[AT] LED lights

[Cecil R Bearden]

I would like to work with a tractor without a cab.  My 930 Case is my 
favorite tractor.  I have an EGGE cab to install some day.   Here in 
central OK, I live in one of those areas that the NWS has noted as good 
for wind power generation.  I badly need to finish cutting and baling 
hay, In face I will have to get it done in the next 2 days due to rain 
finally coming in.   By the time the rain gets finished they are 
predicting freezing temps.   The wind has been 20-35 from the SSE and is 
going to increase for the next  3 days.  This makes it really hard to 
get a windrow to stay in place.  It is nearly impossible to rake.  My 
windrows are nearly 2 ft tall with a 12ft cut of the swather.

With that wind, a cab is a necessity for baling and swathing.  The days 
here in OK that the wind is below 15mph can be counted on your fingers...

Cecil in OKla


On 10/19/2015 11:30 AM, Grant Brians wrote:
> 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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