JD 3038E Homemade Cab II

hrspwrranch · Sep 2, 2015

Thanks for the compliment. I hope i can inspire folks to get creative with minimal tools. I used the regular pipe/tube die for my bends. I used a Crescent Wrench to keep the tube square as I bent it. Because my bends were not tight radius bends I didn't need to build the die to crush the inside of the tube. I found the plans to build the crush type tube die on the following web link:

Body: Fabricating the Skeleton - The Scratch-Built Hot Rod

hrspwrranch · Sep 3, 2015

i finally finished the cab. Bill at Sterling Auto built my canvas covers. i am very happy with how it turned out.

Cab Right Side

Cab Rear

Cab Front

Cab Left

it stood up to 65MPH trip on interstate, so it should stand up to any Blizzard.

hrspwrranch · Sep 3, 2015

With the Canvas at nearly $1,000 i have $1,400 in the cab total. The access on and off the tractor was barely impacted by the way i built it. That is not the case with the other factory cabs. Now get off the internet and go hit the shop...