Anyone built a tractor cab?

[eanjay]

Just wondering if anyone has tried to build a cab? They seem to be a rather pricey item to begin with, and also I can see the potential for a large degree of customization? Fibreglass or metal - who knows?

EanJay

 

[JerryG]

There has been several members that have over the years. There have been two different ones that have really been great looking. If you will do a search, I am sure that you will find them. One of them had several pictures, start to finish in the Photos section.

 

[herringchoker]

I built a steel cab on my Kubota B7800. My photo gallery in the PHOTOS section shows construction progress.

 

[eanjay]

Thanks for the info. My first search didn't show any results, but I will try again.

EanJay

 

[Northstar9126]

There was one on here a while back where the guy used what looked like plexiglass for most of the sides. It looked very nice. Unfortunatly I can't seem to find it now. There were also two others, one built for a Kubota and one for a Deere, both were excellent, can't find those using the search either.

 

[Jim_in_Omaha]

Heres a couple of links from the photo gallery. I know there was one builder that put a fantastic looking homebuilt on a small John Deere. Could not find it. I'm considering building one for my Kioti.

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thx
Jim

 

[George2615]

I made a reasonably cheap one for my tractor out of angle iron and plexiglass. Not the best but enough to keep the blowing snow from hitting me in the face.

 

[bx24]

I was looking at doing the same thing and I was trying to figure out what kind of little heat cores to tap into the cooling system to warm things up. When searching the web, I came across this site that sells little cores that are all set up with mounting holes and are meant to be used with 5.25" square computer fans. I think I found exactly what the doctor ordered to supply heat to the cab .... Check it out.

Black Ice XtremeII Radiator

I figure if I just "T" into the cooling system this will do the trick.

 

[markct]

an early 80s ford pickup heater core costs around 16 dollars new from advance auto and is a good size to make fit up to a computer fan, thats what my kawasaki mule heater was made from, actualy 2 fans, one fan on for low and 2 for hi

 

[bx24]

With your Ford pickup setup, does it heat things up pretty well? Also, when you plumbed it, did you tap into the system between the water pump and the radiator?