Light Guard Great For Loader Work

Light Guard Great For Loader Work TRACTORS Accessories 30-6-33 Tractor lights can be vulnerable to breakage when doing loader work, and "it doesn't take much to break them," says John Tesch of Mervin, Sask. "Twice, we had lights get broken," he explains. "When you're loading bales on a semi, you have to get right close to it and sometimes touch it, so if you don't have a protective shield, you'll break your lights." Tesch set about solving that problem, and was so pleased with his "made it myself" light protector, that he built one for both his 5240 and 120 Case IH tractors. "There are almost identical Case IH loaders on my two tractors, so making the second light guard was easier," he says. "They're attached to the loader frame and create a barrier a few inches away from and a bit above the lights." The guard is made up of two triangular (20 by 20 by 12 1/2- in.), 3/8-in. thick steel plates, each with a 3/4-in. hole in the bottom for bolting to the sides of the tractor's front end loader frame. A 2-in. heavy-wall pipe is welded between the tops of the plates (this is done last, after the holes are drilled, and the plates are bolted to the loader frame). On each side, Tesch made a 5/8-in. thick threaded washer, and drilled it so it would fit tightly (it's welded in) inside the loader frame pipe and allow a 3/4-in. bolt to be threaded in. He also welded an 8-in. long by 1 1/4-in. wide by 3/8-in. thick flatiron to the inside rear of each triangular plate so they rest on top of the loader frame and cannot turn. "We've never broken a light since I put these shields on," John says. "My materials were all scrap iron, so it was also economical. To open the hood on the 5240 you have to loosen the 3/4-in. bolts and pull the assembly forward out of the way." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Tesch, P. O. Box 32, Mervin, Sask., Canada S0M 1Y0 (ph 306 845-2469).

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