Caution Pay attention would love a quieter exaust!!!!

V

Vermonter

New member
Was working in my yard the other day dogs on porch,backing up to dump stone in drive.this is about 70 yards from my sleeping bulldog. thought all was well till my wife was waving at me franticly, apparently I had backed over the bulldog! 3 vets and $3700. later he is o.k. any ideas on mirror system? i've seen ones on e-bay don't like looks of them. any suggestions?</p>
 
I am sorry that ya'll had such an experience but I bet the Bulldog is glad you love him so and could afford to fix him.. In a case like that , a back up alarm would be nice in the rear area.. We have one on the skid steer and I am glad because the pups are usually around and that enclosed cab is hard to see out of... even with the convex mirror it has . I do have a mirror on the RTV from a junked car. but it has it's problems and only use it to see bigger stuff. The UPS guy actually has a rear camera and small screen display by his seat..... way cool Bordercollie</p>
 
Good to hear the dog will be ok..A few years back I bought one of those back up cameras that mount on the license plate..Soon after I discovered it was interfering with the key fob frequency and causing problems with the power door locks on my pick-up. I subsequently moved it to my kubota 3060 snow blower to keep an eye on whats behind me as the enclosure deadens any outside noise like car horns approaching from the rear or other noises that might be a warning. works ok for that application and my enclosure doesn't have pwr locks.</p>


May be difficult to adapt it to my rtv as it would be hard to find a location to mount the camera that wouldn't get beat up during the normal usage of the machine, maybe down in the area of the hydraulic tank . I bought a rear view mirror at the local automotive supply that was actually intended for mounting in a car to keep an eye on the baby seat in the back seat of a car. It works pretty well "cause its slightly convex and thus gives a panoramic view for close up,.still that blind spot close in behind though.</p>


backing up machinery is always trying when you know animals -or worse - children may be in the vicinity. accidents can happen so quickly.</p>
 
After posting my previous comments I went out to the garage and checked out the back of my rtv. The camera I was talking about woul mount perfectly on the top ledge of the protective cover for the transmission located above the hitch and it would be unlikely to get damaged up there but should give a good view on the little color monitor. If I get a chance tomorrow I'll mount it and post my comments. It cost about $80.00 if I remember correctly. The little camera just needs a 12vdc source and the monitor plugs into the 12vdc convenience outlet.</p>
 
Vermonter,</p>


You didn't say if you had a 500, 900, or the 1100....The rear view mirrors are different for the 1100............</p>


Rusty Anvil,</p>
 
I've seen the type that Kubota Kanook has - they are available at Wal-Mart. They also have a GPS unit with a built in camera (wireless) - think they are about $250.</p>
 
[quote user="Vermonter"]</p>


apparently I had backed over the bulldog!</p>
<div style="CLEAR: both"></div>


[/quote]</p>


Vermonter, </p>


Very sorry to hear 'bout your pet. Like another member stated, happy you could afford to take care of your friend.</p>


Keep us all up to date on you pet, we are ALL concerned. Seems like we all have little friends in our lifes >>>>
................. </p>


......................... jamie ( two guns )</p>


</p>
 
i really don'tknow what kind they are but in my car i have a panoramic clip on and in my rhino i have a big panaoramic rearview mirror. with my back and neck problems i don't like turning around at all..</p>
 
I'd feel terrible if I had run over my dog. It would be unlikely though, as she is normally riding shotgun. Glad he is OK. </p>


Anyway, there is a thread from last summer</p>


http://compacttractorreview.com/cs/forums/p/3368/16107.aspx#16107</p>


that discusses mirrors and has pics of my installation on nice flat mirrors on my 1100.</p>
 
Installation of back-up camera.....</p>


i have not figured out how to do multiple attachments of photos so i'm doing this in 3 posts. the photo below hopefully shows the back up camera temporarily installed with a couple of clothsline pegs.</p>
 
3rd post camera install...</p>


Heres what was visable on the LCD monitor in the cab of the RTV. The picture on the monitor was of much better quality than what is posted below. I had difficulty getting a good picture with my digital camera as it kept washing out the image (probably sampling light from the darker background?????????)</p>


At any rate I'll be permanently installing the back up camera as I have a small dog and more importantly a 18 month old grandaughter who loves the RTV.</p>


the location of the camera is protected and will likely survive better than its original mounting on the pick-up where it got blasted with road grit and road salt from EasternCanadian winter roads.</p>
 
That isgreat !!!! My hat goes off to youmy friend ~~~~</p>


Really impressive engineering work on theRTV !!!! That there will save a life.......</p>


Keep up the good work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
</p>


>>>>>>>>>>>> Two Guns </p>
 
Thanks Two Guns............</p>


When I do the permanent mounting I will probably give it a slight downward tilt to get a closer in view at the back. Its actually got a slight up angle for the photo shown. It actually came out better than I had anticipated. At the very least, I may save a chain saw from getting backed over.</p>


By the way............. When I 1st mounted it the camera protective lense was quite dull with a heavy haze to it. I tried washing it with a cloth and dish soap but it didn't help. I decided to give my wifes Cerama Bryte that is used to polish the ceramic stove top a try. It worked great and restored the lense to as good as new. Gonna try it on things like headlight lenses etc that get dulled by daily use and abrasion.Just thought I'd pass the tip along to anyone that may find a use for it.</p>


Well back out to the shop to make that install permanent now..</p>


</p>
 
I have my backup camera mounted on the top of the rear window screen guard and works good so I don't back up into trees. I don't have any pets or kids so that is not a problem although i do have a few chainsaws (didn't think of that).</p>


I have also heard that toothpaste restores glazed headlight covers.</p>


Randy</p>
 
One can never be to careful. I remember a few years ago, there was aHonda Rubicon delivered to the farm. And like anywhere else, if you don't work there, you really don't know a safe place to park one.So the young man who dropped it off parked it behind a combine under one of the farm sheds. He didn't go to any trouble finding a safe place or should I say, he didn't use his damn head ~~~~~~ ~~~Well my friends, you know the rest of the story !!!! It was Brand New, nobody never got to place their butts on the seats. But that combine crushed it like a soda pop can.And let me tell ya'll one thing, there was one man throwing one heck of a fit !!!!! </p>


~~~~~~~~~~ two guns >>>>> </p>
 
RANDU2...............</p>


Curious as to where you are getting your 12vdc for the camera. I was thinking of just tying into one of the wires that are hot when the key is in the run position. Another choice would be to add a switch somewhere in the linkage to only supply voltage when the RTV is in "R".</p>


What did you use??</p>


TWO GUNS........</p>


Yep! Growing up on a farm as I did quickly teaches an individual where to park and where not to. Lost 2 bicycles before I smartened up.Then had to work all summer to earn enough to buy a new one 2 times.</p>
 
I just tied into the fuse box for a switched source. Ran everything under the headliner and then down the drivers side molding to thefuse box. I just used my voltmeter to find the fuse that was hot when the key was on. Hope that helps.</p>


Randy</p>
 
RANDU2..............</p>


So you"re always on when theRTV is running. I'm going to do the same thing. Too complicated to add a switch that will probably eventually fail anyway. I was thinking of mounting the monitor "up top". Where did you put yours?</p>


Thanks for the feed-back............</p>
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top