bx24 rops lights

[bx24d]

My bx24 is going in for 100 hour service tomorrow and I want to put some lights on the rops, mostly for night time rear snow plowing/blading and with a potential to turn the lights around tothe front for loader work. Would like them to go as high as possible on the rops but the dealer says that, if they are wired to go above the rops folding point, he'll have to leave extra play in the wiring to accommodate the folding rops. This "extra play" is likely to get caught on a tree branch he says and is not a good idea.

Other alternatives are to put the lights below the fold (isn't this too low to throw a lot of light while snow blowing, blading, hoe work?) or he offered to put a water resistant plug at the point where the wiring will cross the rops folding point. In this last case, I'll have to remember to unplug the junction prior to folding the rops. Just wondering if there are any "been there, done that" pieces of advice out there.

 

[Dyer retired]

My bx24 is going in for 100 hour service tomorrow and I want to put some lights on the rops, mostly for night time rear snow plowing/blading and with a potential to turn the lights around tothe front for loader work. Would like them to go as high as possible on the rops but the dealer says that, if they are wired to go above the rops folding point, he'll have to leave extra play in the wiring to accommodate the folding rops. This "extra play" is likely to get caught on a tree branch he says and is not a good idea.

Other alternatives are to put the lights below the fold (isn't this too low to throw a lot of light while snow blowing, blading, hoe work?) or he offered to put a water resistant plug at the point where the wiring will cross the rops folding point. In this last case, I'll have to remember to unplug the junction prior to folding the rops. Just wondering if there are any "been there, done that" pieces of advice out there.

bx24,

Seems like you could wire the lights to the rear of the ROPS, dress it up with some flexible wire sheathing, and with the ROPS in upright position, the wires would be tight? Unless I'm envisioning this wrong, the only time there would be slack in the wiring would be with the ROPS in folded down position and unless you're doing work with it that way, there wouldn't be any danger of snagging anything on a tree branch? The lights really are helpful on top, or as near the top of the ROPS as you can get them in my opinion. Dyer, retired

 

[AMR]

On my BX23 and on my B3030 I put my lights just below the fold point on my ROPS, they are about at my eye level, it is perfect. Try a mock up by clamping a light on your rops at different levels and see what you like best. Take a look at the attached photo.

 

[bx24d]

Thanks for the pic and thoughts. Also, what about the switch. Dealer says that there is a switch on the light itself and I'll have to turn that on (with engine running) to turn the light on. Is it a bad idea to ask for hook up to a switch on the dash or are there other solutions.

 

[AMR]

Never thought about the switch, the lights have switches on them, it is pretty easy to reach over and turn them on. I guess that a dash mounted switch would be nice but turning them on requires just a quick reach from the seat to the light. If they were high up on the ROPS I could see a switch on the dash being more important.

One other thought, do you really need to fold your ROPS? I bet that as long as I own my B3030 I will never fold it, I clear my garage by just an inch or two but it clears, perhaps you are in the same position so it won't be a big deal to put the lights up high.

 

[sailnseagulls]

BX24d,

I don't know what your dealer is talking about. I had my dealer install the optional rear work light which comes in a kit when I bought my BX23. The supplied wire is simply zip tied and the light is mounted above the hinge of the rops. Recently, I purchased two more of these lits and installed them on the top bar of the rops facing foward. I tied into the same power line which is fused. My only complaint is that the original light was orange and the new ones came in black. My dealer said they must have switched vendors. The part number is the same. I painted them with spray paint and it was great this winter both foward with the plow blade and backwards with the rear blade at night. Oh yeah, I did not wire in a switch and use the switches on the lights..I can choose whice ones I want on and it is no problem.

Larry

 

[DaveS1108]

BX24D,

Here's what I did to mount a LED flasher to the ROPS. The flasher is mounted in a Radio Shack project box with a waterproof toggle switch on the side to turn it on and off. The wires are in flex wire loom and are connected to the aux power leads at the back of the tractor. It has worked fine for me, and there hasn't been any issue with the wires getting snagged by branches.(2 years and counting)

Dave.