warning lights???

Anonymous-0 · Nov 9, 2011

Hey,
the thread about tractors on the road got me thinking. I have lights, signals, and reflectors on my tractor and folks still don't respect it... This is a dingey, foggy time of year now also. Thinking an amber rotating or strobe light would make me a little more visible. Think it would be a cheap way for a lot of you folks to keep you and drivers in one piece and save on a little road rage....
I can find all I want that plugs into a cigarette lighter but was thinking of something rechargeable or battery operated that I could stick on the back of a wagon if pulling one.

Any ideas? Online source would be nice.

Dave

ErnieD · Nov 9, 2011

Go to a truck stop, there are now magnetic LED battery powered flash units.

RMinVa · Nov 9, 2011

If you want to be seen, spend the money for a
rotating beacon. I use one on my cab tractor and
folks slow down and move over when they see the
revolving amber light. It's well worth the money for
your safety and liability. I don't know how to post
2 links in a reply so open the link and see the
beacon and copy and paste this for the post plug
connector.
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=4806
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID 4776

jackinok · Nov 9, 2011

Just my thinking of course but the highest place on the tractor would be the best for one of these lights. I would think the higher you could mount it the more visible it would be in hilly terrain. Before you go way out on limb with one though ,i would check to make sure it is lagal.some states have really crazy laws about what lights you can have where,and what color lights you can use for a certain use. my cousin was in a car club that was heading some where in california. She had a couple of those windshield washer deals on her car that lit up at night that were blue . She got stopped and had to remove them as she went into california simply because blue lights are reserved for police or some such nonsence. If you put a light on the far back of a car i'm pretty sure it has to be red here,unless its a turn light. theres some strange laws out there.

S2710 · Nov 9, 2011

Dave I plow snow in the winter when needed and I have 3 of the flashing lights on the truck and people don't give you anything. I beleive that they even speed up when they see them. The only thing that they realy do is protect you if you get hit, the judge will look in your favor unless the party that hit you has the judge in there pocket.

Bob

Anonymous-0 · Nov 9, 2011

(quoted from post at 13:42:32 11/09/11) If you want to be seen, spend the money for a
rotating beacon. I use one on my cab tractor and
folks slow down and move over when they see the
revolving amber light. It's well worth the money for
your safety and liability. I don't know how to post
2 links in a reply so open the link and see the
beacon and copy and paste this for the post plug
connector.
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=4806
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID 4776

very good....Hella is made over here. Anxious to see the prices. You think the rotating light is more visible than the blitz/strobe?

Geo-TH,In · Nov 9, 2011

Dave, You asked for ideas and it came to me that if you were to take your car or truck to Wal-mart, instead of your tractor, you would get there faster! Just a joke

jwmfarms · Nov 9, 2011

Dave, I would recommend that you get yourself a strobe light, preferrably one that has a "double strobe". The single strobe is better than nothing, but that double strobe/pause/double strobe really stands out and seems to get folks attention better. That is what we have gone to for transporting equipment. Those rotating lights are mechanical and rough service tends too cause them problems over time. The strobes are electronic. No moving parts to fail. Some police depts. are also using them in blue. Just my opinion. Might ask your local police for their recommendation, too.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 9, 2011

you say that as a joke...I just went about 20 miles RT a couple weeks ago to the BB store with my tractor and wagon... very few pickups and the farmers mostly drive mercedes' so stuff is delivered or picked up with tractor and wagon......

Anonymous-0 · Nov 9, 2011

(quoted from post at 14:32:57 11/09/11) Dave, I would recommend that you get yourself a strobe light, preferrably one that has a "double strobe". The single strobe is better than nothing, but that double strobe/pause/double strobe really stands out and seems to get folks attention better. That is what we have gone to for transporting equipment. Those rotating lights are mechanical and rough service tends too cause them problems over time. The strobes are electronic. No moving parts to fail. Some police depts. are also using them in blue. Just my opinion. Might ask your local police for their recommendation, too.

any chance you have a name or a link to what you have??
Only requirement is that it is amber....
Thanks.

PJH · Nov 9, 2011

School buses here in Illinois are required to have the white double strobes that another poster mentioned. They are mounted high, and are very visible in the fog.

RMinVa · Nov 9, 2011

Where I work off farm they use strobe lights on
fork trucks and golf carts. The rotating beacon
uses a H1 Halogen bulb that's stationary and the
reflector rotates around the lamp. The beacon puts
out a wider beam of light as it rotates and I feel
it's more visible on a larger area.

I have this on my Deutz Fahr. It came equipped
with the socket post. The beacon is above the cab
and if I have to go under a roof that's to close
to the beacon I can fold the arm down in either
direction. I like the post socket. If I have to
leave my tractor away from home I just unplug the
beacon and take it with me. It's a well designed
plug system.

Down under farmer · Nov 9, 2011

I use rotating lights. Simple cheap and throw away when they die. Mount on roof of tractor and then its visible in any direction not that most road users care but helps cover your backside if something goes wrong. Personally i wouldn't get an LED one hey may be okay in dark but very hard to see during day. Pretty sure they make magnetic battery powered rotating ones if you wont one on back of trailer or some ting but if you have one on roof of tractor it takes a fair load on trailer to block the light to 20 - 30 meters behind and if cars haven't seen you by then a flashing light aint going to help them

sotxbill · Nov 9, 2011

dont you need a metric model?

hayray · Nov 9, 2011

Hard to temporarily mount lights to wagons. I know it is alot more work for you but if you are on the roads that much for that distance it pays to permenantly mount tail lights on the implements pluged into your tractor and the strobe or rotating amber on your tractor. I have strobes on top of the cab and hazzard flashers going off on my marker and tail lights. Use LEDs for tail lights, filiment bulbs blow from the rough ride.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 9, 2011

as long as you're far away to see the top of the bus -

VicS · Nov 9, 2011

About 6 yrs ago I bought a high dollar magnetic Battery powered Yellow Led flashing light. I loved it. Just put it on anything metal. Tried to remember to put new batteries in it every once in a while. 4 AA. Went to change the batteries this fall to put it on the auger cart it was green on the inside. ruined! Do they make batteries that won't leak? If they do I would get another one. Vic

PJH · Nov 9, 2011

That's right Rabbit - our house is a quarter mile from the main road, and on a real foggy morning you can't even see the school bus, but you can see that strobe flashing. It don't matter what safety measures we use, some fool will find a way to screw everything up. I have a friend who was hit square in the rear - he was pulling a New Holland mower conditioner behind a 7700 Ford. It hit so hard that the conditioner left red paint on top of the tractor fenders. He'd just replaced the worn out seat the day before, and the new seat probably saved his life. He had serious back injuries, and still suffers from pain after maybe ten years. It was one of those "just about dark" evenings, and he was only about a hundred feet from turning off of the highway into his farm lane. Now, if he thinks he can't get home well before dark, he leaves the tractor in the field and calls someone to carry him home. He's got more flashing lights than an ambulance, and he's still scared to get on the highway at dusk.

mike delaney · Nov 10, 2011

Dave I've got a supplier through work, their called Hiway tech let me look and see what they have. I know they have a magnetic battery operated strobe and a flashing LED type. Let me see what I can find today and I'll get back with you. mike

greygoat · Nov 10, 2011

I got one from NAPA auto parts, that I use on my
Scout when plowing snow. It has a magnetic base,
but does plug into thr lighter socket.

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