Cab Owners - How well does your A/C work?

[Poopdeck Pappy]

For those of you who have a cab on your tractor, how well does your air conditioner work? Please say which make/model you own.

I'm close to buying a cab tractor, and I've tried a few that seem to have weak air conditioning. These have been new tractors, not used ones.

It makes me wonder whether the a/c will keep up in real world conditions in the hot Texas summers we have. I understand that if it's 110 degrees outside, the a/c isn't going to keep it 65 degrees in the cab. But a couple I tried made me doubt whether they would keep up if it was 95 degrees outside, and that would be a real problem.

I grew up on a farm and worked on the farm all year after school and all day every day during the summer. One summer I worked for another farmer who had a cab tractor, but the a/c didn't work. NOTHING is more miserable than a cab with no a/c.

 

[WilliamBos]

MF 1635 , 540 hours, still nice and cool in the cab!!

We get murdered with humidity up here, so the AC gets a work out!!

 

[DutchHenryBrown]

I have a Mahindra 5010HST Cab our weather here in Arizona is hot as you get over there in Texas. The A/C works good a big help will be to get the windows tinted if you go with a Cab model. Good luck. :thumbsup:

 

[Bill Hoffman]

B3030HSDC. It'll freeze you out.

 

[TC33DA]

JD 3720 works great just keep the filter clean.

 

[MIKE R]

MF 1600 series. A/C on max blowing on your head will give you a brain freeze.

Been in the cab with 33°c outside temp and be freezing in the cab.

 

[PRF]

L5740 works like a charm so far.

 

[Earl Ohl]

B3030 HSDCC bought new in 2007. Approx. 685 hours on it. It can be over 90 degrees F out and I have the AC on medium. No need to put it on high or it gets too cold for me. And in the winter the heat works just as well too.

 

[TripleR]

If not for the AC in our L5740 and M8540, I couldn't use a tractor, keeps me comfortable, but you have to keep the filters clean.

 

[vrmnthntr]

Kubota L3540. So far this summer no problems. Stays cool and don't have to put it on high. I try to park it in the shade so its not so hot before I start. Those glass windows are like a greenhouse without a/c.

 

[rpraymond]

2006 L3430HSTC. While NY is nowhere near as hot as Texas, I've been in it on some really hot days and never wanted it colder.

 

[Gary Fowler]

My LS keeps it plenty cool or warm as needed. My brother in laws New Holland burned up the compressor within 6 months of new which was warranted and last month he had to put in more Freon but no leaks were found. His tractor is about 4 year old and with Freon topped up, it will freeze you out.

 

[Turbys_1700]

I ran an Allis Chalmers 8050 yesterday bush hogging for about 4 hours in 90 degree heat...
Cool as a cucumber...
30 year old tractor with 4500 hours and she works real good...
Most modern tractors today have ample cooling capacity in the radiator and AC condenser to keep you comfortable even in the hottest weather...
The air ducts are blowing the cold air directly on your head...
A cool head equals a cool body...
I do second the tinting suggestion...
Once you get a cab you will not go back...
Honest...

 

[JJZ 109]

B3030HSDC. It'll freeze you out.

Had the same tractor. Same result with the A/C.
Although my skid steer has A/C, I have yet to use it because I have the cab door out of it all summer. I generally don't need to be in it for long enough periods of time to need the air conditioner. Winter is a little different. I can pretty much blow snow all day in a T shirt because the heater works so well.

 

[johnnyvol]

GL4060 bought new this spring. TN weather ain't pleasant this time of year. So far I haven't had it higher than 2 on the fan speed dial.

 

[07 LMM LTZ]

I have a L3940 with 550 hrs and it keeps you really comfortable even when it above 90. I've had no problems with it at all.

 

[nybirdman]

Mine works well for sure;need to turn it on when it hits 65 degrees due to all the glass.

 

[Buppies]

5340 cab will keep cool on 90 plus day no problem almost to cold

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Thanks for all the responses, folks. Sounds like those Kubota a/c units are sized appropriately to do the job.

I should have posted this in the general forum since I'm considering other brands too (although I'm lusting after the L4740 the most).

 

[milkman]

I used an old 1066 a couple of summers and you could throw a cat through the cracks in the cab and that thing would freeze me out. This summer I baled straw with a JD 6320 and at mid '80 it got hot in there, the next day, I blew out the screens and the condenser and it was better, but just barely comfortable. I think the new freon is not nearly as good as the old R12, however my cars with the new stuff works really well.