patrick_g
Elite Member
You blow snow... I mow it.hwp said:Here's one reason why.
I have this to say about that... If you have ever spent hours on end in a cold rain, cold wind, or heat and humidity because the job HAD TO BE DONE, you can appeciate a cab with heat and air. I have the foul weather gear from when I lived on and cruised a sailboat with an open cockpit. I can get fairly comfortable in the extant conditions of Minot, ND at temps below fourty below zero. I have parkas and all. I have good rain gear and can do what I have to do in whatever weather but to choose the "man against the elements" approach out of some false sense of MACHO when my tractor was offered with heated and air conditioned cab would have been not so clever.
Also when spraying chemicals (mostly herbicides) I try to be careful but you can't keep little vagaries of wind from hapening and the first thing you know without a cab is you are in the chemical plume covered in spray. One of the reason ag workers have poor health stats is exposure to chemicals.
Then there is dust. It is hard to do much without making some dust. Breathing it is not good. Will you always wear a respirator? Not bloody likely! My cab has a fresh/recirc lever on the air. There are two filters that help keep out the dust. Not perfect but way better than being in the ambient air.
I can say this about my Kubota's heater. You have to modulate it carefully. Even at zero F if yoiu turn it up past 1/2 way it will bake you, even in a "T" shirt only. Terrific heater, must have been designed for the arctic or something. I guess northern Japan gets cold.
Pat