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[Barryh]

I bought one of these and reto-fitted it to my rops the first year I owned the 180. It worked pretty good, but the back was open to the elements, and the clear plastic would fog up!!

Yeah I've seen those.

I will be buying a regular soft cab with a zippered door or something along those lines. I wondered about the fogging. I know you can buy some spray on solutions that supposedly keep your windows from fogging. I may try that along with making a few vents.

I had my cab almost completely enclosed but, keep a few places to open and vent if need be. Never had a fogging issue but, was wondering about carbon monoxide build up which never turned out to be a problem, as long as the back was sealed off completely away from the exhaust.

 

[MossRoad]

You could put a little hydraulic cooler in there with a blower fan and presto, heated cab and window defogger.

 

[Rivco]

Yeah...something like this ( combo heater & defogger ) works great!!!

 

[RegL]

Or....You could build one of these then you would be really protected!!!

Was there a thread on building your cab? I searched but could not find it.

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah...something like this ( combo heater & defogger ) works great!!!

What does that run off of?

 

[Rivco]

Was there a thread on building your cab? I searched but could not find it.

No...I never posted a build thread. I posted pictures of the cab a few years ago under my old member name (beechwood). I have since sold the 180, but if anyone is interested in getting a few ideas for building a cab let me know and I will post the cab pictures in a new thread.

 

[Rivco]

What does that run off of?

I bought the heater from Northern Hydraulics. It did a great job, but I could only run it for brief stints because of the amp. draw. Robin offers a 30 amp charging circuit to replace the stock 15 amp system, but as I remember it's an expensive item. I connected the heater directly to the battery via. a 30 amp in-line fused lead.

 

[Barryh]

You could put a little hydraulic cooler in there with a blower fan and presto, heated cab and window defogger.

There must be 50 different versions of this with all different amp draws. Started to buy one but it stayed warm in my cab, so I really never needed it.

12 Volt Heater / Defroster

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah, I have one of those in an old pickup that the heater blower failed in. It didn't do a very good job at defrosting the window, but it did keep it defogged once I had the ice off of it.

A hydraulic cooler would only require a blower fan and not draw too much current.

 

[SnowRidge]

How about an electric vest? I don't think they draw all that much.