CAT 963 Full Hydraulic Build

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Rock:

Great lighting, but two points:

When the bucket lifts, it'll block a good portion of the cab-top lights beam. Won't you want a second set on the nose of the beastie?

And the lights in the cab seem to be pointed into the operator's eyes. Wouldn't they be better on the back corners of the cab pointed forward, at the instrument panel? And you don't want them ~too~ bright... or white... otherwise the glare off the front window blinds you. Mebbe a redish tint?

Then again, I'm not familiar with real ones, so if I'm wrong, enlighten me please?

Just thinking as the driver of a vehicle at night...
WhiteWolf, light-sensitive.

[rockNmayhem]

Originally Posted by WhiteWolf McBride

Rock:

Great lighting, but two points:

When the bucket lifts, it'll block a good portion of the cab-top lights beam. Won't you want a second set on the nose of the beastie?

And the lights in the cab seem to be pointed into the operator's eyes. Wouldn't they be better on the back corners of the cab pointed forward, at the instrument panel? And you don't want them ~too~ bright... or white... otherwise the glare off the front window blinds you. Mebbe a redish tint?

Then again, I'm not familiar with real ones, so if I'm wrong, enlighten me please?

Just thinking as the driver of a vehicle at night...
WhiteWolf, light-sensitive.

WhiteWolf thankyou for the comments. I plan to add a couple of lights to the front of the loader as well eventually but for right now all I have is the cab lights. The main reason for the cab lights was to know when the power switch was on and it was ready to go. It just so happened that it worked out good for interior lights too. The light that is in the cab is simply the light emitted back from the led's causing the interior dome affect. It is a little bright in the pitch dark room but it's something that'll work for me as I really don't intend to use this loader much at night.

In all reality the interior cab lights would be behind the operator and much dimmer but in this case the leftover light from the roof lights works for me.

I hope to be able to find some sort of lights to stick on the front somewhere so that I get plenty of light no matter what the bucket position is. I'm also contemplating adding a couple of small ones to the rear as well that I can flip on and off when I want 360* light out of the loader.

Thanks for all the comments guys.

Tyler