Deere Sound Guard Cab Mounted On IH 806 Tractor

Deere sound guard cab mounted on IH 806 tractor TRACTORS Cabs 15-2-7 "It's much quieter than the tractor's original cab and looks great," says Barry Kapplinger, Kiester, Minn., who mounted the Sound Gard cab from a junked-out 1974 Deere 4430 tractor on his 1967 International 806 tractor. "The 806 tractor was previously equipped with a Year-Around wide-row cab," says Kapplinger, who operates a Case-IH dealership. "When I switched to narrow rows I had to remove the cab so I could bring the rear wheels in for cultivating. I used the tractor without a cab for the next five years. Then I decided to use the tractor for utility work and I wanted a cab on it again. I wanted to use the cab made for International's 1086 tractor because it's very quiet. However, to make the cab fit I would have had to move the shifting gears, steering column, and seat ahead. By using the Sound Gard cab, the only change I had to make to the tractor was to move the batteries forward. I built my own rubber mounting brackets and used a floor mounting plate made for International tractors. I also added insulation to the floor plates. The last step was to paint the cab red and black." Kapplinger notes that the tractor is now quieter than the original cab, but not as quiet as a Sound Gard cab mounted on a-Deere tractor. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Barry Kapplinger, Kiester Implement, 110 South Main, P.O. Box 249, Kiester, Minn. 56051 (ph 507 294-3387).

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