Flashing light on bx23

glennm · Dec 5, 2013

I have an old orange flashing light ( the kind with a rotating reflector) that I want to use on the bx roll bars when I am moving snow. Any suggestion as to where I should take the power from? I was hoping there was something under the seat but I don't see anything? Also, do you think a magnet would work to hold it in place?

chim · Dec 5, 2013

A really strong magnet might work, but when I tried that approach on the B7500 I had, the magnet wasn't strong enough to keep the light in place. Since the tractor lacks a suspension the ROPS makes sharp movements when the tractor hits a bump. I now bolt everything to the tractor that needs to stay put.

oldballs · Dec 5, 2013

The may be a power source under one of the fender tail lights that's meant to be used for your hookup.... as I recall.

PeterK · Dec 5, 2013

Should be a work light connector, red and black wires just rear of the bottom of the seat, over the tank. Check for 12V with a meter. It is switched on with ignition as I recall.

glennm · Dec 6, 2013

Found the wire under the seat. Worked out great. Thanks!

teamorange7 · Dec 6, 2013

Try the welding magnets from harbor freight . I use them on bx24 for lights on roll bar. No problem

glennm · Dec 7, 2013

Has anyone put an LED light bar on the roll bar to use a a work light?

RaydaKub · Dec 7, 2013

glennm said:
Has anyone put an LED light bar on the roll bar to use a a work light?

4shorts has. Look for his bx25 mod thread.

rdsaustintx · Dec 7, 2013

PeterK said:
Should be a work light connector, red and black wires just rear of the bottom of the seat, over the tank. Check for 12V with a meter. It is switched on with ignition as I recall.

That's where the hook-up is. It switches on with the headlights tho

4shorts · Dec 7, 2013

glennm said:
Has anyone put an LED light bar on the roll bar to use a a work light?

Yup

Front led light bar .

Rear, white and amber led 70 pattern strobe

glennm · Dec 8, 2013

Thanks Paul.

I have read the long thread several times, it is a lot of searching to find the led.

Can you give me the details on both the light and strobe? Do they work great? Is the strobe just a strobe? I would like to do this. It looks to me like you made a mount that hold both lights as well?

By the way, I love all the mods you have done!

4shorts · Dec 8, 2013

glennm said:
Thanks Paul.

I have read the long thread several times, it is a lot of searching to find the led.

Can you give me the details on both the light and strobe? Do they work great? Is the strobe just a strobe? I would like to do this. It looks to me like you made a mount that hold both lights as well?

By the way, I love all the mods you have done!

Glenn the rear portion of the light module I built has (if I remember correctly) 70 flash patterns. One half of that light is amber and the other half is white, by toggling the switch you change the patterns but there's one that will keep the light on steady so it can act as a back up light.
The forward portion of the light module is a single row led light and it's super bright.

The module itself is fabricated out of aluminum plate and held on the ROPS via ubolts. I designed it as you see it because I was trying to achieve the lowest possible profile as I could build. I'm happy with with it and it really works great. I'm not a fan of having individual lights bolted to the ROPS so that's the reason I went this route.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the mods :thumbsup:

glennm · Dec 8, 2013

That's exactly what I am looking for. Can you let me know where you got the lights? I would like to order them. Where did you mount the switches? If they are fed by the wire under the seat I would guess you need to run some wiring up front if the lights are dash mounted?

4shorts · Dec 8, 2013

glennm said:
That's exactly what I am looking for. Can you let me know where you got the lights? I would like to order them. Where did you mount the switches? If they are fed by the wire under the seat I would guess you need to run some wiring up front if the lights are dash mounted?

Well I've bought sooooo many lights in the last two years I'll have to check our files to see if I can find that info. I've not only modded this little BX but I've done our Kubota Grand L 5740 and believe me there's a lot of led lighting on it.
If you go back over my mod thread I might have mentioned where those lights came from. I can tell you that the rear strobes are controlled via switch down by the 3pt hitch dampening control (see photo) the rest of the lighting is controlled via switches on the dash. I ran an extra fuse panel, relays and custom wiring harness to do it.

The 5740. Lots of lights

wwinter · Dec 8, 2013

Go to Paul's website and you will see the results of his lighting additions. Great website by the way. Kathy's excellent work is evident also.

glennm · Dec 8, 2013

I just looked at the videos on the site. There are a pile of LEDs on eBay, I just don't want to buy a dog!

4shorts · Dec 8, 2013

wwinter said:
Go to Paul's website and you will see the results of his lighting additions. Great website by the way. Kathy's excellent work is evident also.

Thanks for the compliment. You brought a smile to Kathy's face as well. We're taking some time off for the holiday season so that means I'll have more time for BX mods. Can't wait either. Got a few ideas I want to put down on metal

glennm said:
I just looked at the videos on the site. There are a pile of LEDs on eBay, I just don't want to buy a dog!

Glenn when I'm looking for led lighting I look for the following. Grote, Rigid, Whelen and last but not least Cree. If you stick with those brand names you'll be ok. I NEVER had an issue with any of those products.

glennm · Dec 8, 2013

How does this one look?

20inch 126W Cree LED Work Light BAR 8820LM Flood Lamp 4WD Driving Offroad Lights | eBay

4shorts · Dec 9, 2013

glennm said:
How does this one look?

20inch 126W Cree LED Work Light BAR 8820LM Flood Lamp 4WD Driving Offroad Lights | eBay

Nice light. Simular to the ones I used on the 5740 to replace the OEM lights. Just make sure you know what you want. Either spot, flood and in some cases you can get a combination of both.

glennm · Dec 9, 2013

Has anyone seen this brand before? Specs seem good, lots of power, flood and spot combo with free delivery to Canada. A good price as well?

24inch 120W LED Light BAR Flood Spot Combo Work Lights 4WD UTE Offroad CAR Boat | eBay