Attachments LIGHT KIT FOR 21 IN. MOWER?

[lawn mower fanatic]

Yes you can angle it anyway you like. Mounting on your mower bar would be no different than mounting it on a bicycle handle bar. Just adjust the mounting bracket. During the day you can just slide it off the mounting bracket and leave the light at home. It can be mounted over the bar or under or on the side of the bar. Keep in mind if you buy the EL530 your mounting bracket will be a little different but they both will do the same thing and it will come with rubber inserts for bar sizing to make it non-slip.

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That is pretty nice! I think I am going to get that!!! It is a pretty good price for a bright light like that....there are some lights I have that aren't nearly as bright as you say this one is that cost even more!

 

[djdicetn]

No reason why it wouldn't work on anything that you needed light for, I use mine for flashlights around the house. For $30 you can't go wrong. I know they will take a jolt because I've taken some of those on my trikes. If you wanted something stronger and believe it or not I know a couple of guys that trail ride and they run these NiteRider Pro 3600 LED Headlight - Bike Headlights just make sure your setting down when you bring up the site.

Ric,
Yeah you're right...at > $600 those NiteRider's are more than the Gravely kit for sure. But the HL-EL530 you gave the first link for seems to have a little "larger" strap attachment than the ones you posted pics of(which seemed to be only able to clip on a round "bicycle-sized" bar). The HL-EL530 may be adaptable to my ZTR's front wheels' bracket or footrest frame(which has come holes the straps could be secured through. Have you ordered products from that nashbar.com website and do they have a liberal return policy? I'm willing to take a chance for $60 plus tax and S/H just to see if I can make them work. That's still less than half what Gravely wants for their light kit.

 

[Ric]

Ric,
Yeah you're right...at > $600 those NiteRider's are more than the Gravely kit for sure. But the HL-EL530 you gave the first link for seems to have a little "larger" strap attachment than the ones you posted pics of(which seemed to be only able to clip on a round "bicycle-sized" bar). The HL-EL530 may be adaptable to my ZTR's front wheels' bracket or footrest frame(which has come holes the straps could be secured through. Have you ordered products from that nashbar.com website and do they have a liberal return policy? I'm willing to take a chance for $60 plus tax and S/H just to see if I can make them work. That's still less than half what Gravely wants for their light kit.

Yea the NiteRiders aren't cheap but they are excellent lights for MTB single track at night. The pictures of mine are the older models and mine are like 6 yrs old. The mounting brackets on the new models are larger and work well also and as I mentioned before you can remove the light without removing the bracket.
I have ordered from Nasbar and never had a problem returning anything, which only happened once because I ordered a helmet and had to return it because the size was wrong so I don't think you would have any problems.

one light of each, both older models.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Yea the NiteRiders aren't cheap but they are excellent lights for MTB single track at night. The pictures of mine are the older models and mine are like 6 yrs old. The mounting brackets on the new models are larger and work well also and as I mentioned before you can remove the light without removing the bracket.
I have ordered from Nasbar and never had a problem returning anything, which only happened once because I ordered a helmet and had to return it because the size was wrong so I don't think you would have any problems.

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Looks nice! So you think one of those lights I liked will light up the grass a little bit?

 

[Ric]

Looks nice! So you think one of those lights I liked will light up the grass a little bit?

I'll tell you what, let me do some playing tonight. I'll rig up one of my mowers with with the two lights and take it out and see if I can get some pictures of what kinda of light coverage were talking about. I'll get some pictures of one light coverage then two light coverage and post them so you can see the differences.
At this point all I can tell you would be they really light things up when used on my trikes while night riding.

 

[slammed]

I'll tell you what, let me do some playing tonight. I'll rig up one of my mowers with with the two lights and take it out and see if I can get some pictures of what kinda of light coverage were talking about. I'll get some pictures of one light coverage then two light coverage and post them so you can see the differences.
At this point all I can tell you would be they really light things up when used on my trikes while night riding.

Can't wait to see these pics.

 

[Ric]

Looks nice! So you think one of those lights I liked will light up the grass a little bit?

OK, I don't know how this is for a comparison but I borrowed one of your pictures to do a garage comparison.



The last two pictures are the entrance to the house 23 feet away and if you look you can see a dish that's 5 feet in front of the mower and check the light on the floor around the mower. Tonight I'll take some in the yard and will see how they come out.

Now all this being said the thing to remember is this, as you look at the lights on the bar the right is 1100 candle power, the left is 1500 candle power, the ones you will be buying are 2200 candle power and, twice that of my right and 700 candlepower more than my left. If you should buy two that means you're looking at 4400CP in front of you VS my 2600, a BIG difference.

 

[slammed]

OK, I don't know how this is for a comparison but I borrowed one of your pictures to do a garage comparison.

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The last two pictures are the entrance to the house 23 feet away and if you look you can see a dish that's 5 feet in front of the mower and check the light on the floor around the mower. Tonight I'll take some in the yard and will see how they come out.

Now all this being said the thing to remember is this, as you look at the lights on the bar the right is 1100 candle power, the left is 1500 candle power, the ones you will be buying are 2200 candle power and, twice that of my right and 700 candlepower more than my left. If you should buy two that means you're looking at 4400CP in front of you VS my 2600, a BIG difference.

Good so far. Tonight will be the test.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

OK, I don't know how this is for a comparison but I borrowed one of your pictures to do a garage comparison.

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The last two pictures are the entrance to the house 23 feet away and if you look you can see a dish that's 5 feet in front of the mower and check the light on the floor around the mower. Tonight I'll take some in the yard and will see how they come out.

Now all this being said the thing to remember is this, as you look at the lights on the bar the right is 1100 candle power, the left is 1500 candle power, the ones you will be buying are 2200 candle power and, twice that of my right and 700 candlepower more than my left. If you should buy two that means you're looking at 4400CP in front of you VS my 2600, a BIG difference.

WOW! That is bright! I will probably get 2, so I can use 2 on my mower or snowblower, or use one on my bike, since I won't be mowing in the winter. I can't wait to see the pics tonight...thanks for doing that!

 

[Ric]

WOW! That is bright! I will probably get 2, so I can use 2 on my mower or snowblower, or use one on my bike, since I won't be mowing in the winter. I can't wait to see the pics tonight...thanks for doing that!

Well I took a few but I don't know, I don't think my camera or me are real great at taking night shots. The first shot is from the front from about 30 feet out, the second from behind. The last is the drive,each section is about a 10 foot section so it lights up the drive pretty well. I can tell you after having the taken the pictures that I would have NO problem mowing the yard with those lights and doing a good job of it. The one thing I realized is that the lights could be mounted in the wrong place to get the maximum light to the ground, I thought that maybe if they were mounted lower, say on the inside top of the caster wheels it may work better. I guess if it was something I was going to do all the time I'd have to play with light location.