[AT] LED lights

[rlgoss at twc.com]

My recollection of Oklahoma is that 20-35 mph winds are a CALM day.  :-)


Larry

---- Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote: 
> 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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