Work lights on my Max 22

[kootch88]

I ordered some 18w LED lights I plan to mount on the front of my tractor. I found I did not have nearly enough light while blowing snow and I do use them with the loader from time to time. I am going to take some solid stock steel and weld it into an upside down u that extends 6 inches beyond, then bolt them to the outside of my grill guard. Then I will wire them directly into my headlights so I won't have to add a switch to a limited space dash.

Any thoughts or comments? These are flood lights with a 60 degree beam.

 

[djp1218]

sounds like you have thought it out and know what you are doing

 

[DavesTractor]

Here is a photo of normal headlights on the right, and then with a pair of Rigid LEDs we mounted on the left.

The Rigid LEDs make the stock lights seem like candles. We mounted these to brackets that bolt to the base of the ROPS. I was with the tractor when we took these pictures, and it is a fairly accurate depiction. We kept the F-stop and shutter time the same...so no camera tricks.

 

[J F]

Wow, that's amazing Dave.

 

[BleedingOrange]

Can you give us a part number of the exact lights you ordered ? That is an amazing difference.

 

[murphy1244]

Wow that's bright.

 

[DavesTractor]

Can you give us a part number of the exact lights you ordered ? That is an amazing difference.

Rigid Dually flood 20211 for the pair, and on the back we use Dually diffused 60 degree lens, part number 20251 for a pair. They are roughly $200 per pair with a switch and wiring harness, and worth every penny. Here is a picture of the diffused on the rear. The diffused doesn't reach out much, but it really lights up the immediate area. I like the diffused for the rear light(s).

 

[kootch88]

Are the front lights diffused? That is something else. I tried mounting behind the soft cab but there was too much reflection to see through the cab while blowing snow. I just turned that set around so i could see behind me and cars could also see me better as well.

 

[DavesTractor]

The rear is diffused, the front are floods. The spots really reach out, but make too slim of a pattern for a tractor I think. Floods seems perfect. With a cab, it would be best to mount them up high. When we sell a 3616 cab, we will offer the LED's swapped out for the factory bulbs in the factory locations. People cringe at first at the cost if they are not familiar with high-end LEDs, then the first time they use them it becomes one of their favorite tractor talking points.

On the Max 22/25 without a cab, we have a bracket we manufacture that mounts at the base of the ROPS and offers two mount points on each bracket. Really, one light forward and one back is enough, but two is even better!

 

[kootch88]

I can't get the tractor in the garage if I mount them on top of the ROPS ( I have about 1/8th of an inch extra) so i am welding up a bracket that I will mount to the front of the grill guard so there will be no glare on the front plastic to the soft cab. These are flood also in front.