wrong! Brilliant logic.

Like others, there are at least two or three times each autumn that I run out of daylight before the work is done, almost always doing leaf clean-up with a Little Wonder on my blower buggy. But as @Handloader109 already noted, it can be well above dew point for several hours past dark, often until just the few pre-dawn hours. No issues.

 

[tradosaurus]

lol... 5030 sees no need for lights on his ZTR, so you are all wrong! Brilliant logic.

Like others, there are at least two or three times each autumn that I run out of daylight before the work is done, almost always doing leaf clean-up with a Little Wonder on my blower buggy. But as @Handloader109 already noted, it can be well above dew point for several hours past dark, often until just the few pre-dawn hours. No issues.