Well, I've been working on a 24hr "on call" basis for the last two weeks and it is extremely difficult to get anything done at home regularly. However this weekend my wife was out of town and I worked late fabricating the frames for my doors. Originally I welded posts on the cab frame to install doors that drop down on similar to a jeep. I had to buy bushings that are the ID of the pins, then weld two of them together to get the depth of the pin for a rigid hinge point. Also I had to bend and make the hinge bushing mounts from straight band steel. The toughest thing was thinkin of a door catch. I decided on a simple spring loaded bolt type catch, which you guessed it, I completely had to fabricate also. Im going to make the small parallel portion of the doors sheeted in aluminum inside and out to hide the entire door catch bolt mechanism, then plexi/lexan the rest. The painting of this whole project has been pretty stinky also, I have a large garage but it is attached to my house, and my heat sources suck in the smell and spread it everywhere. I think im all done welding and painting now though. Just rivets and screw stuff to do now. I will post more once im even further along. Im thinking of ordering a street rod universal wiper setup for it. Which brings me to a question, I never had a "cab" tractor, is a wiper helpful in snow plowing? thats probably a stupid question, but I really dont know, I mean I dont know how the snow/rain will affect it as the speed in my driveway is obviously gonna be slow.
