[AT] LED lights

rlgoss at twc.com rlgoss at twc.com
Thu Oct 22 06:39:01 PDT 2015 

A young pin oak was on our property next to the whistle on the driveway.  The wind was so strong and steady out of the south that branches couldn't even grow on that side of the tree!

Larry
---- Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote: 
> Larry
> looking back on the weather history the past yer, you are correct.  The 
> wind has been higher than I estimated.
> 
> Cecil in OKla
> 
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> On 10/21/2015 1:31 PM, Paul Waugh wrote:
> > Sure you're not confused with windy Wyoming ? :)
> > Paul
> >
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> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 9:22 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [AT] LED lights
> >
> > 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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