Cab For IH Garden Tractor

Cab For IH Garden Tractor TRACTORS Cabs 27-3-40 "The cab I built for my IH 782 garden tractor cost only about $600. Commercial cabs cost much more and don't have the features mine has," says Richard Biech, Baraboo, Wis. His cab has a hinged glass windshield that allows Biech to easily check engine fluids. The hinge pins pull out so he can remove the windshield completely in the summer heat. The cab's doors mount on drop pin hinges so they can also be easily removed. The door frames were fashioned out of 1-in. tubing, and the cab's side and rear windows were cut from plexiglass. The cab's top is one piece and bolts solid to the rest of the cab body. "It's built so tight I mounted a small fan in one corner of the windshield to keep it from fogging up," says Biech. "Since I live on a well-traveled county highway I wanted better lights than the ones already on the tractor. So I mounted a flashing amber light on the roof that has a brush guard around it, as well as two halogen flood lights under the roof on front. I also mounted tail lights and a backup light near the top of the cab," says Biech. "My friend Duane Knuth, who is a steel fabricator, sheared and bent the sheet metal. We welded the pieces together at home where we could check the fit by putting the pieces right on the tractor. I painted the cab red with authentic-looking stripes." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Biech, E-14068 County Hwy. W., Baraboo, Wis. 53913 (ph 608 356-9159; E-mail: richard.biech@co.columbia.wi.us).

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