BX2350 Lights

[mentat30]

I added additional lights to the ROPS. I secured them to a piece of flat metal stock with magnets to hold them to the ROPS. I also wired the lights on the top of ROPS using a trailer connector. My BX2350 ROPS just clears the top of the door in my shed so I have to remove the lights on top to get it in and out of the shed.

 

[denmansoft]

How does the magnet mount handle the vibration and bumps?
My ride through our busy gives my seatbelt a workout.

 

[johng52]

Do you always carry crutches on your light bar?

 

[mentat30]

So far the magnets have worked well, they are rated at 65lbs.
LOL, yes I always carry crutches on my tractor never know when you might need them. The crutches are actually stored in the shed just above the tractor.

 

[LBrown59]

I added additional lights to the ROPS. I secured them to a piece of flat metal stock with magnets to hold them to the ROPS. I also wired the lights on the top of ROPS using a trailer connector. My BX2350 ROPS just clears the top of the door in my shed so I have to remove the lights on top to get it in and out of the shed.
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*Most guys attach the lights above or below the ROPS as shown here.
I prefer attaching them to the rear of the ROPS
(The Space between where you have the lights)
on a swiveling light bar/Mount the lights to the bar so they can be rotated.
This way they are lower which heps keep them from getting hit by low branches while at the same they are not under the rops where you can bump your head into them as easy as you could if they were under the rops.
With this set up You only need 2 lights and you have lights that will cover a 360 degree area all the way around the tractor.
With this mounting arrangement all you would probably
have to do is rotate the light bar down to get through your door.
I would put the yellow light on the light bar too.

 

[mentat30]

*Most guys attach the lights above or below the ROPS as shown here.
I prefer attaching them to the rear of the ROPS
(The Space between where you have the lights)
on a swiveling light bar/Mount the lights to the bar so they can be rotated.
This way they are lower which heps keep them from getting hit by low branches while at the same they are not under the rops where you can bump your head into them as easy as you could if they were under the rops.
With this set up You only need 2 lights and you have lights that will cover a 360 degree area all the way around the tractor.
With this mounting arrangement all you would probably
have to do is rotate the light bar down to get through your door.
I would put the yellow light on the light bar too.

The yellow strobe is on the light bar, the top light bar. I only need the top light bar in the winter when I am snow blowing. I have the Loader on in the winter and the stock front head lights get blocked by it. Snow blower is rear mount. Plus the lights on top are brighter. The top light bar has a plug so that it can be removed. The bottom light bar cannot be removed, I like it underneath the ROPS its out of the way and won't catch on trees, my shed etc. In the summer I mostly use the tractor for mowing, so the loader is not attached. The front headlights are not blocked. But I do have the option of putting the top light bar on. Even if I mounted the lights to rotate down, they would still hit on the door of my shed, I only have about 1" inch of clearance between the ROPS and the the top of the shed door. Plus I don't have to rotate the lights forward or backwards. One set is always facing front one set always facing rear. It takes less then 10 secs to hookup the top light bar. If I only had one set of lights that rotated, I would be changing which direction they faced all the time. Backing up, rotate the lights backwards. driving forward, rotate to the front. It would be a pain the rear. With my current setup, 10 secs when I take the tractor out of the shed 10 secs when I put it back in shed. And that is only if I need to use the top lights. If I don't need them I don't have to do anything. And I don't hit my head on the ones below the ROPS. I'm not sure how that would possible, unless I was crawling through the ROPS. The ROPS is behind me, its not over the top of my head. Thanks for the advice, I think I will leave it the way I have it setup.