I placed some lights on top of my ROPS of my NH TC33D, and they have worked great all winter. Well, we just had or first warm day in WI and I was out there at night and I had bugs flying all around my bald head - just enough hair to catch them. Has any used the yellow lens - halogen to prevent this?
lights and bugs
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theboman
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Not tested it and it won't work.
ByuBill
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The best way to keep from attracting bugs to your lights, and prob. the only way, is turn them off. Even that doesn't work all of the time. /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif I wonder if they make a 12v bug zapper. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
tc35dforme
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marty,
Not related to bugs....but....do you find that the vibration of the lights at the top of the rops is excessive?? I was planning on putting a set of aux. lights there but was concerned about them shaking too much and driving my eyeballs kooky ! Do you have a folding rops ??
Any info appreciated.
Not related to bugs....but....do you find that the vibration of the lights at the top of the rops is excessive?? I was planning on putting a set of aux. lights there but was concerned about them shaking too much and driving my eyeballs kooky ! Do you have a folding rops ??
Any info appreciated.
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<font color=blue>"...I had bugs flying all around my bald head - just enough hair to catch them."</font color=blue>
Sounds like a job for TBN hat!! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
Sounds like a job for TBN hat!! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
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Yes.. I have seen 12v bug zappers... camping supply stores.. rv stuff, etc.
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bsauter
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I have the same problem with my bald head cutting at night. What I did on my L3010 is put a set of fogs on the grill guard that gives me a real wide beam and then I have a set of driving lights on my rops. I just turn those on if I need to see farther or want to light up right around me with the light spillover. I then put a back work light on. All are wired seperatly with switch mounted on the fender. The grill lights are what I use most of the time and the bugs don't bother me.
TerryinMD
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I have my rear and front facing lights mounted on my ROPS. I have not seen any unusual vibration or light distortion. I would think that the frequency of the vibration is not that noticable.
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Boomerboy
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Marty,
My job takes me around the country alot. When I was spending time in Pueblo, CO. (Desertville to those of us from the Great Lakes States) and I had an opportunity to go home, I told people that I was going home where it was green & lush (spelled "BUGS").
Here in the mid-west, a wave of the hand in front of your face to chase the bugs away is just a usual event. Light up the night and LOOK OUT
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I love it where the plants grow out of control! Just a sign that GOD is actively taking your property back as we speak!
My job takes me around the country alot. When I was spending time in Pueblo, CO. (Desertville to those of us from the Great Lakes States) and I had an opportunity to go home, I told people that I was going home where it was green & lush (spelled "BUGS").
Here in the mid-west, a wave of the hand in front of your face to chase the bugs away is just a usual event. Light up the night and LOOK OUT
!
I love it where the plants grow out of control! Just a sign that GOD is actively taking your property back as we speak!
chim
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One of the mod's to the new tractor was the addition of work lights. The rear-facing light was no sweat. Pretty simple to add a bracket to the existing heavy bracket for the SMV emblem. The front lights were a different matter. I wanted to stay away from the ROPS because of both the bugs and I have a number of trees to mow under. Don't turn me in to the ROPS Cops - took it off. There was one spot that put them away from me, yet lit the work area well. The lights are the 55W Flood version that TSC sells. I tried a trapezoid pattern on the old Ford, and didn't think it spread the light enough. With the lights angled outward and downward, they light nearly 180° in front of the steering wheel. When used in combination with the factory headlights, visibility is very good at night. They fasten to an L-shaped bracket that bolts to the brushguard support. While I was working on the lights, I turned the bolts so the nuts and excess bolts faced inward because I kept bumping the ends of the bolts when installing and removing the loader. That provided about 1/2" more clearance...........chim
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Put your hands on your head and back away from the kubota. This is the ROPS police. Just Kidding!
I've fog lights (yellow) on my ROPS, angled outward (each side) about 15 degrees, and have replaced my regular (front, white) lights with 55W bulbs (from 35W). That way I have a fairly broad pattern of illumination in front of me. As to bugs -in South Carolina, in the summer, I'd have to put a cab set-up around my seat to keep away from them. Did the yellow fog lights diminish the bugs around my head, when compared to regular (white) lights - maybe - am I bug free - not in this life.
