Driving tractor 20 miles on road

Soundguy · Dec 3, 2007

GaryE said:
No, but I suspect we are in the minority. I often get strange looks when I buckle up. Never sure why they have a problem with it!

Yep.. I gotta admit.. if I am on the 7610s.. I'm wearing the belt. i frequently run it down the road.. and well.. there are lots of bad drivers out there ( even before I get on the road! ).. and as said... I occasionally find a windblown ridge of dirt.. or a gopher hole and it will wake ya up fast when you float out of the seat like i have on my 5000...

soundguy

jmfox · Dec 3, 2007

While cutting some grade with my 4-in-1 I was wondering why the seat belt is required to operate. At about that same moment I hit something hard. As I was being thrown toward the windshield the reason suddenly occurred to me.

jmf

catvet · Dec 3, 2007

PA hayseed said:
thank you for the reply. I am now considering doing this with furing strips - to keep the weight down. Gotta love this site, so many ideas and innovations.

I think furring strips would be about right weight wise. The magnets I got have a hole in them so you can put a bolt through them which will make it easier to attach to wood strips.

mike69440 · Dec 3, 2007

catvet said:
As stated in other posts Flex o glass is crystal clear plastic. I actually got mine off of Amazon through one of their cooperating merchants.

As an update the two sides I did are still on the tractor and haven't moved a bit. No reason you couldn't put it all the way around. With the way I have it mounted at this point there is air coming in at the bottom.

I'm planning on going all the way around but am wrestling with the "door" situation. The magnets I used are really strong and I need to pry them off to remove them. I have to either get weaker magnets or work out a system which allows them to be further from the metal and thus not holding as strongly (but strongly enough). I'm considering embedding them into a piece of wood and attaching the flex o glass to that.
My other "problem" is what to do around the back of the tractor when the backhoe is attached as the "cab" would be in the way. Not a problem in the winter when the cab will be most useful.

I figure what I will ultimately do is mount the flex o glass into wooden frames with the magnets attached. The frames don't have to be very strong as the magnets hold the whole thing. Then I can just take the frame off using the wood to pull off the magnet and have the right size panel ready to go.

I freeze my butt off the few times I run the L39 up at "Breezy Ridge" in the winter, so any Photo's of your quickie cab would be appreciated.

catvet · Dec 17, 2007

Mike,

Sorry for the delay at getting pictures to you. All I have are the original ones I took. I was hoping to get over to where the tractor is for the winter but the weather hasn't been cooperating. I've hopefully attached the pics I have. You can clearly see in the one the magnet I used to attach. As of last week the magnet was still holding well and if anything the flex o glass was looking better then when put on. I think it has shrunk a bit with being in some sunlight.

patrick_g · Dec 17, 2007

Jerry, That is a pretty neat and simple approach to reducing your personal chill factor. Getting the wind (and rain) off of you will help a lot.

If you don't mind the extra effort you could tap into your coolant/radiator system and add a heater core in your "cab" which if you spend much time tractoring in cold weather would be terrific.

I have the factory cab on a smaller Kubota than yours and the heating system they put in it must have been designed for the arctic. At zero F. temp, with a wind, if you turn it up very much it will cook you. There is just no way I can't get enough (or too much) heat. It is nice to be able to putt putt around the pastures setting out bales of hay with just a T shirt on. (I have my parka in the cab for when I get out but find it restrictive to my comfort and range of motion when operating.)

Even with your lack of an air tight seal all around, a heater core in a box with a small fan would work wonders for you.

Pat