Tractor Cab just "thinking"

[JMynes]

This feller spent a lot of time thinking on this one (hope the attachment works)

Effective, no doubt. My first reaction is "Fugly".
Is that a big open space in the back? That's right where all the snow would attack from.

 

[PILOON]

I can see a wood cab made from 4 frame pannels and a seperate roof all linked using hinges with remouvable pins in the corners.
Corners could be solidified using truss plates (they have them as mall as 1" x 4")
I have done some similar frames using this method (not tractor).
Areas can be covered with plexiglass or lexan either screwed or bonded to the wood framework.
Surfaces that don't require 'glass' can be faced with thin plywood.
Roof can even use carport 'tarp' material tightly attached.
Downside is wood is just not as tough as metals and while a tree limb will glance off or a metal cab the same one could well damage a wooden cab structure.
Plastic tubing would not be pratical INMHO due to lack of connectors or fittings available other than elbows and TEE's and also the difficulty of attaching heiges hardware etc. and the added factor that cold renders most plastics more brittle.
Square aluminum tubing might be an option (say 1.5 X 1.5) as that can easily be attached with corner plates and metal screws and cuts easily with woodworking tools and flat surfaces allow for easy attachement of hinges and stuff.

Just some rantings and ideas.

Good luck

 

[DEWFPO]

Don't forget adequate ventilation. As soon as you jump into a cold cab your humid breath will start to condense on the inside of the cab. If you don't have some type of fan keeping air moving across the windshield, it will fog up but good and stay that way.

DEWFPO

 

[bobzap]

Hi Guys! I think the wood issue is dying on me. I have decided from your input to go another route. Here is the route. I hit Ebay last night when Freman was selling off slightly used and blemished (winter cabs) for big tractors Bulldozers etc. I bought one with 4 sides that was ordered by someone by mistake, and returned that looks like it would cover my entire tractor. When I get it I will unstitch and trim to fit with schedule 40 tubing for the front corners. (I already have the factory canopy) and my friend with the heavy duty sewing machine will hopefully stitch it into something beautiful! Boy! I am starting to love this custom stuff. Lemme seeNow insert solid front panel with wiper. get heater.....I may never go back to work!


Thats why I love this forum.. I'm off to finish the electric chute rotator and discharge setup for the 2360.

 

[JMynes]

I got a decent heater off ebay, it works well and the price was right. The challenge is my little tractor engine just doesn't run that hot. Next winter I will try blocking half of the radiator off so I can have a little more of the heat in the cab.

 

[jaybrad]

Effective, no doubt. My first reaction is "Fugly".

Roger that reaction.

Reminds of another expression from the (long gone) bar-scene days, "Coyote ugly"