With winter on it's way, and having sold the DK45SEC i had no other option than to custom build a cab. My cab will and must have the following;
-Heater
-Front and rear wiper
-Front and rear cab lights
-Dome lamp
-Lower than the Rops ( Rops cut down 11 inchs upon purchase)
-A radio
-Must be easily removable
-Wide enough to allow to bring a friend along:laughing:
Having seen many others build their own cab, i felt inspired to give it a try. I have lots of tools for the job, but lack the experience (cab 101:confused2
So far this is what i have come up with, any comments/advice is more than welcome:thumbsup:
A link to my blog which has a pretty detailed article about building a cab very much like yours. It was written with the idea of helping someone just like yourself. Translated, learn from my mistakes.(-:
Life on Highway 9: Building a tractor cab.
I like your door opening, nice and wide. I might have gone a size up on your square tubing.
Best tip I can give you is on weatherstripping, go to a old fashion junkyard that will let you wander around and check into the weatherstripping between the hood and the fire wall. Also check the trunk for weatherstripping. Some nice stuff cheap.
Fellow just posted a build on Bobcat tractor cab he built, study his build closely also, very nice.
Wipers, marine supply or 93 Dakota.
Sounds like you had cab before? Are the rear wipers really that helpful? Curious.
Headphone radio is the most practical in my book, noise level is going to be high, least is in mine.
Can't quite see your mounting points. Mine mounts down low on frt. then has rubber mounts at back, other then those points no contact between cab and tractor other then weatherstripping.
After finishing mine I noted a utility body in our shop which had very nice weatherstripping which sealed the side doors. This stuff would have worked good for sealing my door and window, never found it on the net but the utility box company is just down the road so could have got product or at least name from them.
Checkout those junkyard hood and trunk seals though. All kinds of different ones, 180 degree, 90 degree, big ones, small ones. You will be much happier with your cab if it seals tight.
Also take note on the blog of method used to seal under and behind seat, the rubber matting worked very well, simple, cheap, looks great.
Also note in the blog about building the door and window, tack weld shims in the openings, fit the window using the shims as spacers, clamp the four pieces into place, tack weld then you can pull it out and weld on the bench.
Happy building. Roy
