[AT] LED lights

[Dennis Johnson]

I put 2 small LED lights on the roll bar of my Hustler mower. Got a cheap pair of bar lights for about $35 per pair at auto parts store. They work OK, but they are not the real bright ones. They are bright enough to see where I am mowing, or to load mower on a trailer at night.

Thanks
Dennis


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> On Oct 19, 2015, at 12:20 PM, Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> If we can employ guards with guns to protect money, we can and should employ guards with guns to
> protect people. Bernard Goldberg.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Grant Brians
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 9:30 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> 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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