Post your ROPS light mounting pics

WyattEarp

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My B3200 setup: front mount 22" led light bar, 2 rear facing led spotlights and a rear facing emergency light bar mounted onto 1/4" angle iron. No holes drilled by securing with u-bolts.
 

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savoy9020

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Nice Job on the 22". I am looking to do the same with my 2501.

I have 2 x 22", also have got 2 x 32 (420watt) but that's 35 amps out of the poor L2501's 40 amp alternator.

-wsh

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hplaceot

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Great thread. Great ideas. Thanks for sharing.

Here is my contribution to the thread.

LED lights are really cheap now. I got these for around $25 a pair, and I have seen them for even less.

I attached angle iron with holes/slots via square u-bolts to the ROPS. I might paint the angle iron ROPS gray or black, but for now I am just testing the attaching of the light, so the metal color is fine.

Since all the lights I bought are attached via a bolt, the angle iron with holes/slots provides great flexibility in mounting the lights. Easy to move them as well.

I still need to secure the wiring and add an on/off switch. Right now they are wired into the preexisting work light wire and come on when the tractor is running. So, temporarily, to turn them off I simply unplug one of the bullet plugs.

For the rear, I found that I only needed one rear light facing downwards to light up the back and sides enough to be able to see where I am going in reverse.

For the front, I have one light straight forward and the ones on each side angled out slightly to cast light out at an angle - total of three.

In complete darkness I can see all around the tractor with the lights set up the way I have them. What a positive difference! I can easily cut the grass or do snow removal work at night now.
 

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Chaentjens

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Nice Job on the 22". I am looking to do the same with my 2501.

I have 2 x 22", also have got 2 x 32 (420watt) but that's 35 amps out of the poor L2501's 40 amp alternator.

-wsh

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[/QUOTE]Thank you!
Well just upgrade the alternator!

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asgard

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Oct 22, 2016
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Finally, it is done.
I decided that as I drop the ROPS in summer for grass cutting and one of my doors is a little low I wanted a system that allowed for the quick and easy removal of the light bar.
I decided to use track section and drilled and tapped 2 1/3 inch fixing into the ROPS, this will have no bearing on the integrity of the bar and again I used the pre-existing hole to run the wires.
Having mounted the channel I then made up 2 aluminium bars to mount 2 forward and 2 rear facing lights. With the mounting able to pivot it allows me to redirect the lights quickly and with a single central bolt remove each bar. Wired back to 2 25 amp IP67 switches via 30 amp relays. The flashing beacon is magnetic and moved from tractor to truck in minutes, powered from the cigar lighter socket.
 

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Chaentjens

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Installed my rear facing lights today!
The last three were shot in complete darkness with just the led lights on. I think that will work!! ;)


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Dexter

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Thought I would share my ROPS light mounting project. It started out as a simple design. I used a piece of 1X3 rectangle tubing with 3/8-inch threaded rod connectors welded to it to support it from the ROPS. Between the tubing and the ROPS is a piece of conveyor belting. This went well until I tried to mount the light bar bracket to the tubing, the bracket broke. So, I made my own bracket. Part way into it I figured that if I had to make one that held 1 light, I might as well make it to have 2 lights. This is what I came up with.


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