Canopy - looking for input

[schmism]

I think front supports would make your top much more stable and keep some things from whacking you while in the brush.

as a general rule you dont move the brush out of your way, you duck around it.

because if you push it aside about the time you pass and let go is about the exact time it takes for the guy walking behind you to be in the perfect spot to be cracked in the head with said branch.

the same is true for the front support.

 

[escavader]

Heres mine,.I have to be able to fold my rops down so i cut a little out of f the canopy and put it between the rops.Added two steel braces to hold it up.Its GREAT!!! MOVED MY FRONT ROP LIGHTS TO THE FRONT,AND SWITCHS up in the top. Added a 4 inch rubber stick on metal roofing gasket to inside each rop for vibration.I love the thing !Best part is got it off a junk at work for 10 bucks,Used the original frame work on front,so i could add a foldup golf cart windsheild if i ever want to blow snow.
ALAN

 

[escavader]

AS you can see in my pic[which is before i moved my lights] with a roof on they cast a shadow in front of the tractor.So i moved the whole pipe with the two front lights up to the front od the canopy,i left the backhoe light on the rops.Sotty i dont have a pic ,but i can if you request or of how i attached everything.Did not drill the tractor anywhere.
ALAN

 

[tommu56]

escavader
cover looks good
how much clearance is from seat to cover?
is it in the way when running backhoe?

thanks

tommu56

 

[escavader]

escavader
cover looks good
how much clearance is from seat to cover?
is it in the way when running backhoe?

thanks

tommu56

HI,
I got about 8 to 10 inchs above my head sitting up right on the seat.Not at all in the way running hoe,keeps my body out of sun and rain,although my lower legs,and feet are out in the rain if it starts.I have absolitely nothing negitive to say about my roof,except im still trying to figure out how i can close it all in in the winter
ALAN

 

[kentrodngun]

HI,
I have absolitely nothing negitive to say about my roof,except im still trying to figure out how i can close it all in in the winter
ALAN

Alan, see my first post - the golf cart canopy top may just be the ticket - on sale all month too. Thanks for the picture - something to consider.

 

[escavader]

KENTRODNGUN,
I have considered a cover.I was more thinking of a cab with doors,to remove in the summer,windsheild with wiper[the golf cart windsheilds fit on my set up] and of course HEAT .Thinking down the road,when i get a snowblower for my tractor.Iput a heater core in my plow truck today,its gonna be hard to give it up Of course aint enough snow any more to justify new snow removal equipment.MAINE use to be a place to stay out of in the winter,in the last two its been real mild with no big snow,mostly ice.
ALAN

 

[schmism]

quick solution for heat with a simple canvas golfcart sides....

tent heater

i can see it bungi cord'd to the font cowl now