"Made-It-Myself" Deere 990 Cab

Made-It-Myself Deere 990 Cab TRACTORS Cabs Harry Wallace Woodland Park Colo bought a 2001 Deere 990 utility tractor to do landscaping and snow plowing With job sites up in the Rocky Mountains he needed a cab for eight months out of the year     Upon learning that Deere doesn t offer cabs for that model he decided to make his own     Wallace constructed the cab frame from heavy wall steel tubing and the window frames from 1 1/2-in angle iron It bolts together but doesn t rattle or squeak     The windows are plexiglass and were installed with specialized 3M double-sided tape He used C clamps to hold the window and frame together until the tape cured     Wanting a factory look he copied the OEM door and bought a Deere door latch complete with safety and key lock I built the door heavy and it slams shut with a better sound than the OEM cabs he says     Although the cab fit well around the tractor it didn t cover the brake pedal To fix that problem Wallace s friend sewed him a flap out of canvas If I didn t do that I was going to have to make the cab about 8 in wider which would have been an engineering nightmare to figure out he says     With some acoustical foam inside the dash and under the hoods he says the cab is very quiet     Wallace spent about $400 to build it     Contact FARM SHOW Followup Harry E Wallace P O Box 521 Woodland Park Colo 80866 ph 719 687-3761; wallaceh@wsd3 k12 co us

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