Rear Light

[AndyR]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

I live now on a side road off of a side road - maybe 2 cars a day. My old house was in the next village on a blind curve with lots of traffic. My neighbor had an old tractor - Ford or Fergeson I think - and would clear snow with the small FEL on it. Idiots would invariably see him in plain sight and either speed up or try to squeeze into the smallest possible opening./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif 'Neighbor was a good guy but I sure don't miss the idiots.

 

[Harv]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

Great series of picts, Andy!

Good example of that "worth a thousand words" saying.

 

[Boondox]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

We had a yuffy woman REALLY plant her Jeep the other night. Very impressive! Glad to say Clementine was safely in the garage when she roared up the road. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

Thanks for the pics, Andy. Did you find one type or brand of light worked better than others...or are they all pretty much the same?

Pete

 

[Boondox]

I like the switch idea! Never would have thought of that myself. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif I'm thinking two facing forward mounted on the inside edge of the upper ROPS (though having them -- and any summer bugs they attract --outside would put them away from my head!), and a pair facing aft just below them. I'll have to try a few positions and see how it goes.

Pete

 

[AndyR]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

These were generic implement/ag lights that I got from my local dealer. IMHO I think they are a much better choice then fog lamps or other auto lights. I'll take a look to see if I still have the packaging so I can tell you what make.

 

[AndyR]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

The lights were made by the A.W.Speaker corp, under the Agri-Brite trade name. I couldn't find a website for them but came across just the thing/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif for Mark's EF-5 <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.cheesylights.com/battery1.html>http://www.cheesylights.com/battery1.html</A>

 

[Devildog]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

OMG, ROTFLMAO now that is my kind of lights/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[emery]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

Harbour Freight has set of 2 lights for under$8. they come with switch and I have installed them for use with snowblower and found them to be great.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

I saw those lights in Harbor Freight - can you tell me what wattage thay are?? Will the last on the back of a tractor?
Thanks!

 

[emery]

Re: New Canopy light setup 6

here is a link to the light set on the web at HF. It is the top set shown. They have plastic case so a tree limb snapping into them might cause some damage.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/headsearch.taf?function=Search


I found them to be plenty bright enough for my snowblowing function.

 

[cisco]

Lighting on Kubotas is suboptimal, especially with a FEL. I've got about 50 hours on my L3410, and was not real happy about having to quit at dusk. So, last weekend I placed (WalMart automotive for lights, and local marine supply store for water resistant switches) two 55 watt lights on my fenders (off the flasher axis, just as the plastic curves down), & with adjustable (up and down) stanchions so I can light up close on a boxblade (just how much dirt am I digging into) or the road way back (blinds yuffies), and two wide beam fog lights under the top of the ROPS, angled laterally about 10 degrees for a huge coverage. I thought I might need another light, normal beam, between the fog lights, aimed straight ahead, but such wasn't necessary for working (now, blinding yuffies may be a consideration for the future). Kubota wiring is poor, so I ran two 12 gauge wires (separate for rear and front facing light pairs) from the battery, with in line fuses and switches I mounted on the fender. Now, dusk doesn't put me out of commission. Total time - 6 hours (I'm not real organized), for the lights, a fender mounted fire extinguisher, a cup holder, a tilt meter and holes in my FEL for a toothbar (tough steel to drill through - killed 2 bits). Now, if I could just locate a suicide knob for my steering wheel (not Walmart, Autozone or NAPA - it's frustrating).

 

[Mike_S]

Cisco--nearly all JD dealers carry suicide knobs;-) Mike S.

 

[forestcreature]

rural king has several colors of these knobs.
if you want something other than green, let me know.

 

[duanet]

I know this thread has been going awhile, but I just got lights mounted on my ROPS and thought I'd attach a pic of yet another way of doing it - this time on my JD 4100.

I took a piece of rectangular aluminum tubing salvaged from a support column of a trailer patio roof and cut it a couple of inches longer than the holes drilled in the top of the ROPS. I mounted a trapezoid light facing forward and attached to the face of the tubing for height. The floodlight faces rear and is mounted on the bottom of the tubing. Both lights came from Central Tractor. I had the strobe flasher for my 2N which I screwed to the bottom for protection. Each light has a switch on the face of the tubing. I connected it to the work light connector behind the seat so it is active only when the headlight switch is in position C, headlights and tail light. I may wire it to the starter terminal if I don't like this arrangement.

Duane