Cab-Mounted Camera "Sees All"

Cab-Mounted Camera "Sees All" TRACTORS Cabs 32-3-25 Carl Walter, Spring Valley, Ill., used 1-in. sq. tubing to make a camera mounting bracket for the top of the cab on his Deere 8120 MFWD tractor, which he uses to pull his grain cart. "The sq. tubing that supports the camera is a little too high for the door on my machine shed, but I can fold it down when not in use," says Walter. He bolted a small metal bracket to an existing hole on top of the cab, then bolted the sq. tubing to bracket. The camera came on a bracket that Walter bolted onto the tubing. Walter mounted a second camera on back of the grain cart to see traffic. A 7-in. color monitor in the cab lets him watch either camera. "I tried using extended mirrors on the tractor to see traffic behind the cart, but that didn't work. I also tried different locations on the cart for mounting the camera to see when unloading the cart, but the auger blocked most views," says Walter. "In order to see the entire wagon or truck that I was unloading grain into, I found the best location was to mount the camera on top of the tractor cab. I may mount a camera on back of my combine to see behind, and one in the combine's grain tank to monitor how full the tank is. "The wiring for the cart-mounted camera runs inside some galvanized conduit." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Carl Walter, 16458 3100 East St., Spring Valley, Ill. 61362 (ph 815 894-2813).

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