What is a Cab Worth?

RyanTX · Jun 5, 2015

CalG said:
What the heck? It's a garden and orchard tractor. The cab would be worth nothing to me. I live where trees would destroy a cab in less than three years. (No fault to the operator ;-)

How much "discomfort" do you experience while NEEDING to use your open station? It's your assignment of value that counts.

Ya I am the same way. The extra cost of the cab is irrelevant in the beginning but if you are jumping on and off constantly and or breaking glass panels every other week you basically don't have a cab and are out the money too! All depends on use.

foggy1111 · Jun 5, 2015

RyanTX said:
Ya I am the same way. The extra cost of the cab is irrelevant in the beginning but if you are jumping on and off constantly and or breaking glass panels every other week you basically don't have a cab and are out the money too! All depends on use.

When I bought my land.....I don't think a cab would have worked for me due to the woods and mess left from logging. Over time I have created very nice trails and fields and got the stumps and debris under control.

Now.....I look forward to NOT getting stung by hornets, attacked by deer flies, operating in dust or rain or snow.

Some overhead protection from branches and such is another benefit......and I have been hit a time or three with sticks and limbs (a few times could have been serious). I hope glass breakage will not be a factor.

RyanTX · Jun 5, 2015

foggy1111 said:
When I bought my land.....I don't think a cab would have worked for me due to the woods and mess left from logging. Over time I have created very nice trails and fields and got the stumps and debris under control.

Now.....I look forward to NOT getting stung by hornets, attacked by deer flies, operating in dust or rain or snow. Some overhead protection from branches and such is another benefit......and I have been hit a time or three with sticks and limbs (a few times could have been serious). I hope glass breakage will not be a factor.

Sounds like you are choosing the right way to go. I am a ways away from getting to point you are at. Still about 40 acres away from having a navigable property. The trees I have here in Central Texas are like 30' high bushes and thick to the point you can't even walk through right to the ground. I push them over with the loader bucket which is always a bit interesting. I have been turning my 5065e into a bit of a tank with extra protection lately. lol.

If you don't hit limbs I doubt you will have a problem with the glass. Just have to be a bit more attentive to your overhead especially after having an open for a while. I would probably pay better attention to not hitting a large limb with a cab than a large limb hitting myself. I briefly looked into the protective cages for the cab glass but they seemed to impair visibility too much.

sunnyside360 · Jun 5, 2015

foggy1111 said:
Now.....I look forward to NOT getting stung by hornets, attacked by deer flies, operating in dust or rain or snow. Some overhead protection from branches and such is another benefit......and I have been hit a time or three with sticks and limbs (a few times could have been serious). I hope glass breakage will not be a factor.

All these benefits for a cab plus it provides some protection for hearing and allergies (like I have).

Wesdor · Jun 5, 2015

I see you are in MN. If you plow snow I think the cab would be great.

I went from a 3520 open station to 3720 cab. Every snow storm when I take my coat off and put it behind the seat and turn up the heat I am very happy!
Today was hot and humid here and I worked for about 2 hours - air conditioning sure made it comfortable.

If you can do it for $4,000 I'd say it was a good deal

foggy1111 · Jun 6, 2015

Wesdor said:
I see you are in MN. If you plow snow I think the cab would be great.

I went from a 3520 open station to 3720 cab. Every snow storm when I take my coat off and put it behind the seat and turn up the heat I am very happy!
Today was hot and humid here and I worked for about 2 hours - air conditioning sure made it comfortable.

If you can do it for $4,000 I'd say it was a good deal

Funny thing. I'm gonna be spending my winters in AZ for the time to come.

I do have a great snow blade for my tractor (which I built to fit on my loader) but I think I will sell it this fall. I just don't have much use for snow anymore.

It's actually a bit hard to "justify" spending money on a cab for me......but I really "want" a cab for all the reasons said above. I guess I won't need a cab in another life?