[AT] LED lights

[Cecil R Bearden]

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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