We live on 8 1/4 acres of land. I keep roughly 6 acres of that cut all summer. I have a Ferris zero turn mower I call
"MowZilla". 72'' cut rear discharge deck, full 4 wheel independent suspension, powered by a 33.5 horse Cat Diesel and it will cut grass at 11 to 12 miles an hour. I normally can cut all 6 acres, trimming the ditch and around the house and shop in 3 hours. I have been threatening to put lights on my mower for several years. I built a light bar for it that would just slide into the front of the frame rails. I drilled and tapped a hole in the top of the leading edge of the rails to lock the light bar in place.
I have been looking at lights for the last 2 years and had been searching for a good set of fog lights so I would have a wide beam. Then I discovered these LED light bars. After looking at a bunch of them I figured out that a 22'' curved Light Bar would be just right. I spent a whopping $22.99 with free shipping for a light bar. I figured it couldn't be that good for that little....
Well I was wrong. I added an upper surround to the light bar I had made to protect the light bar from limbs or sticks. Made sure the light didn't stick out beyond the front of the mount and went to making things work. I wired it up with a relay and a Trailer type plug so that I can remove it if I have to. I used it last week to cut the grass and didn't start until it was already dark. All I can say is that it works far better than I ever imagined that it would. I ended up cutting the grass in 2 1/2 hours. I was surprised. You can see the cut edge of the grass from the previous pass while making the next pass BUT the flaw is that you cant see the edge of the deck to trim around anything... I picked up a couple of 10 watt LED floods that are tiny. I am going to mount them right behind the front shocks and aim them at the leading corner of the deck so that I can see to trim cleanly. Hopefully I can get them on this week.
Here are a couple of pics of the light and bracket.
It looks odd but it sure works good! Plenty of distance from the center lights which are spots and plenty of spread from the outer lights which are floods. And it sure was nice not to be cutting in the heat.
Doug
"MowZilla". 72'' cut rear discharge deck, full 4 wheel independent suspension, powered by a 33.5 horse Cat Diesel and it will cut grass at 11 to 12 miles an hour. I normally can cut all 6 acres, trimming the ditch and around the house and shop in 3 hours. I have been threatening to put lights on my mower for several years. I built a light bar for it that would just slide into the front of the frame rails. I drilled and tapped a hole in the top of the leading edge of the rails to lock the light bar in place.
I have been looking at lights for the last 2 years and had been searching for a good set of fog lights so I would have a wide beam. Then I discovered these LED light bars. After looking at a bunch of them I figured out that a 22'' curved Light Bar would be just right. I spent a whopping $22.99 with free shipping for a light bar. I figured it couldn't be that good for that little....
Well I was wrong. I added an upper surround to the light bar I had made to protect the light bar from limbs or sticks. Made sure the light didn't stick out beyond the front of the mount and went to making things work. I wired it up with a relay and a Trailer type plug so that I can remove it if I have to. I used it last week to cut the grass and didn't start until it was already dark. All I can say is that it works far better than I ever imagined that it would. I ended up cutting the grass in 2 1/2 hours. I was surprised. You can see the cut edge of the grass from the previous pass while making the next pass BUT the flaw is that you cant see the edge of the deck to trim around anything... I picked up a couple of 10 watt LED floods that are tiny. I am going to mount them right behind the front shocks and aim them at the leading corner of the deck so that I can see to trim cleanly. Hopefully I can get them on this week.
Here are a couple of pics of the light and bracket.
It looks odd but it sure works good! Plenty of distance from the center lights which are spots and plenty of spread from the outer lights which are floods. And it sure was nice not to be cutting in the heat.
Doug
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