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planting tractor 4430 put two LED lights in fender last year helped some. going to take those back out, put regular bulbs back in, put LED on the weight bracket I think they will do much better. what do you people think. any better ideas?
 

Quartz lights are still very hard to beat.. I like the Yellow "Fog Lights" over the cutter-bar..it seems to cut thru the dust better..

The Yellow color seems to be easier on my eyes anyway...

White Quartz lights (not "driving lights" are really good for illuminating the front.

I don't think "LED" lights are up to the task..

Ron..
 
Ya want to light up the night put a couple air craft landing lights up ft as for the back halagons in the fifty watt range . I ran two i think 4513's in the ft. bumper of my old semi inplace of the two BICK lighter fog lights and two 4509 's in the back of the dump trailer for back lights , even when they were covered over with dirt and slush you could see . The ones in the ft. would light up the night way out there . ya just did not want to have them on when someone was coming at you a mile away . Just two 4509's on the ft. will light up from fence row to fence row here , but our fence rows don't go over a half mile .
 
LED lamps with substantially more lumens than a filament type bulb still draw much less current. Go wilt lumins to compare Jim
 
We have a big choice of LED's today but I don't know of any that will light up a building a mile across the field. I put LED's all the way around on the 4650 last spring with good results. I added one LED spot light in front to see the planter marker with and that one is disappointing but it still helps. Then I added a rectangular LED with 82 LED's to the top of the cab just below,the roof line on the 1086 and that sucker is BRIGHT. I had to put duct tape on the inside of the windshield in the line of sight between my eyes and the top of the black exhaust pipe because the pipe was so bright it was blinding me. This light will light up the field for a half mile but it is a little on the physically big order. It is on top of the cab for loader use otherwise it would be better positioned n front of the grille somewhere but it does take up some space. When I turn it off the rest of the tractor lights look yellow.
 
I put regular rectangular lights on the front of the cab just under the roofline on the loader/haying tractor. They point out at a 45 degree sweep. I find that the problem isn't usually with what's in front of me. It's usually getting my bearings - seeing the last pass and where the next will be.
 
also have a couple sets of myers snow plow lights, head lights just like pick-up trucks, put those up front to lite things up would they be better?
 
location of the lights on the tractor is important -- the brighter you make tractor the harder it is to see past it -- especially when you get older ---
 
ive noticed the same problem, i cant see anything with led lights, i even had some friends give me a couple of good old 4 d cell 1 bulb old fashioned flashlites, i can see fine with those , or these new white and blue lights newer cars have,cant see the road with those but i can see fine with the old glass headlights on my old farm trucks and worklites on tractors, not sure if the led lights are pos or if peoples eyes change as they get old and the color spectrum does that
 
The LED lights sometimes have issues with directing the light where it would do you any good. Know guys who bought the cheap large square sealed beam replacement LED with clear lense- couldn't see anything. Got the ones with the funny patterns on the inside of the glass like a standard sealed beam, and never saw so well before.
 
I had to do a bit of study on lighting in my current job. In dusty/foggy situations, orange (long wave length, 2500K) seems to do better but security cameras do not like them as color identification can be difficult. In clean air, the harsh blue (5000K+) of the LED really works well. I replace my high beams in my car with 2500K bulbs and as I rarely see other cars on my commute, I can keep them on through fog, rain and snow with no reflected glare.

Aaron
 
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