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Post by hardrockacres on Jul 18, 2022 7:46:46 GMT -6
wanting to mount a LED bar on the roof of my TJ as the front lights don't work well in my opinion, (all my other tractors are full LED - this one only has rear LED work lights). For guys that have them where did you run the light harness down into the cab and to the batteres? Tie to the corner post and come in from under the cab? Or is there a place to run them thru the roof into the cab?
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Post by meskie on Jul 18, 2022 8:08:33 GMT -6
I just ran the wires down the cab and came in through the floor by the batteries. I think there is another opening in the front right corner of the cab but I can’t remember for sure. I had mounted some big LED lights on the fenders in the front and I liked those more then the light bar I had on the roof.
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Post by hardrockacres on Jul 18, 2022 10:28:55 GMT -6
How big where the fender lights...4x6"? The front lights on these tractors leave little to be desired so I am open to anything.
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Post by meskie on Jul 18, 2022 10:36:47 GMT -6
7” round.  similar to these. It was a few years ago that had put them on and lights have gotten better. |
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Post by Oatking on Jul 18, 2022 11:32:24 GMT -6
My hired worker used to say the old versatile lighting in the front of the tractor was like walking in the dark holding a candle with one hand and the other hand blocking the little flame from blowing out.
Is it better to replace the fender lights with led and skip the top light bar. That is what I ended up doing on my versatile. Is LED better than HD lights. The lights have gotten so much better the last 10 years.
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Post by hardrockacres on Jul 18, 2022 12:26:08 GMT -6
might try the fender lights first as the TJ never had them from new.
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Post by northernfarmer on Jul 18, 2022 19:32:57 GMT -6
I've never had a light bar to play with, its beam pattern which I imagine is different with different brands of bars but in my mind I keep going back to the concept of lights on top of a tractor roof and if any light hits the top of the hood or if there is any dust in the air it turns the darkness into a wall of reflected light back into your eyes. A combine in dusty conditions is an example of that or side type roof lights on a tractor which fine when its not dusty turns into that same reflective wall when working in any situation where there is dust. For example a friend had installed a driving light on top of the roof of an old versatile tractor as he was told that was a good idea, well some of the light due to its pattern lighted up the top of the engine hood and that was bad enough but working land in the spring for example was just horrific, completely blinding due to dust. In my mind I feel lights that are mounted well below line of sight such as fender lights shining off at an angle to the sides or in front of the grill or lower corners just below a grill of a tractor shining out at an angle can really light up that dark hole area in front and to the side of the front tires and well beyond. Having lights that have a good crisp cutoff so no stray light shines up into the air ( like a flood light does and is blinding to the operator because of that in dust ) . Lights shining forward, again not too high off the ground as the end goal is to light up the ground and not all the air in front of ones self. Having said all that, I expect in the right situation high mounted lights could work ok if dust is not an issue, be it a tractor pulling a sprayer or a high clearance sprayer when doing night work.
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Post by bob123 on Jul 18, 2022 20:38:41 GMT -6
just make sure you mount it far enough back on the roof that it doesnt light up the hood
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Post by kevlar on Jul 18, 2022 20:44:50 GMT -6
Or be like my brother, he says all machinery should be solar powered.
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Post by meskie on Jul 18, 2022 21:08:49 GMT -6
The sloped hood on the TJ we had our light bar mounted at the front of the cab and it didn’t light up the hood very much at all.
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