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Home Built Cab For Deere 425 Lawn Tractor
fter inquiring about a factory cab for my Deere 425 lawn tractor, I decided I couldn't justify the $3,000 price tag.
So I built my own using a Deere brochure as a guideline. My home-built cab actually has 5 to 10 percent more window area than a factory job. I bought Plexiglas to use for the side panels, while th
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Home Built Cab For Deere 425 Lawn Tractor TRACTORS Cabs 23-3-33 fter inquiring about a factory cab for my Deere 425 lawn tractor, I decided I couldn't justify the $3,000 price tag.
So I built my own using a Deere brochure as a guideline. My home-built cab actually has 5 to 10 percent more window area than a factory job. I bought Plexiglas to use for the side panels, while the big front and rear windows are safety glass out of old storm doors.
The 30-in. wide cab is made of 3/4-in. plywood with galvanized metal to reinforce the inside corners. I lined the interior with Styrofoam and indoor/outdoor carpet. It's equipped with an AM-FM radio cassette and a front windshield wiper out of an old Honda.
The cab mounts on the tractor with six bolts through three holes I drilled in each running board. It can be mounted and dismounted in minutes.
It works as well as a factory-built cab and cost only $320 to build. (Earl Line, Box 39, Melita, Manitoba, Canada R0M 1L0; ph 204 522-8346)
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