LED light upgrade for my tractor!

I have a Kubota L4060 with a cab. I would like to upgrade some of the lights to LED. I was wondering if anyone else has done this? Any suggestions would be awesome!

Thank You!

 

Put your OE lamp part number into a search & see what's made as a direct replacement first. Easy plug & play if they're made. Other option is LED "pods", but that requires adding holes & wiring.

 

Thank you sir!

 

Funny to see this thread.
I am actually adding some lights to my tractor as well. The stock headlights with the loader leave a lot to be desired. I think the biggest issue is that the bucket blocks most of the light.
I spent a couple hours yesterday doing the wiring part of it and just need to mount the lights.

I am going to put a light bar ( it's about 18 inches long )on the top of the ROPS bar facing the front and two smaller lights on the sides of the bar above the turn signals facing the rear , like you would have if the machine had a back-hoe on it.

I will post some pictures when I get them mounted. Should be more light than I will ever need , the light bar is super bright and being mounted higher up should be the cats azz .

 

My experience exactly, however then it it too tall too fit in barn

 

Won't be an issue for me , only a small tractor and a 8foot high garage door , I made sure before I started this.

 

I replaced the rather dim cab lights on my M9000 cab model with LED lights I bought from SuperbightLeds.com last year as well as the incandescent bulbs in the headlights with LED bulbs I bought on E-bay. Big difference in as much as when I farm, lots of times I'm out after dark. The LED high mount cab lights allow me to see about 1/2 mile across a field. I'm new here but I suspect I'll post often

 

Welcome to FHC and thank you for the post. We can always use another farmer, lots of good advice!

 

Good to have you here corncob What part of the country do you call home?

 

Maybe I should introduce myself.. Looked for an introduction forum and didn't see one so here goes..

I'm a Michigan farmer. I primarily grow hay and some row crops as well. I own 160 acres and rent another 70 locally. I have 2 tractors, both Kubota M9000's, pre T4 units I bought new back in the early 2000's. I do 100% round bales and all are sold prior to making them (don't ever worry about selling hay as I have one customer who buys all of it and has for 5 years now. I make it, roll it up, he brings in his semi trailers, I load it up and off it goes.

Besides the 2 Kuboota's I have a complete set of hay tools (disc mower, rotary Kuhn rake, Kuhn Tedder and just bought a new Kubota round bailer this fall that replaced the 450 NH net-twine bailer I've had for years.

We have a Kubota GS 850 side by side as well (I like Kubota equipment). Do a small amount of row cropping with the guy down the road who owns a large seed corn operation (I operate his equipment as a hired hand in trade). The trade is, I get off grade to be seed corn that I burn in my 2 biomass corn burners, one in the shop and one in the house and I've heated my home with corn (and the shop) for over 20 years now.

I have 2 USSC 6039 bio mass corn capable stoves and needless to say, my fuel bills are very low as in I just pay for the electricity to operate them.

I also own and operate a fabrication shop, I rebuild excavator buckets and anything else that comes my way. I'm an accomplished welder (let my certifications lapse) but I do all processes, SMAW, TIG, Glue Gun (MIG) and gas welding and a bit of machine shop work as well.

We live in a very rural area, on a dirt road with maybe 3 cars going past per day. Have a dog (Australian Shepherd and about 10 cats to keep the mice at bay.) I'm 71 and retired from a day job so my time is now my own for the most part except when it's time to make hay or run equipment for my buddy down the road.

I like to hunt and I shoot handguns as well and shoot 50 foot indoor competition small bore pistol. Do a lot of big game hunting when I can out west and hunt whitetail in Northern Michigan on property we also own near Big Rapids, Michigan.

I'm a cancer survivor which put a severe crimp in my hunting trips but I plan on getting back into out west hunting trips next fall. Just got another draw point in Wyoming for Elk. I've hunted in New Mexico, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming in the past and the walls in out home are adorned with mounts that my wife don't particularly like, but I do.

Kind of the long and short with me and if anyone has any questions about roasting corn for heat or the in's and out's of biomass stoves or tractor maintenance, especially concerning Kubota's or large John Deere's, I'm all ears, ears of corn that is....lol

 

Do keep in mind that, when mounting anything to your ROPS structure, drilling any holes in it will negatively impact it's resale value, if, you trade in it at a dealer. Under Federal law (and I suspect Canadian Law as well), drilling holes in any ROPS voids the structure warranty and if you trade it in to a dealer, the dealer has to replace the ROPS before it can be resold. If you add say a light bar, you need to clamp it to the ROPS structure with suitable 'U' bolts and route the power wires externally.

Just a little heads up. if you never plan on upgrading to another unit, the drill away but when drilling the ROPS, at that point you own it forever.

 

Have a few chainsaws myself, all Stihl's of course, including an ancient 028 WB that I bought new about 40 years ago (still runs like a top) and an 075 (heavy as heck but pulls a 3 foot bar with 404 skip tooth chipper, no issue) and a newer MS series that I don't particularly like. I prefer using the 028 if I need to cut up anything. We have quite a few trees on the property and I'm always removing storm damage and broken off limbs. Almost bought an 090 back then, probably should have but didn't and now, being an old fart the 075 is very cumbersome. 075 when idling, sounds like a motorcross bike.

 

Michigan, the rust belt state...lol

 

Thanks for the heads up.

This is my first tractor and at this stage in life most likely my only one , if I do change my mind it is doubtful I would trade it in , can't say never but most likely not.
I take excellent care of my tools and toys so it will outlive me.

I will take my chances and drill to mount and also run the wires inside as well , my OCD issues just won't allow me to mount with "U" bolts and externally run wires , just not up to my standards.

Thanks and welcome to the forums. Lots of great people lurking around here

 

Might add that today, there are a ton of LED lamps out there. Some are good, some not so good. I try to always buy CREE SMD's in any light I purchase. CREE's are very high quality excellent light output and long life and Superbright will specify the LED maker with their offerings. I just replaced the High Pressure sodium area, dusk to dawn lights with LED dusk to dawn lamps. Instead of using 150 watts of juice per light, I'm now using 35 watts of power with the same light output. Big difference in power consumption with equal illumination. My tractor shop is also 100% LED tube lights as are my tractors (with the exception of the 4 way flashers). because LED's draw so little power, the flasher units won't work with them.

 

I'm good with whatever you want to do. At my age (71), I don't get excited about much anymore, well, except dinner. My wife is an excellent cook and very understanding as well. She has to be with me.....

 

Welcome to the FHC

Great sense of humor, yeah I am in US just a bit south of da border

 

corncob I’m glad you warned us about drilling holes in rops, I didn’t know that and that’s something I’d probably do, thank you sir!

 

corncob welcome to FHC! If I may ask, where you farming at? I'm Gun Lake Wayland area. Also if I might, can I invite a good friend & fellow member here to "meet" ya. He's got some Kubota hydraulic issues that are a little out of my area of knowledge. Calling Chvymn99.