Thread: Atv fit out - lights and rifle holder

Recommendations for atv..
Led light - bar or spots and what power?
Rifle holders?

Tia

lights depend on what he charge circuit is capable of, the last thing led lights need are insufficient smooth dc power. i had a farmer fit new led lights on a farm bike and they lasted about 10 minutes before the smoke fell out

I watch a few vids from a fella in aussie doing pest control. Edge of the Outback his channel is called. Has a not bad set up on his quad for night shooting and filming. Has lights and thermal camera.
Hes done a video of his quad setup as well that you may find interesting for ideas at least anyway.



Edit.. found the vid https://youtu.be/MAj1DlIF4wA?si=imFzBd89wzsaKda_

that guy is very good at what he does, and he's good with a camera too. his channel is worth watching

A good headtorch is ideal for extra lights on a quad.

You can usually get away with one or two LED flood/spot units without doing major mods or rebuilding lighting circuits especially if you drop the standard bulb lights. I had that on my last work ride (wasn't mine but set up like that by the owner on the property). He had it with the flood LED aimed more downwards switched off the low beam circuit, and the flood and a spot unit of the same type running on the high beam switch. He also had an aux switch on the bar with a smaller LED on the arse as a reverse light or work light. Worked well in practice, none of the units were huge (I think the rear one was 6 chips and the front two 9 chips). I don't know the power rating of them.

My current "POS" TRX300 had the standard lights for a long time, I took it away recently and the standard headlight bulbs failed and were generally poo (it mostly serves as a kid taxi to the school bus drop off point and my little yard tractor towing machinery and a little trailer on my lifestyle block so doesn't do much night work). I fitted two new bulbs which appear to be of asian origin as the bloody high beam and low beam circuits were backwards! I solved that by swapping the wiring over, but what it meant was the easy way to power an LED was no longer an option as replacing those bulbs with the correct type meant that the LED would be on the low beam switch not the high where it really needs to be. That was a pest. Had to chop into the loom a bit higher up to sort it but am now running a single flood LED on the front like a cyclops. Ugly but effective and a very useful upgrade on light (and I have about 12 more of those lights on the shelf).