[AT] LED lights

Dean VP deanvp at att.net
Mon Oct 19 10:02:23 PDT 2015


I need to get some of those LED lights for MY JD 445 in AJ, AZ so I can move snow this winter.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

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Grant Brians
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 9:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] LED lights

I have worked so many times without lights by the moon that I could not 
count them. We do not have the problem of cabs reflecting lights because 
we have no cabs on any of our tractors! The reason is two-fold. First, 
our weather is such that bundling up the operator handles most 
temperatures here 25 miles from the Pacific. Second, is that they are 
more expensive and it is harder to see the crops with our vegetables....
              Grant Brians - Hollister,California
On 10/17/2015 8:08 AM, Ron Cook wrote:
> Cecil,
>       My grand dad said the best thing for agriculture was the
> replacement of the horse with the tractor.  The worst was putting lights
> on the tractor.
>       Reflections into the cab windshield is bad, alright.  Especially
> when operating the loader.  I have that same problem with a Year-a-Round
> cab on my 4020 because of the flat glass, I think. When it was open
> station there was no problem with visibility, just with the weather.
> Lights on the loader would probably be a good idea.  I may just do that
> myself.
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
>
> On 10/17/2015 7:58 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>> I have bought a bunch of those from Amazon, but have not had time to put
>> them on my tractors.  I was trying to finish re-sowing my wheat field 2
>> nights ago.   I was pulling my no-till drill with my TS110 New
>> Holland.   I usually pull it with the 930 Case, but it has a bad problem
>> with the steering gear.  The NH has some great lights on it, but with a
>> blue loader that has the paint oxidized, the loader would reflect the
>> lights on the tip of the cab  back into the cab windshield and it was
>> like looking into a mirror.  The lights on the handrails at each side of
>> the cab would help, but only one worked this time... The loader cross
>> bar was perfectly positioned to block the light from the headlights,
>> unless I raised the loader up to an unsafe height while driving across
>> terraces.  The bottom of the loader quick attach frame would have to be
>> 4 ft off the ground to allow the headlights to shine.
>> If anyone has tried to harrow with a spike tooth harrow at night, you
>> understand the problem with working with lights.    If it was a moonlit
>> night, it was easier to see where you had been with the lights off.  Add
>> to that the problem of the mirror effect of a cab windows, and you have
>> a real problem.  I have one of those led light bars that I am going to
>> mount on the loader cross bar at the front and build a guard for it in
>> case something roll back off the loader.   I have the same problem
>> trying to bale at night with the headlights.  The loader and the tractor
>> hood needs to be flat black.  Not a pretty color, but very functional
>> for night work...
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/16/2015 11:01 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>>> Here is a pic of my combine with four 18w LED headlights. These are the cheapest thing I could
find on amazon/ebay. They work great!
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>
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