innrkid
Bronze Member
The factory cab lights are awesome...if you want to see the hood of your tractor! :laughing: the rear work lights are about the same in terms of effectiveness.
Here was my solution. I should note that I am a long time Rigid lights customer. They are expensive but the performance is undeniable. On my truck I have five of them, two pods and a 20 inch that is flood/hyperspot/flood. I won't even try to describe what it's like driving a country road and firing these lights.
Back to the tractor. I decided that investing Rigid like money for something used minimally did not make sense, especially for rear working light. Black Oak, specification and build wise is giving Rigid a run for their money. I wanted to give those a try up front. I purchased these. New - 2 Inch POD Light: Powerful Turret Style Pod, 2w or 4w CREE XM-L2 In the 10 watt Cree, flood. Over 3K raw lumens and IP69K rated.
These light things up very nicely.
For the rear I purchased from an auction an overstock supply of light bars. And it looks like this.
The installation was easy and the performance meets expectations. It's not Rigid, however, it gives me the rear lighting I needed and more.
Anybody considering this I would caution that research on light bars and pods can be confusing. This is a category of product that the adage "you get what you pay for" absolutely holds truth. Been there done that.
Guys, I'm sharing this not to start another endless debate on LEDS....only as my experience doing this mod in hopes that someone finds this as another piece of information as they do their research. The debates in this category of products are endless.
I'll be selling my extra rear light bars in classifieds soon.
Here was my solution. I should note that I am a long time Rigid lights customer. They are expensive but the performance is undeniable. On my truck I have five of them, two pods and a 20 inch that is flood/hyperspot/flood. I won't even try to describe what it's like driving a country road and firing these lights.
Back to the tractor. I decided that investing Rigid like money for something used minimally did not make sense, especially for rear working light. Black Oak, specification and build wise is giving Rigid a run for their money. I wanted to give those a try up front. I purchased these. New - 2 Inch POD Light: Powerful Turret Style Pod, 2w or 4w CREE XM-L2 In the 10 watt Cree, flood. Over 3K raw lumens and IP69K rated.
These light things up very nicely.
For the rear I purchased from an auction an overstock supply of light bars. And it looks like this.
The installation was easy and the performance meets expectations. It's not Rigid, however, it gives me the rear lighting I needed and more.
Anybody considering this I would caution that research on light bars and pods can be confusing. This is a category of product that the adage "you get what you pay for" absolutely holds truth. Been there done that.
Guys, I'm sharing this not to start another endless debate on LEDS....only as my experience doing this mod in hopes that someone finds this as another piece of information as they do their research. The debates in this category of products are endless.
I'll be selling my extra rear light bars in classifieds soon.
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