I was interested in the use of the bucket cam as proposed by another member; so I poached it. Got a $40 wifi dash camera from Amazon. Wired it to the fusebox (15A cigarette lighter) and grounded it to the block. Have to take apart, solder wires to the board of the lighter adapter since the camera wants 5 VDC. Decided to also glue to camera to a magnet to enable use on other attachments.
Tried it out for a couple hours, cell phone mounted on console of my B2601.
This system might work well in low light, but not in an unshielded cab in full sun. Glare.
Wound up in the usual standing position to see over the pallet forks (moving rocks). Finally gave up after the wire broke on the connector even with plenty of slack in the wire.
The other negative is that each time you turn off the tractor ignition, you have to change to the WIFI network of the camera and reconnect the app.
Only $40, but it was worth a shot.
Regards,
Dewey
Tried it out for a couple hours, cell phone mounted on console of my B2601.
This system might work well in low light, but not in an unshielded cab in full sun. Glare.
Wound up in the usual standing position to see over the pallet forks (moving rocks). Finally gave up after the wire broke on the connector even with plenty of slack in the wire.
The other negative is that each time you turn off the tractor ignition, you have to change to the WIFI network of the camera and reconnect the app.
Only $40, but it was worth a shot.
Regards,
Dewey