k0ua
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Mine has something like celotex between the frame and the canopy cover.
Built Canopy for the L3560
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I'm wondering if the tractor is noisier now than it was without the canopy? My quad is significantly louder with a wind faring than without.
Nice build by the way. I like it.
Nice build by the way. I like it.
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Insulation will help there too.
That other thread must have got you going.
Nice job on the top!
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I haven't noticed any increase in noise. I was on it 2 hrs this morning and it was the same noise level as usual.
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Apparently you understood the need for supports of some kind in that axis and took care of it. You are right, I can't see the braces in the picture but the whole rig looks VERY well made and should make work a lot more comfortable.
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hawkeye08
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My canopy is made from a golf cart canopy... It made a hugh difference.
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Jeff said: If you install foam insulation between the roof and supporting frame you will enjoy a significant decrease in temperature in the seat. Conduction, convection and radiation will each be reduced.
Jeff366 - I disagree. There are several reasons why. 1) The orange aluminum top surface amounts to a heat shield from the radiation onto it. It is also several square feet of radiator up there in the air. The air is significantly lower temp than the piece of metal in direct sunshine. There is good air flow on BOTH top and bottom of the large surface. Wide open. Therefore, most of the heat will be lost to the air. I understand heat transfer quite well, though I did not love my courses in thermodynamics. 2) The steel involved is very solidly connected to the ROPS which is very solidly connected to the tractor frame. That amounts to a large conducting heat sink and the temperature of the steel frame will stabilize to the same temp as the ROPS within a few degrees. Any significant heat in that frame will be conducted through the steel. 3) The large surface of the aluminum top will be the hottest thing in the picture and that completely dwarfs the radiating surface of the steel frame. Around 100 to 1. For that reason alone it will not matter at all whether the aluminum is insulated from the steel. 4) Even if those things were not factors (which they certainly are) the driver will never feel heat radiation from that steel frame. There is a large insulator of air between him and the steel frame and the air is moving and dissipating heat all the time from the frame. No driver will ever feel even noticeable, much less significant, heat from that frame. Completely negligible in my opinion. Sorry if I'm too wordy about it.
Jeff366 - I disagree. There are several reasons why. 1) The orange aluminum top surface amounts to a heat shield from the radiation onto it. It is also several square feet of radiator up there in the air. The air is significantly lower temp than the piece of metal in direct sunshine. There is good air flow on BOTH top and bottom of the large surface. Wide open. Therefore, most of the heat will be lost to the air. I understand heat transfer quite well, though I did not love my courses in thermodynamics. 2) The steel involved is very solidly connected to the ROPS which is very solidly connected to the tractor frame. That amounts to a large conducting heat sink and the temperature of the steel frame will stabilize to the same temp as the ROPS within a few degrees. Any significant heat in that frame will be conducted through the steel. 3) The large surface of the aluminum top will be the hottest thing in the picture and that completely dwarfs the radiating surface of the steel frame. Around 100 to 1. For that reason alone it will not matter at all whether the aluminum is insulated from the steel. 4) Even if those things were not factors (which they certainly are) the driver will never feel heat radiation from that steel frame. There is a large insulator of air between him and the steel frame and the air is moving and dissipating heat all the time from the frame. No driver will ever feel even noticeable, much less significant, heat from that frame. Completely negligible in my opinion. Sorry if I'm too wordy about it.
