Stupid little red tail lights

chucko · Feb 5, 2004

last night while unhooking my box blade on my 1800 and droping my flashlight a few times I looked at those little red tail lights and thought "why in the world th boto put them on"
Really what good are they? shoot the thing has the big yellow flasher if I did decide to run it down the road.
now for my real question can I get a clear lens to replace the red ones? I know it would not be much light but a little is better than none and it would look stock

Moon · Feb 5, 2004

Are you worried that your wife will do more night time mowing?
Tractor Supply has some lens ...or maybe JC Whitney. I doubt that Kubota would have em, but that is a guess.

fishman · Feb 5, 2004

Chucko,

Do a search and you'll find a lot of information on people mounting work lights on the rops. I don't do enough stuff at night to justify it, but it is pretty cost effective. 12 volt lights at Tractor Supply are about $15.

chucko · Feb 5, 2004

Yea I know I can go buy a light and add it....I just had to rant at why they would waste time with that little useless red tail light......I am feeling much better now

5030 · Feb 5, 2004

For me, the red tail lights aren't useless, neither are the flashing amber ones. I use my Kubota for farming and run on public roads in the evening.

The taillights and flashers are required by federal Law. All my implements have them too.

JerryG · Feb 5, 2004

I'm like Daryl, I'm on the public roads quite a bit with my tractor and use the lights. Sometimes I even use one of those little amber round and round ones. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

chucko · Feb 5, 2004

oh I see its the feds not Bota....my bota is a little bx1800 so not on the road too much but even so people cant see a clear light and a bigs SMV sign and a big flashing yellow lights?

and the whole tractor is orange /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

JerryG · Feb 5, 2004

I has been amazing how many fatalities that have been told about here in the past. Most were on tractors that got run over by cars.

44trxfun · Feb 5, 2004

Chucko,

I clear a neighbor lady's driveway during the big snows. She lives about a quarter-mile down the road and I've gone over there at night in snowstorms. I'm kinda glad to have those stupid red lights and amber lights flashing when I'm out on nights like that.

Once your neighbors know you and your wife have a tractor, you'll probably be on the road more at night and glad you have 'em too...

5030 · Feb 5, 2004

Jerry:

Where did you get your round & round one? I'd like to get a strobe for the top of the cab just to have a better safety margin. For some reason, people like to come right up on me when I am pulling implements. Sometimes it's a little scary, especially on Friday night when I am running late.

I'd like a removable one, that's self contained if you know of any.

I carry a amber strobe in my snowmobile. When we stop at night on the trail and you turn your engines off, you have no lights. In the woods, you can't even see your hand in front of your face. I get the battery powered strobe out and sit it on the hood. That way, if someone is coming, they know we are there.

The strobe I have in the sled is a little one for climbers, way too small for the tractor.

FSsnowshoe · Feb 5, 2004

I had work lights installed on my 7610, two 12V lights that I can swivel around with separate switches that only work when the lights are on. With one pointed back and the other front from the top of the ROPS I have great lighting for late night/early morning snow blowing, etc.

I thought about the strobe or revolving light too from the top of the ROPS but decided that it would be overkill.

JerryG · Feb 5, 2004

Daryl,
I have two cheap magnetic ones that plug into a power plug. One is from Wal-Mart and the other from AutoZone. They were both $19.98 each.

dmartin88 · Feb 5, 2004

I don't ever take my BX22 on roads so changing out the red lens for a clear one might be a good idea if I can find one? There have been times where just a bit of extra light in the back would have been handy but haven't really felt the need to add lights. Will have to measure them and do some searching.

frank_f15 · Feb 5, 2004

i think the laws state they must be on there. i use my flashers all the time i am on the road, my mail box is on the corner and the plows just bury it with snow, so i have to clean that mess up all the time. day or night i put the flasers on. now if u need light to work at night, get some rops mounted lights.

moeh1 · Feb 5, 2004

Have you looked to see if your machine is pre-wired for a back light? My older 2150 already has the holes and wiring run to the underide of the right side fender ( sitting on the tractor). The wire is automatically hot when the headlights are on. Some of my friends put a switch in that hot line between the connector and the light so that it can be turned on and off right back there. Every tractor on my back road has a back light from TSC so they look "stock" - at least in my neighborhood.

Mark_in_NH · Feb 5, 2004

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( but even so people cant see a clear light and a bigs SMV sign and a big flashing yellow lights? )</font>

Do a little internet research into highway accidents involving tractors and or Slow Moving Vehicle's and you will have answered your own question. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

cj7 · Feb 5, 2004

Has anyone connected to the prewired circuit on the right rear of the tractor for thier clear work lights? I am trying to use this circuit. It shows 12.0 volts but will not light my light. I tested the lamp and the switch is fine. This is on an L2500. Did bota wire in some sort of resistor on this circuit?