andy1981
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- Joined
- May 23, 2012
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- Location
- Western ny
- Tractor
- two John Deere 4720, John Deere 350b dozer, bobcat 435 excavator, 87 f600 dump truck
Well after reading a few threads on here and being inspired by Rustyiron, and Dieselcrawler I decided to start building my own canopy for my tractor . I have two deere 4720s and they get used what I consider comercially from April to November for a variety of tasks in maintaining a campground such as mowing lawns , maintains roads , moving and spotting trailers, ect. This spring I puchased a skidding winch and plan to use it this winter extensively for fire wood and some hemlock saw logs for redecking a 300 ft walking bridge.
Being that I will be working alone this winter I figured i should make it a little safer for myself with this canopy but I also want it easily removable for the rest of the year when I'm not working in the woods.
My factory rops are made from 2"x3" 3/16" box tubing so that's whan I'm going to build the framework from and I think I will end up using 1/4" plate for the roof panel .
I spent most of the day today mocking up the frame work out of 2x4s that I ripped down 1 1/2 x 3 to get me as close to the size of the box tubing as I will be using. I figured it would be easier for mock up to use some lumber that I spent about $35 on instead of screwing it up with expensive steel. Here are some pics of what I got so far, let me know what you guys think.
Being that I will be working alone this winter I figured i should make it a little safer for myself with this canopy but I also want it easily removable for the rest of the year when I'm not working in the woods.
My factory rops are made from 2"x3" 3/16" box tubing so that's whan I'm going to build the framework from and I think I will end up using 1/4" plate for the roof panel .
I spent most of the day today mocking up the frame work out of 2x4s that I ripped down 1 1/2 x 3 to get me as close to the size of the box tubing as I will be using. I figured it would be easier for mock up to use some lumber that I spent about $35 on instead of screwing it up with expensive steel. Here are some pics of what I got so far, let me know what you guys think.
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