Chris2520
Platinum Member
Well , i am finally happy now. Thanks to Kenny for some good ideas. but i had to do mine alittle different. i hated the foward lights on the turn signals. thay blind you. So i moved them to under the roll bar. i did not want them on top for fear of branches breaking them. But i mounted them. without the hoe on. that was a mistake. fold the ropes and thay hit the hoe....
Had to modify a bit. but i like it better now. I took a 2 inch peace of band iron. and made me some extentions... Thay look cool and allowed me to space the lights ferther apart. and move them off the bar enough to clear the hoe. I was going to weld them instead of bolting. but by bolting. it allowed me more flexibility to move the lights in or out. i ran the wires through the rops in a peace of 5/16 rubber gas line. so folding the ropes , would not pinch the wires. worked great. Man this is the ticket. I can light the world... you can see everything 180 degrees for 50 yards.
no more blinding. works even better than when i just had them bolted to the bar. now because of the extentions. there right over your head. and dont shine in the insterment cluster. like thay did bolted strate to the bar. i also moved my rear lights for the bottom. to the top of the turn signals . this was the way to go. the backhoe seat is much higher than the driver seat. and you sit right inside the roll bar. so you dont even see the lights. but thay give off a ton of light. aiming down if you were digging with the hoe and it got dark. you could see in the ditch to finsh. I am really happy with this setup . I can light up the world in front or back... JD should have made this standard and not bolt the front lights to the blinkers so you would get blinded , if you turned your head. Now you just have light. and alot of it. I recommend
this highly. to anyone who wants good lighting at night. even with the bucket raised over the headlights. you can see just as good. better really. cause these are flood lights. not driveing lights.
as always here are the pics of the finished setup. see how the lights just clear the hoe when the ropes are folded. I went out and drove around at midnight last night. I am tickeled with how good it works....
Had to modify a bit. but i like it better now. I took a 2 inch peace of band iron. and made me some extentions... Thay look cool and allowed me to space the lights ferther apart. and move them off the bar enough to clear the hoe. I was going to weld them instead of bolting. but by bolting. it allowed me more flexibility to move the lights in or out. i ran the wires through the rops in a peace of 5/16 rubber gas line. so folding the ropes , would not pinch the wires. worked great. Man this is the ticket. I can light the world... you can see everything 180 degrees for 50 yards.no more blinding. works even better than when i just had them bolted to the bar. now because of the extentions. there right over your head. and dont shine in the insterment cluster. like thay did bolted strate to the bar. i also moved my rear lights for the bottom. to the top of the turn signals . this was the way to go. the backhoe seat is much higher than the driver seat. and you sit right inside the roll bar. so you dont even see the lights. but thay give off a ton of light. aiming down if you were digging with the hoe and it got dark. you could see in the ditch to finsh. I am really happy with this setup . I can light up the world in front or back...
JD should have made this standard and not bolt the front lights to the blinkers so you would get blinded , if you turned your head. Now you just have light. and alot of it. I recommend this highly. to anyone who wants good lighting at night. even with the bucket raised over the headlights. you can see just as good. better really. cause these are flood lights. not driveing lights.
as always here are the pics of the finished setup. see how the lights just clear the hoe when the ropes are folded. I went out and drove around at midnight last night. I am tickeled with how good it works....
