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It's a piece of cake here in Michigan. We have winter storm warnings out and will get about 6-10" during this storm (will last til Wed. am). Temp. is 28F with 20F windchill which is awesome. Its fun driving in this kinda weather. Sorry about you guys with the - windchill factors. I use a TSC vinyl windbreaker cab which works pretty decent. It's kinda a cobblejob, with one size fitting nothing but I get by. It is allot less than the $1,220.00 factory windbreaker cabs and definitely can't afford a full enclosed cab.
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Earlier I had said that the weather was great, well about 7 last night we got Murf winds. Without the wind breaker cab I would have froze. I dress pretty warm when plowing, i.e. insulated overalls, carhardt sweatshirt and insulated jacket with hood. I got so warm inside the windbreaker, I was sweating (the side panels push the heat into the cab) until the Murf winds came through. The back is open so cold air can come in through the rear. I have several miles between rural properties and it is all open areas. The road was soo bad this morning my 7275 started to get stuck in 2 wheel drive trying to get to the other property. Had lots of fun pulling people out, etc. Look to my post later today, I'm going to finally add some photos. Dennis figured out the glitch that wouldn't let me post pictures.
Tractor Supply shows it in their catalog under tractor heater cabs. It is worth the $175.95. I used to wear a clear grinding shield as a face mask to stop the wind needle prick like pains from the cold but it would always get fogged up. Not many TSC stores stock this item, I drove 100 miles to get it and it ranks in my top fifty purchases.
I got about 5 hrs. seat time in between last night and this morning. Only problem my Cadet doesn't have a beer can holder, but then again we face the flat beer issue.
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Chief.
Finally got some pictures up. Photos 2 and 3 show the windbreaker cab. I should reshoot these closer up. Didn't know about the 30kb file size limitation till I got them loaded.
Photo #9 is party time in the Spring that is.
Mush on America!
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Chief,
The windbreaker cab costs $175.95 and is designed to fit most tractors. It doesn't fit any without some extra work. It has some tubing in a "U" shape that lays horizontal just below the windshield that you feed thru the vinyl cab something like a tentpole going in a tent loop. At the right rear, I made a bracket with a small u-bolt to hang onto this tubing. At the back side of that bracket I drilled holes for a large u-bolt that goes around my ROPS. At the front by the steering wheel console they supply some brackets with suctions cups to hold the mid-part of the "U" shaped frame work up. At the left side where you enter this "U" bracket has a bolt and hinge so it acts like a door. At the left rear I made another bracket with u-bolt to the ROPS. I hook the door side onto it and hold it in place with a bungee cord. Around the side of the tractor hood are some vinle sheets that you tie on. That brings heat back to the cab. This is all we had back on the farm in the 50's and 60's before the big real cabs were offered.
Most tractor manufacturers will sell a cab which is a little more heavy duty for about $1,200.00. I'm really happy with mine with the little investment.
I would recommend this cab to anyone that wants some protection, and doesn't want a large investment and is willing to accept it as it is. It is my second year.
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