I'm new here but have been browsing around and am very impressed with TBN and all of the informative responses shared here. Just thought I would share my project that kept me out of the house at nights.
I've had a 1020 Massey for several years and decided to build a cab. I'm cheap and did not have the money for factory built.
I used 1" and 2" square tubing for most of it and 1" flat for window and door flanges. 1/4" thick scratch resistant Plexiglas for windows. Was lazy and didn't make windows to open. That prodded me to hanging A/C.
A neighbor had a junked out combine with add on air. He let me have the evaporator, heater core, blower fan and controls for FREE. I found a compressor and electric fan in a junk yard. For the condenser out front I parted out 2 small 110 volt window a/c units. Decided to loop two of them together to be sure I got enough cooling capacity. Glad I did, it works great!
I had to weld and/or braze most of my own fittings as needed. Brother is mechanic and advised me what and where.
Still working on sound proofing. It's pretty noisy inside right now. Mounted the cab on rubber but didn't help much. I guess with a head set and stereo I can adjust to the cool in summer and warm in winter.
My biggest problem now is my hydrostat. Makes a lot of noise and has a loss of power as the oil gets hotter. I posted in the Massey section but have yet to have any response as to where I might send the Hydro unit for rebuild. It's a KAYABA HVFD-23 according to the service manual. Anyone with info or suggestions?
Building this cab I learned a lot and had a lot of fun doing it. Don’t really know what my total cost was, but it was worth it. Of all the things I’ve ever built, this computer is by far the most difficult to figure out.
I’ll attempt to attach a picture to this post but I have about 8 or 10 more I could show. I notice some people just do several posts with an attachment on each one but I would rather include them at the end of the text like others do. This “old dog” hasn’t figured that out yet. Would someone explain in simple terms how it’s done?
I've had a 1020 Massey for several years and decided to build a cab. I'm cheap and did not have the money for factory built.
I used 1" and 2" square tubing for most of it and 1" flat for window and door flanges. 1/4" thick scratch resistant Plexiglas for windows. Was lazy and didn't make windows to open. That prodded me to hanging A/C.
A neighbor had a junked out combine with add on air. He let me have the evaporator, heater core, blower fan and controls for FREE. I found a compressor and electric fan in a junk yard. For the condenser out front I parted out 2 small 110 volt window a/c units. Decided to loop two of them together to be sure I got enough cooling capacity. Glad I did, it works great!
I had to weld and/or braze most of my own fittings as needed. Brother is mechanic and advised me what and where.
Still working on sound proofing. It's pretty noisy inside right now. Mounted the cab on rubber but didn't help much. I guess with a head set and stereo I can adjust to the cool in summer and warm in winter.
My biggest problem now is my hydrostat. Makes a lot of noise and has a loss of power as the oil gets hotter. I posted in the Massey section but have yet to have any response as to where I might send the Hydro unit for rebuild. It's a KAYABA HVFD-23 according to the service manual. Anyone with info or suggestions?
Building this cab I learned a lot and had a lot of fun doing it. Don’t really know what my total cost was, but it was worth it. Of all the things I’ve ever built, this computer is by far the most difficult to figure out.
I’ll attempt to attach a picture to this post but I have about 8 or 10 more I could show. I notice some people just do several posts with an attachment on each one but I would rather include them at the end of the text like others do. This “old dog” hasn’t figured that out yet. Would someone explain in simple terms how it’s done?