As the hedge cutting season approaches, UTV Products is encouraging farmers and contractors to prepare for shorter days and demanding workloads with its specialist range of LED hedgecutting lighting kits.
Designed specifically for hedgecutting applications, the company states that the range helps operators work safely and efficiently into the evening, providing powerful illumination around the cutting head and hedge line when natural daylight begins to fade.
For many farmers and contractors, hedge cutting is just one of many seasonal tasks that must be fitted around livestock, crops and machinery maintenance. Combined with unpredictable weather and increasingly warm temperatures, many operators are choosing to work later into the evening when conditions are cooler and more productive.
Paul Harding of John Harding & Son, who has been hedge cutting professionally since the age of 16, says quality lighting from UTV Products has become an essential part of his business.
“With unpredictable UK weather, you’re always working against the clock. It can feel like you’re racing the cutting ban to get every job completed before the end of February. There’s a lot of pressure because you don’t want to let your customers down. Having high-performance LED lighting means I can safely carry on into the evening and maximise every hour the weather gives me.”
Having spent decades maintaining hedgerows for farms, councils and residential properties, Paul regularly works into the evening throughout the hedgecutting season and says reliable lighting is essential for producing the high standard of finish his customers expect.
Jack, a dairy farmer in Ireland, has experienced the difference first-hand after fitting the UTV260K kit. “I work part time on our beef farm, where we don’t always have the luxury of lots of machinery or extra hands. What might take another farm a morning can easily take us a full day, so those extra hours in the evening are really important for keeping on top of everything – including hedge cutting.
“The UTV hedgecutting kit has made a huge difference. I can carry on working well into the evening when it’s cooler, without worrying about visibility. In fact, I actually prefer hedge cutting in the dark now. The roads are quieter, it’s more comfortable to work, and the LEDs light up every single twig and branch, making it much easier to see exactly what I’m cutting.”
UTV Products’ hedge cutting lighting range includes both bracket-mounted and DIN pole-mounted systems to suit a wide variety of tractors and hedge cutter configurations. The range extends to nine different kits that include a variety of fixtures, brackets and LED power outputs. The most popular kits include:
- UTV261K – 80W Twin Round Work Light Bracket Mounted Hedge Cutting Kit
- UTV272K – 50W Single Square Work Light Bracket Mounted Hedge Cutting Kit
- UTV262K – 100W Twin Square Work Light Bracket Mounted Hedge Cutting Kit
- UTV271K – 40W Single Round Work Light Bracket Mounted Hedge Cutting Kit
Each kit is engineered to deliver bright, targeted LED illumination where operators need it most, helping improve visibility, reduce eye strain and increase confidence when working alongside roads, field boundaries and other challenging environments.
With the hedgecutting season fast approaching, UTV Products is encouraging farmers and contractors to consider their lighting alongside routine hedgecutter servicing and maintenance, ensuring they are ready to make the most of every available working hour.