Finished with the install...

[Hammy]

I just got my lights installed, both front and rear. With my new Wells Ag canopy, they were easy to do and it turned out very clean. I don't have any exposed wires due to the flexible plastic conduit that I ran along the side of the ROPS.

I haven't seen what kind of light they produce at night but with two in each direction, it should be great.

I have them switched independently. I got the switches at Napa and wired them directly to the battery with an inline fuse. The lights are from Harbor Freight and I'm not too sure they are going to last very long, but we'll see.

Here are some photos.

Craig

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Nice job. I built some nice metal mounting boxes to protect the lights when I mount them on the back of the ROPS. Put the lights on then lost the switch I bought from NH (this was 3 years ago). I finally found the switch so hopefully when I am able to start doing some more work I am going to run the wires so I can actually use the lights

 

[mboulais]

Looks great, good job. Those switches look like the ones with an LED built in. I used cheap lights from Walmart a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised to find replacement bulbs available last month. Are they sealed halogen lights? 35w? or 50w?.

 

[Hammy]

They are a 55 watt light (not sealed). They are pretty cheap lights. I did a nice install so if the lights don't last, I can easily replace them.

Craig

 

[SkunkWerX]

Hammy, nice job.

Great looking set-up, with chains on all 4 tires you are ready for some major traction.

 

[gemini5362]

Hammy, nice job.

Great looking set-up, with chains on all 4 tires you are ready for some major traction.

Nice job on the lights. The snow looks cold when the outside gets to looking like that at my house I just dont come out until it is gone

 

[mjncad]

Nice work Hammy, and well thought out.

 

[Aquaman]

VERY nice! Great Job.

 

[jimmysisson]

Hammy, are you using the spreader for sand? Nice to have lights, isn't it?
Jim

 

[Hammy]

Jimmysisson,

Yes the spreader is for sand. It works pretty good and has been a lifesaver so far. I did find out that I needed to screen the sand first because the spreader doesn't like to mess with big rocks.

The only issue is that I do have to bounce the 3ph a little to get the sand flowing every once in a while.

And yes it is nice to have lights. Just having the ability to go out after dark and work if need be. We just had a big snow storm hit us and we were without power for 5 days. I usually plow with my 4wheeler but 18" of snow at once was a little too much for it to handle. We would have been buried in without the tractor, chains, and sander. My wife no longer complains about how expensive it all was. Now I just need a rear blade...

Craig

 

[GotSnow]

Craig,

Nice setup with the chains.
What size are the front tires? and are they filled with fluid?

 

[Hammy]

Thanks,

The front tires are 12-16.5 (R4s). The rear tires are the only ones filled with fluid.

I'm a little disappointed in the rear chains however. They still seem to fall between the tire tread even though they are the duo-grip style. With the v-bars though, they still stick up out of the tread but I would rather them sit on top of the tread.

The front chains work great.

Craig

 

[WayneB]

Craig are the lights you installed flood or spot type lights?

I have rather large round flood lights that work fine, but take more space than the low profile lights. The rectangular lights that I looked at were all spot type lights.

Wayne

 

[Hammy]

They're spot lights. I wish they were flood. I will probably keep my eye open for some affordable floods.

Craig

 

[mjncad]

Try Northern Tool for Peterson 6"x4" or 5"x3" for about $20 each. I'm in the process of wiring up two trapezoidal beams, and two flood beams. One of each is mounted high on the front, and on the back.

Pictures will be forthcoming if everyday life will quit interfering with getting the wiring done.

Hopefully they will work as well as they look.

Peterson Manufacturing Rectangular Beam Tractor Light — 12 Volt | Work Lights | Northern Tool + Equipment

Peterson Manufacturing Trapezoidal Beam Tractor Light — 12 Volt | Work Lights | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[GreenMtns]

Nice job on the lights. The snow looks cold when the outside gets to looking like that at my house I just dont come out until it is gone

Up here if we had to wait that long when it snowed we would look like Rip Van Winkle when we emerged.

Hammy
Very nice mounting job on the lights. They will make a big difference moving that inconsiderate snow that waits until after dark to fall.

 

[gemini5362]

Up here if we had to wait that long when it snowed we would look like Rip Van Winkle when we emerged.

Yeah I know that is why I dont live there

 

[mjncad]

Try Durango, CO and other parts of southwestern Colorado that have received 300"+ so far this year.

 

[Hammy]

"Try Durango, CO and other parts of southwestern Colorado that have received 300"+ so far this year."


Man, that is just plane crazy !

 

[mjncad]

I heard on the news tonight that Steamboat Springs, Colorado has received 350 inches of snow so far this year, and March and April are our snowiest months.

Our mountains have gotten hammered this year, which means the snow pack is well above normal in most of the river basins. No doubt there will be some flooding come Spring time; but we shouldn't have water restrictions either.