Just got a 2012 L3800,the emergency flahers stick out like obamas ears, can ya get cages/protectors for them?
Signal flasher cages for L3800
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If driving down the road is not part of your usage plan, take them off! My old 185 just had headlights, and I never had an issue with driving up the road to a neighbor's. I never worried about lights.
Noe I have my shiny new L3200, and sure enough, the first thing I did was back into a decorative water pump, and smash a tail light. So naturally I had to pay the $70 to replace it. If I'd had just a fender, I'd have looked at the minor dent, said "damn!" and that would have been the end of it...
If knocking the lights off is a likelihood, pull them off, cover the holes with electrical hole covers - do paint them Orange - and end the worries.
Noe I have my shiny new L3200, and sure enough, the first thing I did was back into a decorative water pump, and smash a tail light. So naturally I had to pay the $70 to replace it. If I'd had just a fender, I'd have looked at the minor dent, said "damn!" and that would have been the end of it...
If knocking the lights off is a likelihood, pull them off, cover the holes with electrical hole covers - do paint them Orange - and end the worries.
I agree with the above post take them off if you will not be traveling down the road. The reason I say this is I just looked at them on Kubota's web site and yes they do stick out it looks like to me it would be tough to make someting to protect them but not impossible. But when you do make something what would you attach it to? It looks like to me you would try to use the fender and then the possibility exist you will take out a very expensive fender and probally the light also.
I think I would remove the lights and come up with some type of magnetic mounts so you can just slide the lights back on when needed and remove them quickly when not needed. You might even consider making some mounts that attach to the rops using u bolts and have a cage protecting them. It looks like you may be able to have room to install the lights on the rops near the bottom where it is narrow before it gets wider and that would give a little more protection and add a cage to the mount. But you would want to use someting with u bolts for the bracket don't drill the rops.
Just an idea I may be completly off base but I thought I would throw it out there.
I think I would remove the lights and come up with some type of magnetic mounts so you can just slide the lights back on when needed and remove them quickly when not needed. You might even consider making some mounts that attach to the rops using u bolts and have a cage protecting them. It looks like you may be able to have room to install the lights on the rops near the bottom where it is narrow before it gets wider and that would give a little more protection and add a cage to the mount. But you would want to use someting with u bolts for the bracket don't drill the rops.
Just an idea I may be completly off base but I thought I would throw it out there.