soft side cab panels

[DavidBarkey]

Picked up the sides , front and back panels from a universal soft side cab . Paid $80 . There in great condition . It will bail be out if I don't get the hard panels done in time for the blower project 446 .

[Eugen]

You guys with your cushy cabs must be nice

[DavidBarkey]

You guys with your cushy cabs must be nice

I am not man enough anymore to go topless int the winter

[thebuildist]

Not that it gets that cold around here... But the older I get the more insulated my torso seems to get...

[propane1]

You guys with your cushy cabs must be nice

Yes, yes it is Eugen.


Noel

[Eugen]

I am not man enough anymore to go topless int the winter

But in a heated cab you do? an easy way to become a star on youtube Dave!

[DavidBarkey]

[thebuildist]

I could post a video of that on my YouTube channel! But then I'd probably get banned...

[MattA]

My soft cab is nice when it's 20F with 20+ mph wind. Its usually not much colder when it snows around here. I wear a light jacket in the cab so I don't sweat. Sometimes my feet get cold due to the cab vents at the bottom. Might help if I put boots on

The soft cab does take 2-3hrs to install and about an hour to remove and put away. Most winters lately I feel like I spend more time installing and removing the cab than I do snowblowing.

[thebuildist]

So is there a designated source of heat in these cabs? Or is it just the body heat that accumulates in a sealed space?

I had an old Volvo that I had to drive through the winter, and it had no heater core.
I' tried a 12v heater/windshield defroster. It did nothing.
And I tried running a 5/8 soft copper pipe across the dashboard, which I hooked up to the engine water. That pipe go so hot it would burn you.
But did nothing to warm the car up.

And I had to drive a topless Jeep to college for about a month in northern Illinois in January. No top, no doors, no windshield. I'd wear full-body Carhartts and snowmobile mittens and a full-face helmet. Driving that thing 60mph when it was below zero outside was COLD. The worst part was around my jaw and ears. I didn't have a good balaclava, so I would try to stuff a towel up in the helmet gaps. But the wind would find a way in, and it felt like needles stabbing my ears and neck. After a while I got a windshield installed on that Jeep, and that felt wonderful. SO. MUCH. WARMER.

So I'm trying to imagine being in a cab at 20F or below and how much I'd call it "heated."

Just being out of the wind and the snow spray has to make a huge difference. Do you even need an actual heat source in there?

Just me rambling.

Bob