Dumbdog:
I think the front light and the rear lights are identical. I have a problem with the forward facing cab lights as well as the hood mounted lights out in the field. I know, this tractor really isn't intended for field work.....its intended for a well-to-do suburbanite to impress his neighbor with....but, field work is what I do with it.
The rear work lights are okay, I can see my implement and what it is actually doing and a little farther out in the field than that, but that is about it.
The front is a whole other story. I never run the loader in the field unless I am picking up rounds...I like the mount-dismount and I can get it done complete in about 1 minute. The hood lights are also weak, but not really easily modified so I changed the canopy mounted lights to H3 halogen units with clear lenses (driving lights). Last summer, I had just finished raking and was tooling across the field in high range and I almost hit a deer. That was it for the stock lights. I need to see farther than 10 feet past the hood.
On another note, I slightly modified the LA853 loader....I attached a rubber tarp strap around the hose bundle, and then bring it outside, around the stationary upright and hook the end to the drilled boss behind the valve body. That keeps the hose bundle from chafing the hood of the tractor and when dismounted, I hook it on the upper cylinder. That keeps the hose bundle from hanging down and makes it easier to pull the tractor into the FEL when re-mounting.
By the way, if you remove the left hand pillar cover in the cab, you will find a couple of extra wires that are hot and ground, controlled by the ignition key....just the ticket for more acessories. I used them to hook up my Harvest Tech applicator and the hot feed for my round bailer control box. The pillars as well as all the interior panels are really easy to remove. Just take a small punch and push the center of the plastic fastner in. That releases the fastner from the pre-drilled hole in the sheet metal. Pretty neat and quick too.
