How About a Horn?

[Sergei1]

Put better backup alarm on my wheel loader. Been living here thirty years. People build new house next door and husband calls me. His wife is "jumping out of her skin" when I backup! I have had it disconnected ever since. I too am sensitve to other peoples (and dogs) noise.

Same problem here , they move from city and complain. They really hate it when I shot my Mosin rife, it really barks. But if they don't like it they can always move back to city life. What really bugs me is they have to have every yard light and oútside light on at night and yards are so neat.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Been making bon fires here since 66. Fire Chief tells me, if neighbors complain, you have to put it out. "peoples health is more important" . SAD. this is a kid and country boy I used to play with at age twelve or so. "THEY" just got to him, and washed his brain I guess.

 

[ruffdog]

A horn and backup alarm are great assets when working around people unaware of their surroundings. I did muffle my backup alarm slightly as it was VERY loud.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have all kinds of Emergency Vehicle Sirens. GOD, I love Wail/Yelp and AIR HORN! It would be cool to put them on my UTVs. But really, that would just be RUDE. I wouldn't like it if a neighbor did that. NOW, give me a neighbor with a (left outside) barking dog, and let's just say it's on! I would put a backup alarm on a push mower! lol

 

[buck12]

I have a horn on my tractor and I do not think I have ever used it. I do tend to work by myself.

 

[buck12]

I put one on my brand new JD 318 garden tractor years ago. It was indispensable.....Everytime I honked the horn, Mrs.tiller would come running outside with a cold beer for me.

Now, not so much. I got my own beer fridg and she quit running. :laughing::drink:

Now I have a reason to try the horn. Somehow I do not think the honk will lead to a cold one but it is worth a try.

 

[Wagtail]

I'm all for adding useful additions to a/my tractor... a fire extinguisher, first aid kit, rear view mirror and a set of ROPS mounted LED lighting. A horn has not been one of my considerations, the times that I could have used one are miniscule. YMMV regarding the need to draw attention to you and your operating equipment.

If you really want one I'd seriously suggest one of those bulbous 'honk horns' from a Model T era.

 

[Tinhack]

If you really want one I'd seriously suggest one of those bulbous 'honk horns' from a Model T era.

They used sell those in the bicycle section of Walmart. The magneto-electric Model-T horns didn't honk at all--They just made a squack sound.

All horns do out here is attract heifers or start stampedes. :laughing:

 

[fried1765]

Been making bon fires here since 66. Fire Chief tells me, if neighbors complain, you have to put it out. "peoples health is more important" . SAD. this is a kid and country boy I used to play with at age twelve or so. "THEY" just got to him, and washed his brain I guess.

Fire dept. actually came, and put out my brush pile fire.
Neighbor had complained.
I took my loader, and stacked the pile of charred brush/small logs on the property line, close to their house.
When it rained, that charred wood smelled nasty.
Couldn't smell it from my house....too far away.

 

[JethroB]

Put one on my riding mower.
Used it one day to let the wife know that she needed to move her chair from the yard where I was mowing.
Needless to say havent done that since.

:laughing: I recall another poster saying he could count on that affectionate single finger wave each time.

 

[WranglerX]

Guess I'm lucky... My neighbors like shooting guns, use big noisy tools and have a get-er-done attitude, and if you are city dude and complain they suggest you move back into city...

Dale

 

[5030]

:laughing: I recall another poster saying he could count on that affectionate single finger wave each time.

What I do when I'm roading between fields....Lots bigger and heavier than they are anyway.

 

[PILOON]

Salt kind of got the best of my piddly horn.
I had an old burglar siren kicking around so I wired that under the hood.
So now if I want to get somebody's attention I sure can.
(like move your car)

 

[fried1765]

Salt kind of got the best of my piddly horn.
I had an old burglar siren kicking around so I wired that under the hood.
So now if I want to get somebody's attention I sure can.
(like move your car)

My L48 has a pair of "piddly" horns.
They were inop, but I cleaned them up, and they work now.
Probably should buy something better/louder, just for the he11 of it.

 

[chim]

Was involved a a few work parties with the cabbed tractor and could have used a horn. One time we were stacking railroad ties at the range and it's hard to believe how oblivious some folks can be.

Where I'd really like to have an outrageously loud horn is in my daily driver. Recently there's been a rash of drivers too involved with their cell phones at traffic lights.

 

[5030]

Was involved a a few work parties with the cabbed tractor and could have used a horn. One time we were stacking railroad ties at the range and it's hard to believe how oblivious some folks can be.

Where I'd really like to have an outrageously loud horn is in my daily driver. Recently there's been a rash of drivers too involved with their cell phones at traffic lights.

Worst electronic invention of the decade, cell phones. Number one cause of distracted driving and 'accidents'. In reality the word 'accident' should be replaced with something else because 99% of accidents aren't accidents at all but on purpose crashes, excerbaited by contributing circumstances and cell phones are number 1, followed by driving under the influence.

Most states have enacted laws against cell phone use while driving but that don't seem to stop the offenders anyway. If I was LE, I'd need a pile of citation books.....

 

[WranglerX]

Worst electronic invention of the decade, cell phones. Number one cause of distracted driving and 'accidents'. In reality the word 'accident' should be replaced with something else because 99% of accidents aren't accidents at all but on purpose crashes, excerbaited by contributing circumstances and cell phones are number 1, followed by driving under the influence.

Most states have enacted laws against cell phone use while driving but that don't seem to stop the offenders anyway. If I was LE, I'd need a pile of citation books.....

Only cell phone in our family is one wife carries in her purse TURNED OFF to be use incase she is in a emergency situation...
Dale

 

[rScotty]

Worst electronic invention of the decade, cell phones. Number one cause of distracted driving and 'accidents'. In reality the word 'accident' should be replaced with something else because 99% of accidents aren't accidents at all but on purpose crashes, excerbaited by contributing circumstances and cell phones are number 1, followed by driving under the influence.

Most states have enacted laws against cell phone use while driving but that don't seem to stop the offenders anyway. If I was LE, I'd need a pile of citation books.....

Agree that wrecks involving cell phones and/or "under the influence" should be charged as deliberate & serious crimes instead of as accidents. That may sound rough, but that's the way I feel too.

Back to the horn. I've no problem having one on the tractor...after all, nobody is forcing me to use it and it does come in handy to get attention. It doesn't need to be loud; the stock one on our big JD backhoe is surprisingly soft but still loud enough.

I did disconnect the backup horn. It is so loud I had trouble concentrating while backing up and am not sure that my lack of concentration makes anyone safer.

That loud backup horn making so much noise has got to be incredibly obnoxious to neighbors. Luckily it is easy to modify how much sound it puts out. Thinking it thru, maybe it would be better to put the backup horn on a switch to be able to select that function or not.
rScotty

 

[Industrial Toys]

I see texting and operating a cell phone no different in redirecting ones attention than the two inch thick manuals worth of complication in your vehicles fancy stuff! Not too mention HUGE automated billboards that distract ones attention.

If you want to drive and asemble one of those model boats in the bottle that should be your business, BUT if you hit someone, you should pay dearly, let's not concern ourselves with why.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

None of this Road Runner Beep Beep!
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I want an Ahh-ooga horn.. Not one of the cheap ones... A good quality one..