LS Plant tour - Battleboro, NC

[windcatcher]

I think we should start a thread for guys willing to purchase a cab for their J series. I don't know how many "enough" would be, but I'd be willing to buy one.

Might not be a bad idea Olympus. I know for sure one of the LS engineers from the plant I toured reads this website from time to time checking on threads about the LS tractors. You never know who else may be reading also.

 

[windcatcher]

Thanks for the report! Glad you gas a good trip.

Thanks vwn. I really did enjoy the tour and trip. I can't wait until I can put my deposit down on my tractor and have it on the way.

 

[Gary in NJ]

I think we should start a thread for guys willing to purchase a cab for their J series. I don't know how many "enough" would be, but I'd be willing to buy one.

I would be interested in a cab for winter use...but not at $5k. Even a soft cab would make me happy for snow blower duty. I actually wear a full faced motorcycle helmet when I blow snow, just to keep the blowback from putting me in my own personal blizzard.

 

[windcatcher]

I would be interested in a cab for winter use...but not at $5k. Even a soft cab would make me happy for snow blower duty. I actually wear a full faced motorcycle helmet when I blow snow, just to keep the blowback from putting me in my own personal blizzard.

Agreed. I have made competition racing sails in the past and helped a friend of mine design a soft shell cab. He found a run of the mill fiberglass top for next to nothing and painted it to match his tractor (Farmall Cub)

He then made the skeleton from scrap metal because he's a master welder/machinist. He borrowed a sewing machine and I told him how to make a pattern and where to purchase the window material. For a first time, one shot deal, his turned out great.

He's used it many times on his Cub pushing snow with the front mounted snow blade. He even figured out a way to get some heat piped back into the cab.

I'm pretty sure he had less than $600.00 in the whole thing.