open station vs cab

[TripleR]

What happens when you are in your cab in that T-Shirt and you break down 1000 feet from the house in a blizzard? I'm just askin'.....

I do the same with a tractor as my truck and have either a heavy blanket or heavy winter coat with me or both.

 

[Dozernut]

What happens when you are in your cab in that T-Shirt and you break down 1000 feet from the house in a blizzard? I'm just askin'.....

I thought you were joking so I replied in kind. Reflecting on your question I believe now that you were serious and I apologize for my weird and dry sense of humor. If it is a true blizzard you are not going to be plowing snow because you won't be able to see past the end of your hood. Being caught in a blizzard is not a fun experience and very hard to describe. Just imagine that all you can see is within touch. Every where you look you see nothing but white, but the white is moving. You can stop and press on the brake but it seems as if you are still moving. You must keep a cool head or you can die.

I have a cab on my RTV and I would not be without it. You do not go out to push snow in jeans and a tee shirt. Wind chill will frost bite exposed skin very quickly in the lower temperatures. You must dress in layers so you can take off clothing as you get heated up, you do not want to sweat. That is why we say we are pushing snow in a tee shirt because we are. You have to strip down in a heated cab so you don't soak your inner clothes or you will be in trouble if you have to get out and walk a fair distance.

 

[foggy1111]

We used to live in the courntry and had a three day blizzard one year....and the power went out. We were heating with wood and the wood supply in the house was getting low.....allthough I had a huge quantity across the yard.

You could not see the wood due to the raging blizzard outside....so my wife made me tie a long rope to my waist to go after wood with my sled. Once I got to the wood...I untied the rope and loaded the sled...and carried the rope back to the house where I would again retie the rope. (I could see my tracks :laughing It made my wife happy.

Of course, I always wondered why the "house end" was untied when I got back. (<---That's a joke, Son)

 

[HeyNow]

I thought you were joking so I replied in kind. Reflecting on your question I believe now that you were serious and I apologize for my weird and dry sense of humor. If it is a true blizzard you are not going to be plowing snow because you won't be able to see past the end of your hood. Being caught in a blizzard is not a fun experience and very hard to describe. Just imagine that all you can see is within touch. Every where you look you see nothing but white, but the white is moving. You can stop and press on the brake but it seems as if you are still moving. You must keep a cool head or you can die.

I have a cab on my RTV and I would not be without it. You do not go out to push snow in jeans and a tee shirt. Wind chill will frost bite exposed skin very quickly in the lower temperatures. You must dress in layers so you can take off clothing as you get heated up, you do not want to sweat. That is why we say we are pushing snow in a tee shirt because we are. You have to strip down in a heated cab so you don't soak your inner clothes or you will be in trouble if you have to get out and walk a fair distance.

I didn't take your post that way. I was half joking, but you never know. I've jumped on my open station minutes after I arrived home from work in my "dress" clothes. Went to do something simple and have gotten stuck and walked (sloshed) back home in my dress shoes. I know better, but.....

 

[zuress]

What happens when you are in your cab in that T-Shirt and you break down 1000 feet from the house in a blizzard? I'm just askin'.....

I should install a coat rack...:laughing:

 

[WilliamBos]

I should install a coat rack...:laughing:

Dress for the conditions, turn the heat down. Problem solved!!

 

[RaydaKub]

You could not see the wood due to the raging blizzard outside....so my wife made me tie a long rope to my waist to go after wood with my sled. Once I got to the wood...I untied the rope and loaded the sled...and carried the rope back to the house where I would again retie the rope. (I could see my tracks :laughing It made my wife happy.

My f-i-l used to tell about a neighbor he had. Went out for firewood and his rope broke. They found him out at the wood pile frozen to death. There was firewood pitched in every direction. He was throwing it it in hopes of hitting a building so he could get his bearings and maybe get inside something.

 

[oosik]

When I bought this tractor I found out I was somewhat claustrophobic. They had two M6040s - one with & one without cab. I got in the cab, started it up and as I drove out to the "test field" I had an uncontrollable urge to either get out of the cab or at the least open the doors. Never been in a cab tractor before but I knew right off when I plowed snow in the winter its many times in a blinding snow storm and I wouldn't be able to control the tractor from outside the cab. I got the open station one.

 

[nybirdman]

Do you get the same way in a car/truck?I have had both and much prefer the cab.

 

[WilliamBos]

Cab hands down !