See under the FEL bucket lights on BX23

[jim_wilson]

I am over in Chelmsford - just a short drive from you. I bought my tractor up at Chappells in Milford NH. There were a couple of people I knew who had bought tractors from them and gave me good recommendations when I was looking. They weren't the absolute cheapest but their prices were not that bad - and I have gotten very good service from them.

 

[1TMatthews]

Same here, My first tractor I put a deposit down on a b7500 at MB tractor then I learned of Chappell and called them they were 500 cheaper so I went to Chappell and have been going ever since I'm now up to a B 7800 tractor and love it. Awesome machine. When looking for atachments and what not you have to play the game of shopping around and dickering.

 

[6or7dazeaweek]

Jim: NICE looking job you did on the lights!

Now have you had a chance to try them out at night? I was wondering if you had to re-orient the lens being that they are fog lamps?

Looking at the photos and the mounting screw location, I was wondering if the lamps were projecting a vertical beam instead of horizontal? Just a matter of drilling another hole 90 degrees from the current. I'm not picking...I'm just being curious. Anyway, nice looking addition to the Bota.

Looks like I'll be buying a tractor AND a welder....seems everyone is having a lot of fun here and I want to play as well.
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[jim_wilson]

I picked fog lights because I knew the beam that they throw would be just what I wanted. Good quality fog lights put out a horizontal beam that stays low to the ground ( to avoid glare in foggy conditions). Lately I have actually had a lot of time to try them out - I had a few projects that needed to get finished up that ended up being a lot of night work and we just recently got 15 inches of snow here so I was out clearing snow at night too. The lights work great. Combined with the headlights I can see where I am going with the bucket up in carry position or down on the ground. Previously I had problems seeing where I was going when I was driving with the bucket in a safe carry position ( about a foot off the ground). I could have put the lights up on the ROPS like a lot of other people have done but I experimented with that and did not like the glare that I got right near my eyes when I was working. Plus during the summer months having lights right near your head tends to attract bugs.

 

[JLoaf]

That ought to be standared equipment with a loader.
I guess Kubota's not that smart yet?
Good looking set-up!

 

[3RRL]

Jim,
Very nice work.
I especially like the attention to detail and the gusseted brackets. They are a great practical addition to the tractor and I will surely have to copy what you've done.
Keep the projects going!

 

[Phoenix1]

Just finished putting these on. Thought you might like another perspective. My problem was the tractor lights are blocked by the FEL when down. Work fine when it's up. I wanted light shining over top of the bucket. BTW, Simplicity Legacy XL. Mounted them on the crossbar of the FEL. And I was asked before...the bar is stionary so doen't change the angle when the bucket is raised or lowered,

 

[Phoenix1]

And another from the front.

 

[jim_wilson]

I originally thought of putting some lights in the same location that you put yours - the problem with my BX23 is there is no crossbar on the FEL like your tractor has. I thought about building a bar across to mount the lights and then came up with the idea of putting the lights in the pods down low. What I could really use is another set of lights mounted high in the front like they put on the tractors with cabs or FOPS setups. That would mean I would have to build a cage structure on the tractor though - maybe next summer /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[LBrown59]

Where did you get the lights?