Home-Built Cab For Ford Tractor

Home-Built Cab For Ford Tractor TRACTORS Cabs 27-3-40 Ron Newton, Friend, Nebraska, made a cab for his old Ford 8N so he could work in comfort when clearing snow off in the winter. He made the body of the cab out of 3/4-inch plywood, and covered each piece over with steel sheeting salvaged from a couple of old camper shells. He cut windows in the sides, front and back, and then had a window manufacturer make glass windows to fit. To capture engine heat to warm the cab, he used pieces cut from an old garage door to make covers that extend from the front grille, along the hood and back to the cab. The cab is held together by 2-in. angle iron along all the edges where two pieces of the plywood come together. "I tapped the holes in the angle iron and use 1/2-in. bolts, 2 in. long, to fasten the plywood to the angle iron," he says. The cab fits over the seat and steering wheel and bolts to an angle iron he mounted in front of the steering wheel and two more along the fenders. He used pieces of old inner tube to seal up any gaps between the tractor and the cab, and along the 3-point arms. He made the door in two pieces, so he can operate the tractor with the top part open if he wants. It has a door handle and latch salvaged from an old screen door. "I take the cab off in the summer. It comes apart in six pieces and I can remove them in just a few minutes," he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ronald Newton, 156 392nd, Friend, Neb. 68359 (ph 402 947-7961).

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