Post your ROPS light mounting pics

[Burgie]

Hello fellow owners,

So, I have a B2620 and have been contemplating different ways of mounting and running the wiring for my new 12V - 18W LED lights, 2 forward and 2 rear facing, on the ROPS bar. Searching through numerous threads yielded some pics...but I was hoping folks that have mounted auxiliary lights on the ROPS would be willing to post some pics of HOW they mounted the lights? Drilled into ROPS? Clamped? Magnetic mounts? Top? Side? Fabricated brackets?

I would certainly appreciate seeing how everyone else has mounted them and this could be a central repository for future reference for others!!

Thanks very much and I will post my pictures and description once my setup is completed...

Thanks...Burgie

 

[aeronutt]

I used square u-bolts to clamp them to the roll bar. This makes it 100% reversible with no permanent holes or damage to the ROPS. It also leaves a stub of threaded shaft pointing out the back that the rear-facing lights could be mounted to.


EDIT: I had to move my tractor outside last night and got to use the lights for the first time. The location I chose puts the lights only about 4 inches above my line of sight so they are pretty much right beside my head. This turns out to be a bad choice for people with glasses due to reflective glare coming in the sides. It also means I look right into them when I turn my head so even without glasses it would be a bad location. I'm going to relocate them higher and copy the mount method in the next post down. I suggest that people don't copy my method. The next 2 posts show better ways to do it.

 

[groomerbuck]

New guy here, been creeping around the site for months...
This is how i installed my lights on my bx2370. I didnt want to drill or modify the tractor in any way so this is what i came up with.

 

[chad450r]

All homiemade.. I put all the wire inside the rops tube, was able to feed them up the bottom and out from an existing hole in the top center of rops.

 

[RedTailHawk]

Similar setup, but on the sides of ROPS (not enough clearance above ROPS and the barn door. It just barely skims under the door frame)


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[RedTailHawk]

Though I've mounted my lights I haven't wired them yet. Check this out: 2 light cubes came with a wiring harness that only had 1 lead. I contacted the seller (thru eBay) about the problem. They said they don't have wiring harnesses with 2 leads. Not sure why they even bother to include a 1 lead harness with a 2 light set. I'll probably have to return the entire set (I'm done buying stuff on eBay...always a hassle withe their suppliers and return process)


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[ItBmine]

OMG!!! My dealer drilled holes in my ROPS, LOL. What I had was two forward facing and one rear halogen light. They used screw in steads.

When I switched to my LED's, I didn't want more holes, so for the front light bar I mounted it on an aluminum channel and used the two holes that were already in the ROPS.

 

[Burgie]

Thanks for all the great inputs so far!! Really getting some good ideas for my installation!!

 

[RCW]

Burgie - -

I had some angle laying around......

I'm left handed, and tend to look to my right when backing up, so this is not the ideal. I left some extra wire for a reason, I guess!

The 1 time I used them the light was great, though.

 

[forceten]

mine, both in winter mode with no ROPS and summer mode.

Swivel and tilt and I can reposition them. They have switches for each light and also on my main overhead console.

 

[MagKarl]

I mounted 2 forward and 2 rear facing lights to a piece of 3" angle. I mounted the angle to the top of my ROPS with two bolts I drilled/tapped into the ROPS top surface.

 

[Billdog350]

I used Clickbond connectors directly to my rops (no welding or drilling) and mounted my LED's up as high as possible. I wired them with a relay off my taillights so I can use the factory light switch+key to turn on my ROPS lights.

They work well, not quite as pretty as some of the members lights but get the job done.

 

[rkidd]

This is how I did it on my B2650. I had to keep the lights at this height to be able to get in my garage and I cannot get in my garage with my rops up. I cut out the light bases and then welded the mounting brackets to the bases. The top bolt on the mounting bracket goes right into the factory welded on nut on the rops. For the bottom bolt there is an indentation in the rops so I welded a nut onto the bracket to be able to put a bolt thru the nut and into the indentation to keep the light assembly from pivoting. I them welded on brackets to protect the lights. I installed led waterproof switches in the dash. One for the front and one for the rear lights. This system has worked out very well for me. You definitely need additional lighting for snow plowing and bucket work at night.

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[Rburke65]

RCS....what is the wattage of the led lights? Thanks.

 

[bcbull378]

I mounted my lights under and inside the roll bar to protect them from tree limbs

 

[bcbull378]

Here's another angle of my light installation

 

[sula bob]

Here's a thread to my install. Three lights facing back and two facing front. At some point I will add one for the sides. I bought the lights off Amazon for under $15 each. I liked them so much my four wheeler now has a set.


http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20788

 

[CFDWheeler]

20" and a 12" LED bars on my 7040. Mounted with angle iron and square u-bolts. I have more pics if you want.

 

[LDowney]

20" and a 12" LED bars on my 7040. Mounted with angle iron and square u-bolts. I have more pics if you want.

Great install. That is the same setup I'm preparing to install on my tractor. I bought the 20 inch Cree LED light bar forward facing and I bought the 18 inch rear amber/orange flashing lights for extra safety on the road.

 

[CFDWheeler]

Thank you. The price on these light bars have really come down a lot in the past few years, and they are very durable.