New tractor

[thecfarm]

That is too bad. Could you weld/bolt something around the lens? probably will happen again in a few years when they grow back.

[shinnlinger]

I'm going to recommend you hold off on fixing that light till you get settled.

I had a buddy years ago who bought a barely used BMW motorcycle for little $.  Problem was he had never ridden a bike before and he didn't tell me that until I dropped him off to pick it up.  He followed me home and dumped it in my front yard.  He only cracked a turn signal but was all upset about it.  I glued it up for him that night but he had to get a new one.  Well no sooner than he does that, he went and dumped it again and ripped the light clean off that time.

Back to tractors,  Why do you need a turn signal anyways?  BUt I'm with Cfarm, you should probably put a hoop around it to protect it if it's that vulnerable 

[Skip]

Been thinking of one but not sure on how they do on hills my backyard has a lot of swales aqnybody know how they hold on banks? I currently use a cub cadet lt 40

[beenthere]

Skip
There are ways to widen the rears to handle slopes, but all things have their limits.
Usually, the limit is more than the pucker factor will allow but one has to consider chuck holes, stumps, rocks, and slippery slopes that can alter that point.

I added 2" spacers to each rear to set them out, and they made a world of difference to the feel in the woods.

[thecfarm]

My tractors is good on slopes. I don't push my luck though and go real slow,bucket low as possible. I try to only go straight up and down when possible. On my big tractor there are a few ways to make the tires stick out more. The rims can be turned around and what they bolt on to can be swapped around too. We do mow a steep banken,straight up and down only. My FIL has a tractor and see some of the places that we go with ours and he says he feels his would tip over. The places he sees are not all that bad. He says he would not even dare to go up the backen we mow. He feels his would tip over backwards on him.How many hp is the cub cadet?

[samandothers]

Good thing I am in the south and don't need a cab.  Where I go I would have removed several cab pieces. 

[maple flats]

That is too bad. Could you weld/bolt something around the lens? probably will happen again in a few years when they grow back.

I thought about putting a metal housing on them but if they caught something sturdy I'd have much more serious damage.
I need the lights because farmers can get ticketed driving on the road if they don't have the proper lighting and SMV (slow moving vehicle sign). I frequently need to drive a busy county road, and then a busier state highway than on the way intersects an even busier state highway, going from my sugarhouse/ large commercial garden, to my blueberry/raspberry fields. This is only 7/10 mile, but there is too much danger if I have no flashers going. Besides, my farm liability insurance requires me to have and use them or a claim could be declined.
My tractor is set at 60" wide, it could go to almost 7' wide or down to 54" wide. I need it at 5' to fit (almost!) in my blueberry rows, and I have no hills. I only need to watch for ditches and large holes (fox or woodchuck). I don't use a tractor in the hills where my sugarbush leases are, there I just use my ATV, on that  I added spacers on the front so I could run chains on all 4's. It does add some stability. My other woods work toy is a snowmobile.

[Hilltop366]

If there is a way to put a sloped bars over the light (front to back) along with a hoop (up down) so the offending branches would get guided over the light it would stop branches from getting the light.

[maple flats]

I'll study that thought, but when the cab doors are opened they swing very wide. It may not offer much slope, but again, I'll study the idea.