2013 - Volume #37, Issue #1, Page #18
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Easy-Off Cab Keeps Snow Away
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“I hate drilling holes in equipment, so I designed it to use existing holes,” says Brungardt. “I made two brackets to mount the front panel to holes in the frame just ahead of foot rests. The panel slides over the top of the hood and into the brackets. I used mounting bolts for the roll bar to mount the rear panel.”
The plywood panels have cutouts covered with Plexiglas for visibility. They are framed on their interior sides with 1-in. sq. steel tubing. The tubing adds strength to the panels and serves as mounting points when attaching the panels to each other. Brungardt recycled old rubber gaskets from the bottom of his garage door to fashion gasket material where the sides butt up to the tractor.
The 5 panels are held together and to the tractor with 25 self-drill screws and 6 bolts. The driver’s left side door is secured in place with hinges made from short lengths of pipe and bolts. Side panels mount after the front and rear panels and the top panel drop in place.
The roof features a raised section at the rear to make room for the roll bar. Should Brungardt need to store the cab-enclosed tractor under a low roof, the roll bar can be removed and the raised portion replaced with a flat plate.
“To get heat in the cab, I remove the cover over the fuse box,” says Brungardt. “It extends through the firewall, which allows engine heat to flow into the cab, though it does make it more noisy.”
“It doesn’t rattle, is very solid and easy to take on and off,” he says. “It cost about $350 to build with the Plexiglas the most expensive part.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Donald J. Brungardt, 14431 47th Ave., Chippewa Falls, Wis. 54729 (ph 715 723-2198)
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