LED & Xenon Work Lights For Your Tractor

[TowMart]

Hello Everyone,

I am Todd from TowMart.com. We are an online company that specialize in LED lighting for tractors and trucks. I see in many forums, tractor owners with questions about new HID and LED lights. Several TBN members have bought lights from us and installed them on their tractors.



I am here to get you the best info on the best and brightest lights that are made today. Also at the best prices. We have lights that will bolt on your tractor with much more power and durability than the OEM lights.

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[beppington]

OK, cool! I have questions! ... I don't care to become an LED or lighting engineer; I just want to know which LED lights I should buy! I have a canopy I can attach them to, & I need more light toward the front since my loader blocks my OEM headlights. I just want to be able to bush hog, etc. at night, with the loader & bucket on ... & still be able to see. No idea whether I need flood, trapezoid, spot, wide, whatever ... just want the whole area in front of me lit up, & if off to the sides is also lit up a little better, that's good, too.

What say you??!

 

[SensibleNick]

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[TowMart]

I get a lot of questions like that. If you want a forward facing LED light I usually go with the 24-watt LED like this one
24-watt round LED light
it mounts with a standard pedestal single bolt and the hardware is stainless. We have ones that are square face and round. If you want really high power then I suggest out Rigid LED high power light that is made in the USA and is offered in 3 different lens styles. For you I would recommend the standard driving beam lens because you get a lot of forward light and still get light to the sides. Here is a look at that one. LED Flood Light | LED Flood Lighting | High Power LED Flood
The Rigid lights are more $$ but the light and the quality is the best I have ever seen. We are one week behind on shipping Rigid lights. He is making them for us as fast as he can.
The 24 watt light that I first mentioned is our best seller and I guarantee them for 3 years to never burn out or we replace them. I have not had to replace one yet

 

[woodlandfarms]

Todd, The Rigids sounds like a US manufacturer? Are the 24 Watt rounds US as well or? Would love to know country of Origin of your products.

Great stuff, glad to have you here.

Carl

 

[TowMart]

Hi Carl,
Yes, the Rigid lights are USA made. I try to find more US makers of the high power LED lights but there are not too many. The other lights, like our 24 watt light is made in Taiwan. I have to tell you that I love the USA made stuff but Taiwan is a leader in LED chip making and the prices are very good. I have a lot of different manufacturers. Some of our Halogens are made in India and China. Xenons are mostly China and Taiwan too. Oh, and even some of the China made or Taiwan made LED lights use Osram LED chips made by Sylvania which I think is a USA company.

 

[beppington]

I get a lot of questions like that. If you want a forward facing LED light I usually go with the 24-watt LED like this one
24-watt round LED light
it mounts with a standard pedestal single bolt and the hardware is stainless. We have ones that are square face and round. If you want really high power then I suggest out Rigid LED high power light that is made in the USA and is offered in 3 different lens styles. For you I would recommend the standard driving beam lens because you get a lot of forward light and still get light to the sides. Here is a look at that one. LED Flood Light | LED Flood Lighting | High Power LED Flood
The Rigid lights are more $$ but the light and the quality is the best I have ever seen. We are one week behind on shipping Rigid lights. He is making them for us as fast as he can.
The 24 watt light that I first mentioned is our best seller and I guarantee them for 3 years to never burn out or we replace them. I have not had to replace one yet

OK, that's great! Hopefully you posting this info here will reduce the # of questions you receive directly & have to spend time answering. But 2 more from me:

In either of your recommendations, do I need to order 2, or just 1? The 1st one reads as though you get 1 light if you place an order for quantity 1, but the 2nd (high powered) mentions "pair" in the first sentence, so if I order 1, do I receive 2 lights?

And, regarding your higher powered suggestion, there are 6 "styles" ... which one do you recommend for my situation?

 

[TowMart]

On the page for that light where you saw the line with (pair)...that is where you click to get 2 lights. The other button that you saw to click for one is one light. If you order just ONE of the lights that says (pair) you will get 2 lights, wiring harness with loom, mounting brackets, switch relay and the whole setup. I hope it isn't too confusing on the site page. I will look at it. you will notice that when you order the item marked (pair) it is almost twice the price. The price for a pair is 20 bucks less than buying 2 singles, so you save a little too. If you go back to the page and click on the picture below the pic of the light that shows a dirt road at night. Click on it and blow it up and see how bright these are. It is incredible amount of light. For that picture they used the "dual beam". That is what you want.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Stupid question. is the Dual Beam mean each lamp has a highlow feature or is it one lamp is spot and the other lamp flood.

Thanks for the info on where you get the LED's We use them in our business but they are large light panels and are custom made in the US.

 

[TowMart]

Hi, the dual beam is actually a 9-degree spot and a 30-degree flood in
The same optic (light). Each individual light has a dual beam. That way you can get light far away and 30 degree wide at the same time. It is patented, and really the best for forward facing lights. For the rear, I recommend a 60- degree flood pattern

 

[Zebrafive]

How does the LED dual beam compare to either a 55w halogen or 35w HID light for fender mount, forward facing on a tractor with a loader?

