Tractor light upgrade

[hillbilly beef man]

I am looking for something brighter to replace the lights on the top of the cab on our Jd 5510. When hauling a round bale on the front the factory lights just do not cut it. Has anyone tried any of the replacment led lights or maybe even something like a HEID?

 

[M-5]

Led is only way to go. Worth every penny.

 

[jedstivers]

Go over to Agtalk and post it there. Several guys there sell LED's and can tell you what you need.
You should be able to get some that will plug and play into existing wires and brackets.

 

[JMJ Farms]

Let us know what you come up with hillbilly. My 5510 is my hay tractor. No cab just a canopy. My loader blocks the lights pretty bad. And if I've got a roll of hay then I have to pick it up above the lights to see and I don't really like that at all. But I usually get to feed in the daylight.

 

[Kingfisher]

How about one of those new "cab mount" led spotlight ?

 

[Brute 23]

Put a light bar on it. I'm about to put one front and nack on ours also. They are way more rugged than what comes on the tractors and put out way more light.

 

[talltimber]

You could also go HID. I have a halogen to hid conversion process using specific 4" work lights that I put on my duck boat a couple of years ago. They work good, at a fraction of the cost of new hid's. They work good, with a lot of light. I put four on my boat. If I remember right, four new hid's were about 800ish and four converted halogen's were 180ish. But with that said, my bil put a china knockoff led lightbar on his boat that works as good for a flood type light, but doesn't reach out as far as mine, for quite a bit cheaper than that I believe.

 

[M-5]

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=94146&p=1183711&hilit=led#p1183711

 

[GRTiger85]

I put an led lightbar on the top of my canopy, and some led's on the back. Lights up everything!

 

[JMJ Farms]

I put an led lightbar on the top of my canopy, and some led's on the back. Lights up everything!

What brand did you use tiger?

 

[GRTiger85]

I would have to go look but they were one of the brands amazon carries. Got a 30" light bar for like $60. They probably arent as durable as the rigid brand, but they also dont cost a thousand dollars like a rigid does. I have had it on the tractor for about a year with no problems, and it sits outside 24/7.

 

[JMJ Farms]

I would have to go look but they were one of the brands amazon carries. Got a 30" light bar for like $60. They probably arent as durable as the rigid brand, but they also dont cost a thousand dollars like a rigid does. I have had it on the tractor for about a year with no problems, and it sits outside 24/7.

Ten 4. I got no problem with saving a few bucks. Thanks.

 

[OleScout]

I mounted a 24" LED bar (Flood Spot Combo light) under my canopy front and rear. Looks like day light for a 40' radius around the tractor.
Got them off Amazon about $60 each. Ordered rely switch from the same company. Trigger the relay by splicing into headlight circuit so no additional switches or buttons.

 

[GRTiger85]

I pretty much did the same thing, spliced most of them into the existing switches. Put the light bar up top and two smaller rear facing floods on the back. I also put one of the flashing led amber colored safety light bars on the back for when I have to drive down the highway to the leases we have right down the road, hard to miss those things flashing. But OleScout is right, it lights it up like daylight around the tractor. Only regret is that I didnt do it sooner.

 

[JMJ Farms]

I mounted a 24" LED bar (Flood Spot Combo light) under my canopy front and rear. Looks like day light for a 40' radius around the tractor.
Got them off Amazon about $60 each. Ordered rely switch from the same company. Trigger the relay by splicing into headlight circuit so no additional switches or buttons.

If splicing into the headlight circuit why do I need a relay?

 

[ERNIBIGB]

I should have used a relay because I just tapped into existing cab lights and it popped a fuse first thing.I just put in a bigger fuse but that is not the correct way to do it.

 

[JMJ Farms]

I should have used a relay because I just tapped into existing cab lights and it popped a fuse first thing.I just put in a bigger fuse but that is not the correct way to do it.

So the relay keeps from overloading the circuit?

Which means I need the light, a relay, and then wire in this order.... Headlight circuit to relay, and relay to new LED?

 

[cfpinz]

The relay uses a negligible amount of current from the headlight circuit to cut the relay on (throw the switch), so it doesn't overload the circuit. You wire a new (fused) power supply to the relay.

I put a cheap 20" led light bar from Amazon on the cab tractor last week, so far I'm pretty impressed.

 

[JMJ Farms]

The relay uses a negligible amount of current from the headlight circuit to cut the relay on (throw the switch), so it doesn't overload the circuit. You wire a new (fused) power supply to the relay.

So I run a hot wire from the battery to the relay. And a wire from the headlight circuit to the relay. And a wire from the relay to the LED. Correct?

 

[cfpinz]

You got it. Put a fuse in the wire as soon as it leaves the battery. Advance or the like sells relays as well as a pre-wired pigtail for them, makes a clean job.