Led driving lights

larryd314 · Feb 19, 2014

I have a jd314 and can't decide where or how to mount my 3" led driving lights. Any one have any suggestions? I need them high enough to clear snow blade when in up position.

dragoneggs · Feb 19, 2014

The higher the better in my opinion. If you are handy then build a frame like a ROPS and mount them on the horizontal. Don't know your rig so can't help with specifics... yet!

larryd314 · Feb 19, 2014

Dragoneggs, What is a ROPS?

dragoneggs · Feb 19, 2014

Sorry... Roll Over Protection System. (aka roll bar).

Yellowfever440 · Feb 19, 2014

I had a 318 and I drilled to small holes in the front support that the grille locks into and mount some truck fog lights to the side of it. The wires ran right in between that support, the sid panels and the hood it was just big enou hours for the 2 wires and I just had to watch when I closed the hood so they wouldn't get pinched.

larryd314 · Feb 19, 2014

I feel like an dumb bell. I knew that. just wasn't thinking.

larryd314 · Feb 19, 2014

yellowfever440, weren't your side covers open the front? Mine open at the bottom. but that was a good idea. I am considering mounting mine on the side of the hood where the seam is for the headlight housing . But that is a maybe. I also thought about on top side of side covers but I would have to unhook wires every time I removed covers.

larryd314

Yellowfever440 · Feb 20, 2014

I don't have the 318 any more. They slide under the front supports in the front then they had a bolt it the back to hold the side panels on. They were solid panels.

Yellowfever440 · Feb 20, 2014

I mounted mine to that support so i wouldn't have to worry about the lights moving and the wires getting stretched or anything like that. And they didn't vibrate either. Mounting to the hood or side panels may let them vibrate. I used a single stage snowblower on the 318 for a year or 2 and they were perfect height and just far enough a part the chute didn't block them at all.