. 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 .soft side cab panels
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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 .
. 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 .Dave
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Re: soft side cab panels
I am not man enough anymore to go topless int the winter
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Not that it gets that cold around here... But the older I get the more insulated my torso seems to get...
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But in a heated cab you do?DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:48 am I am not man enough anymore to go topless int the winter
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I could post a video of that on my YouTube channel! But then I'd probably get banned...
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Re: soft side cab panels
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.
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.
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Re: soft side cab panels
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
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
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