 

[TowMart]

A halogen light does not even come close to comparing to this light. A 35-watt Xenon light usually has about 3000 to 3200 lumens (at the light source) and this light with the dual beam has a true 2600 lumens which is a little less but it is so bright and the light is focused where you need it, that you can't tell much difference in the amount of light from a Xenon. There are many other attributes that make the LED a better light as well.

 

[grsthegreat]

Since you have access to these lights, could you by chance put together an actual video of a side by side comparison of 50 watt halogen and the 24 watt LED (or rigid led) and if you have one a 35 watt HID. And i dont mean a stare at the light video like others show. Id like to see a real world view as would be seen from the inside of a tractor cab or a truck cab. One light on the right, the other kind on the left. to see an actual difference in light output.

The Lumen debate is meaningless until all manufacturers use the same methods of testing.

I wouldn't mind adding some additional lighting to my tractor, but to date i havnt been to impressed by the LED light outputs ive seen at a distance. They blind me looking at them, but when directed out ahead, they dont seem so bright.

 

[SpringHollow]

here's a web page showing a comparison of my halogen and 18W LED lights. The LED are significantly brighter, the pictures do not do it justice.

PT1850 LED Lights

Ken

 

[TowMart]

Yes. We are working on videos right now. I will attach a couple pictures that I have. I did the first photo on my street with my 2000 dodge truck and one pair of our 24-watt LED flood/work lights. In the other picture you will see the Rigid D2 Duallys that I sell and in the last 2 pictures are from a forum on TBN that a guy posted of his Kubota (hope he doesn't mind me putting his pics up). The Kubota pics are with his original halogens and one pair of My 18 Watt LED lights.

 

[grsthegreat]

ok..thanks. Also, make the video with the lights at the same levels. Pictures comparing lights caught behind a loader compared to lights on the top of a canopy arnt a fair comparison.

Id like to see one or two lights side by side for comparison. ie: heres one halogen on teh canopy. heres one LED on the same canopy. that kind of thing.

And thank you

 

[beppington]

Yes. We are working on videos right now. I will attach a couple pictures that I have. I did the first photo on my street with my 2000 dodge truck and one pair of our 24-watt LED flood/work lights. In the other picture you will see the Rigid D2 Duallys that I sell and in the last 2 pictures are from a forum on TBN that a guy posted of his Kubota (hope he doesn't mind me putting his pics up). The Kubota pics are with his original halogens and one pair of My 18 Watt LED lights.

Hmmm ... I saw those Kubota before-&-after pics before, but it just dawned on me: In the 2nd pic that seems to show more light, you actually lose the lighting on the tree & vegetation that is lit up further away in the first pic. Meaning, the "after" seems to be a much wider, fuller light result but not out nearly as far. I assume the OEM headlights were turned off in the 2nd pic? If so, maybe a 3rd pic is needed to show the light with both the OEM headlights and the aftermarket lights at the same time:

 

[grsthegreat]

Hmmm ... I saw those Kubota before-&-after pics before, but it just dawned on me: In the 2nd pic that seems to show more light, you actually lose the lighting on the tree & vegetation that is lit up further away in the first pic. Meaning, the "after" seems to be a much wider, fuller light result but not out nearly as far. I assume the OEM headlights were turned off in the 2nd pic? If so, maybe a 3rd pic is needed to show the light with both the OEM headlights and the aftermarket lights at the same time:

I also am not sure if the original tractors lights are 50 watt halogens? i know my 50 watt halogens on the cab extend ALOT of light out a long ways. On my Kioti the tractors actual headlights are only 35 watt. the cab lights are 50 watts each.
I wouldnt mind adding a set of halogen diffuse lights to the mix to add to the night lighting, but i need to see the real difference in light output.

 

[Zebrafive]

Since you have access to these lights, could you by chance put together an actual video of a side by side comparison of 50 watt halogen and the 24 watt LED (or rigid led) and if you have one a 35 watt HID. And i dont mean a stare at the light video like others show. Id like to see a real world view as would be seen from the inside of a tractor cab or a truck cab. One light on the right, the other kind on the left. to see an actual difference in light output.

The Lumen debate is meaningless until all manufacturers use the same methods of testing.

I wouldn't mind adding some additional lighting to my tractor, but to date i havnt been to impressed by the LED light outputs ive seen at a distance. They blind me looking at them, but when directed out ahead, they dont seem so bright.

I, too, would like to see comparison of the Rigid LED D2 dual beams and HIDs in the same price range 35, 45, 50 watt. Similar to the second picture you posted of four Rigid LED lights.

Also maybe some pros and cons of HIDs and LEDs. Will an HID light hold up on tractor?

I'm leaning towards HIDs, but only because price. Are they by chance made in USA?

 

[TowMart]

The LED lights hold up much better than any other "bulb" lighting. LED lights tend to last about 30,000 hours compared with Halogen & Xenon bulbs that may last 3000, to 6,000 hours. A Xenon light has a ballast (more parts to go bad eventually), and an LED light is a printed circuit board that resists vibration and water and shock much better. I have all 3 types of light and I still sell a lot of HID/Xenon lighting because they are very powerful for the money. If you want durability though, LED has no match. Some of our LED lights are USA made but the Xenon lights come from overseas, usually Taiwan or China. I will work on some more comparison photos for you in the very near future.