My B2920 Light Project

[Tvanharp]

Hi, I know this an old post but now that you have been using these light for quite a while I'm wondering if you are still happy with the setup? Which by the way is awesome! I'm looking to do the same thing for my L4330. Talked with the Kubota dealer today and they recently got in some LED lights the guy said were really nice, very bright and low current. I do plowing as well and almost always in the dark and of course the stock headlights shining on the back of the bucket dont do much good.

 

[boutym]

I'd be curious too about how they're working out. I'm looking to do the same type thing on my Massey 2610 TLB, but on the fence about whether to mount the lights to the inside or outside of the ROPS. I can see them being more protected inside, but I'm afraid it puts too much light near the center of the work area. I'm concerned more with the rear facing lights with the backhoe. Seems the further out to the side I can get the light the better for backhoe work.

 

[boutym]

Here's what I ended up doing with mine. These are 4" Tuff LED Lights I got from Amazon.

I used a piece of 2" angle to make the brackets and the square U-Bolts are from Tractor Supply.

Carry-On Trailer® Square U-Bolt Kit, 1/2 in. x 3 in., Pack of 2 - Tractor Supply Online Store

Got some 1/8" rubber gasket material from the plumbing supply house and glued pieces to the backs of the brackets and also slipped a piece between the U-bolts and ROPS. Cut about an inch off the U-bolts and will probably cut some off the bolts for the lights to give it a little cleaner look. Still have to wire them up and do the final positioning. Once all that's done I'll paint the unpainted pieces and off we go.

 

[Fireball573]

Nice job, looks like a factory install.

 

[boutym]

Nice job, looks like a factory install.

Thanks. Wasn't really all that difficult. The hardest part was waiting for the paint to dry.

Looks like an A-10 there in your avatar. Spent almost 7 years on those things back when England AFB in Louisiana was a real place and the Flying Tigers were still a real symbol of something special.

 

[Fireball573]

It is an A-10. The pilots that fly them here do a great job of teaching the Taliban the futility of taking up arms against the United States of America.

 

[boutym]

It is an A-10. The pilots that fly them here do a great job of teaching the Taliban the futility of taking up arms against the United States of America.

I'll bet! Not too many things worse than being on the receiving end of an A-10. To this day they're still an airplane you don't want to tangle with cause you are going to lose.

 

[oldballs]

As far as placement inside the ROPS or outside, I still beat the heck out of mine. It seems that there is always something, somewhere that whacks them. I'm glad that my mounts are spring loaded so that they give a bit in a collision. One of the 55 W Hella lens is cracked. Cheers, Mike

 

[boutym]

As far as placement inside the ROPS or outside, I still beat the heck out of mine. It seems that there is always something, somewhere that whacks them. I'm glad that my mounts are spring loaded so that they give a bit in a collision. One of the 55 W Hella lens is cracked. Cheers, Mike

I was on the fence about inside or outside the ROPS and in the end outside won. That may change, but for now I've been pretty safe with hitting stuff high up on the ROPS. Down lower is another store entirely. The one thing that does concern me is whether or not the lights being behind me will cause glare in my glasses. I have anti-glare coated lenses on my daily wear glasses, but not on my safety glasses which I tend to wear more when working outside.

 

[boutym]

Well, FINALLY got the wiring finished and fired up the lights last night for testing. HOLY COW!!! It's like a freaking baseball stadium. These babies are bright! I have to run out today to get an inline fuse holder and finish the wiring behind the dash. It turned out to be a bit of a project because I wanted as clean a look as I could get without drilling the ROPS and I think I accomplished it. Used split loom everywhere I could and used existing tie locations and holes where I could. There aren't a lot of options for getting wires from the back to behind the dash on a small tractor, but I found there was just enough room to run along the left side and bring the wire bundle up through the right side where the existing relays sit. I'll get some pics up once I get everything finished up.

The one thing I ended up deciding to do was blow off relays. These LED lights just don't draw that much current, so the 8A switches I used shouldn't have any problems directly switching the load.