Weather and Winter snows are on the way. Last year after blowing tons of snow with my CK-20 (s) I vowed to do something different this year. In my area we get plenty of cold light powder snow. If one has to clear out the drive on a windy day just expect at some point the chute is going to be wrong to the wind and you are going to get a whitewash. This really feels great when it's 20 below.
Now that golf season has come to a close I thought about the windowed golf cart enclosure sitting idle all Winter. Now wouldn't that make a nice break from wind and blown snow if it were mounted on my tractor.
A call to Bob at Michigan Iron & equipment confirmed the measurements. The unused golf cart enclosure should drape nicely around the steel hung tractor roof. He shipped a roof up to me and I installed it.
As you can see in the pics I have good clear visibility and access to chute cranks 360*. I got some light plastic abrsive cleaner and it really helped renew the clear window panels. Before throwing it over the new CK-20 roof lid I got four 2" c clamps and clamped a couple wood strips along the flat FEL mounting. This fit and aligned perfectly with predrilled holes in the tractor roof so I stuck a coupe big washers and screws to catch the wood framing. The wood strips make nice framing for that limp retrofitted golf cart enclosure.
Not enough snow yet to give it a field test but I'm thinking its going to be a great snow stopper and will cut down on some of the wind. I know, you don't have to tell me it's certainly no CurtisCab and yes, I can throw a cat through those intentionally left gaps in bottom. I'll just say that the draft is engineered into this model to defrost the cab if my 12 v defroster from EBAY blows a fuse. BTW, golf cart enclosures can be purchased right here at EBAY for as low as $69.00 and up:
golf cart enclosure, great deals on Sporting Goods, eBay Motors on eBay!
Wait till my wife gets the bill for all those golf balls I buy with the money I saved over one of those fancy fiberglass heated cabs those city folks got to have. No offense to anybody please.
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Now that golf season has come to a close I thought about the windowed golf cart enclosure sitting idle all Winter. Now wouldn't that make a nice break from wind and blown snow if it were mounted on my tractor.
A call to Bob at Michigan Iron & equipment confirmed the measurements. The unused golf cart enclosure should drape nicely around the steel hung tractor roof. He shipped a roof up to me and I installed it.
As you can see in the pics I have good clear visibility and access to chute cranks 360*. I got some light plastic abrsive cleaner and it really helped renew the clear window panels. Before throwing it over the new CK-20 roof lid I got four 2" c clamps and clamped a couple wood strips along the flat FEL mounting. This fit and aligned perfectly with predrilled holes in the tractor roof so I stuck a coupe big washers and screws to catch the wood framing. The wood strips make nice framing for that limp retrofitted golf cart enclosure.
Not enough snow yet to give it a field test but I'm thinking its going to be a great snow stopper and will cut down on some of the wind. I know, you don't have to tell me it's certainly no CurtisCab and yes, I can throw a cat through those intentionally left gaps in bottom. I'll just say that the draft is engineered into this model to defrost the cab if my 12 v defroster from EBAY blows a fuse. BTW, golf cart enclosures can be purchased right here at EBAY for as low as $69.00 and up:
golf cart enclosure, great deals on Sporting Goods, eBay Motors on eBay!
Wait till my wife gets the bill for all those golf balls I buy with the money I saved over one of those fancy fiberglass heated cabs those city folks got to have. No offense to anybody please.
FORE!
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