Compacts and Cabs??

[JayC]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( but then it will probably quit snowing when I buy one! )</font>

If you manage to get it to stop snowing if you get a cab, will you move in next door? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MikeInIdaho]

I have a JD4710 with a Curtis cab. Like you, I wanted the cab for snowblowing. The cab only has one downside for me and that is the increased height which make certain areas off limits The doors on mine come off in less than five minutes and it is fairly cool with them removed.

 

[JasonMac]

Caddison, I have the Jodale Boxer Cab on my John Deere 4200, as I've told these guys on here before, it is without a doubt the best addition I've ever made to my tractor. I will never have a tractor without a cab again. As far as aftermarket cabs go, without buying a huge machine that comes with a factory cab, Jodale-Perry makes the best add on cabs going. They are pricey, but you get what you pay for. They are solid too. Plenty of room and they are good looking on any machine. The noise is very dampened because of the amount of insulation they use in the cab. Plenty of ventilation, lots of heat. They do offer AC, which I just haven't gotten around to yet, because I've removed my rear window for the summer, and the side windows open up. I have to say I'm staying cooler now than when I had just a canopy on my machine. Best thing is the cab is Rops approved so you don't have to have your roll bars on the machine, and it doesn't look like a cheesy tent or WWII left over military vehicle like the Curtis Cabs look like. Although curtis cabs serve their purpose, I hate how they look on a nice brand new tractor. My cab has: AM FM Radio, Heat, Extra Flood Lights (Front & Rear) Directional Hazzard Lights, Front & Rear Wipers, with Windshield Cleaning Pumps, Directional Dome Light. Let Me tell you, without buying a new larger than you need machine with a factory cab, the Jodale Perry Cab is by far the coziest add on you can possibly buy for your tractor. Worth Every Dime! Especially if you do a lot of Snowblowing/Plowing Etc. Because when you are nice and warm, you can quit when the job is done, instead of quitting when you are frozen to the bone and you have snow blowing back on you. The attachment is a picture of my tractor with the Jodale Perry Cab and 64" Blizzard Rear Snow Blower.

 

[JasonMac]

Door Side View

 

[JasonMac]

Rear View of Cab

 

[JasonMac]

Right Side View Of Cab

 

[JasonMac]

Rear Angle View Of Cab

 

[JasonMac]

Inside Overhead Console View of Cab

 

[JasonMac]

After these Pics were taken, since added a AM/FM Stero, with nice speaker setup, now I take my APPLE iPOD which has about 1200 songs on it with me and broadcast the tunes from the iPod to the Stero, station, 87.9 and have all my favorite songs with me, instead of a million different CD's that would surely get ruined inside of a Tractor. Nothing like workin' in Style.. listening to tunes.

 

[Dave___in___CT]

Hi...


Cab cost ?


Dave...

 

[JasonMac]

About $6000.00 total shipping & installed, I know it costs almost 3 times what the Curtis Cab costs, but it is a very High Quality Cab, and it is worth it too me because of the amount of time I actually use my tractor especially in the winter. And it looks like a factory Cab, It just looks good, lots of space, and lots of extra options, and is pretty quiet inside, the noise is very muffled, no annoying rattles, it's just tight.

 

[Dave___in___CT]

Thanks... !


Dave...

 

[Ole_Hickory]

Can you get air conditioning with the cab ?

 

[JasonMac]

Yes, both Laurin, and Jodale-Perry offer AC in their cabs. I was going to get it but they told me they were coming out with a better unit later in the spring, so I waited, but now I just haven't got around to getting it yet, and so far I haven't really needed it. I remember when I first got the cab, I think it was you who asked me about AC then, and how it worked. I still don't know exactly how it works, but I just know they do. It could be purely self contained off electrical, not really sure.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Since you use your tractor mainly during the winter, a heated cab may be a good option. If you use it during the summer at all without A/C and it gets hot where you are, you will be miserable.

I use a MF 275 at the family farm with a cab and no A/C. The A/C has been broken for years and can't be fixed. I've been trying for years to convince everyone to get a new tractor but as long as I'm willing to use it, the rest of the family are willing to let me. Just to prove a point, I took a thermometer with me while bush hogging a couple of years ago. It got to 95 degrees outside (in the shade) and the thermometer went offscale at 120 degrees and that is with the back window removed and both side windows open. Maybe I should have used an oven thermometer. The amount of heat generated by the sun coming through the glass in incredible. It makes the tractor a mobile greenhouse and it's impossible to work for more than a few hours without getting sick no matter how much fluid you drink. I've got to the age now where I just shut down mowing for about 4 months. In fact, I'd rather use the open station JD with the conopy during the summer and mow in the morning or the evening. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Having said all that, I live in Texas and don't have to move snow although it can get a little chilly feeding hay during the winter. Oh for a tractor with cab heat and air. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[JasonMac]

Thank god my cab has never got that hot before. That would be unbearable. But for the amount of glass that I keep on for the summer is tinted so that must help quite a bit. But with the rear window removed and the side windows open I haven't had it bad at all this summer. But the Northeast is a lot different than Texas.

 

[Glenn9643]

My MF dealer is now selling McCormick tractors, and has some of their utility sized tractors in stock. I looked at the McCormick web page for information on their CUT's and while the info is sparse it does say that they are available with factory cabs.

 

[green4710]

I went to Jodale's web page, and I dont see any A/C offered for a cab for a 4710. Is this correct? If I could get A/C with that cab, that would be a neat setup. The cabs look great and look like a factory option. It would be nice to have a cab with air con when out bush hoggin, so many bugs, etc to deal with.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

I don't mind working without a cab or A/C early in the AM but at night the bugs get the better of me, too. It would be nice to have a cab but for me to have a cab it would have to have A/C.

I can deal with cold (I can dress for it), but this summer heat and humidity can get the better of me. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Bird]

Yep, Frank, I've mentioned before about a neighbor of mine in the hay business who had 3 air-conditioned John Deere tractors and he said there's just two problems with that. One is that it's so miserable everytime he has to get out to work on the haybine, rake, or baler, and the other is that you just quit for the day immediately if the AC goes on the blink because even with doors open there's no way you can stay in there in the Texas sun in the summer.