Cab accessories

[Dave M7040]

My experience with heaters is that I needed to mount them below the top of the rad to have good performance.
I know there are some tractors with high heaters but they must have some unique way to fill them and get the air out.
Others may have the knowledge to explain how they work.
You need a bypass type valve to divert the heater flow around the heater. Just cutting off the flow may create uneven cooling flow in the engine block.
A quick and dirty solution is to connect the two heater hoses together and leave the heater disconnected until winter.
Noise. I retro fitted a simms cab. Yes the thing was a resonating box and you can deal with that but a lot of noise came through the intersection of the cab to the tractor/engine and the floor.
I think you need to expect to wear hearing protection as you will never reach the isolation of a factory installed cab on a new tractor.
Summer, think the Steve McQueen movie the Great Escape and the punishment box they would put prisoners in. Brutally hot. Completely remove the doors and back window assuming it is the swing up type. Getting wet is a small problem compared to passing out from the heat from the sun.
Good luck
Dave M7040

 

[bravo2zero]

Seriously? 212 views and not one response

I know the feeling Bradbilt, I make a post and it's like pulling teeth to get a comment posted and that is fine too. I like the light concepts and plan to add a couple additional lights and LED to brighten things up in the field at night.

 

[breadtrk]

This weekend I'm taking it to my buddies race shop to get it on a lift and design some kind of front to back skid plate. Why a 4x4 tractor doesn't come with one is beyond me. I've already trashed the HST filter and housing hooking up the hoe, that plastic fuel tank handing under the cab with ZERO protection needs something too.

While laying under there fixing the filter mess I looked at the hoses, lines, brackets, things, stuff, 100 disasters waiting to happen.

 

[Bradbilt]

Mine has a skid plate for the driveshaft, but it is mashed to ****. I had to take it off. I need to make a new one, Ford wants over $350 for a new one

 

[Sportsman762]

Here is the link to the Mc Master Carr seals.
McMaster-Carr

I just got an old Massey (1978 20C) with Factory FOPS/ROPS cab. It is missing some windows and has cracked glass on others. Once I get the wiring redone, glass in the cab, and the backhoe mounted I am also looking at fixing up the cab.

Before adding lights figure out how large of an alternator you have, so you do not exceed its capacity.

 

[shelkol]

I put a cab on mine. Very noisy. Tips:

Use dynamat on all surfaces to reduce vibration.
Sound isolate the cab from the tractor.
Sound isolate the cab from the tractor again - no metal to metal contact.
Get a noise reduction foam to put on top of the dynamat.
Buy bose quiet headphones (yeah, I know, they're expensive, but they work).

In the summer make sure you can remove the doors, windshield and rear window to keep cool.

Some tractors suck air for the radiator from behind the engine and in front of the operator. If you have one of these you have to redirect where it gets the air from or you'll never heat the cab.

As a previous poster SAID, Make sure your alternator is big enough.

Sheldon

 

[Mark 42]

Cup holders, preferably with a built in electric chiller...

Peltier USB Can Cooler/Heater is a Cup Holder Too

 

[Deerherd]

Cup holders, preferably with a built in electric chiller...

Peltier USB Can Cooler/Heater is a Cup Holder Too

How about a cooler/heater. LS makes one for the P series and it works very well but carbonated beverages are problematic. They get shaken AND stirred on a tractor!

 

[bruce0777]

Nice looking tractor and project. I have the near sister to your's it is the 1983 ford industrial 540 A with a woods loader I added on later. Great running easy to start diesel always ready to do a work out.

 

[scooterbfd]

One idea I pulled from golf carts was a ceiling mounted fan. It was only a 12". I purchased a 16 " electric 12 volt radiator fan off eBay and made shims to space it from the ceiling. I mounted it where it blows directly down on my head on my Kubota diesel zero turn and I will be putting one on my Kubota tractor roof soon. I used a toggle switch for the on/off switch. You could use a high low switch also. It would make a huge difference in your cab in the summer time. I live in Florida and I don't see how I ever did without it. Also it doesn't draw a lot of voltage.