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. 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 .
must be nice 
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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Body heat and heat from tractor . But getting out of the wind and not being covered in snow is huge in it's self . Being an enclosed space , must be wary of noxious gases and nut just from the tractor . Before the cab on Frankie I had to also were a skidoo suit with full faced helmet ect. I am putting an extra internally regulated alt. (35a singe wire ) on the new tractor to runn all accessories I want . Don't "heat so much as warm air across window . I am looking at the idea of an 12v window defroster like we had in the back of the old cars to blow fresh warmed air across front and back windows .thebuildist wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:25 am 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
Bob, The best tractor with cab was my 224-78. It had the engine mounted flywheel forward. With the warm air being blown to the rear, all that was needed to heat the cab was a tarp draped over the hood and down both side to the frame, then prop the tarp and the front cab canvas open about 3-4 inches on the sides. At -10f after 5 minutes the hat and gloves came off, in another 10 minutes the coat came off. Imagine blowing snow at -10f in sneaker jeans and a tee shirtthebuildist wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:25 am 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
On the cautionary side I made a short exhaust stack for the 224 because I could smell the exhaust in the cab.
I hold him the truth, I got mine at a local auction for $30