universal garden tractor cab

[Tom4981]

Does anyone have any suggestion on a universal cab for a Cub 102, would be nice to get one for snowblowing this winter.

[dag1450]

Welcome Tom. I'm thinking that could b a hard find. What do u have a qa36 ? I would think a 42" would b a little much in Michigan for a ten HP. Good luck on the cab. Dave

[Tom4981]

I agree dag1450 a 42" would be a bit much up here for a 10 hp. as far as the Cab go's, if I can't find one by next year I'll make one...

[BigMike]

Alot depends on where in Michigan. If you get lake effect(dry and fluffy....hmmm, new names for Tom and Dave) or inland and get system snow(wet and heavy) will make all the difference. Either way a creeper is mandatory to save your clutch.
I had a cab and got rid of it. I would rather use the shoot and the wind to keep the snow going where i want it.

[dag1450]

What r u a weather man now?
Ok...Tom will b "dry".....i will b "fluffy". Mike u will b "wet n heavy"

[Tom4981]

Alot depends on where in Michigan. If you get lake effect(dry and fluffy....hmmm, new names for Tom and Dave) or inland and get system snow(wet and heavy) will make all the difference. Either way a creeper is mandatory to save your clutch.
I had a cab and got rid of it. I would rather use the shoot and the wind to keep the snow going where i want it.

Yuuup got a creeper in the 102 and a new clutch, we get about 180" of lake effect snow a year. The wife and I love love those white outs in the winter

[BigMike]

Yuuup got a creeper in the 102 and a new clutch, we get about 180" of lake effect snow a year. The wife and I love love those white outs in the winter

You are a sick person
Where in Mi are you?

[dag1450]

I would love to have people weigh in on there experience w cub cabs. I do my fair share of snow moving in heavy storms w a backhoe..... normally about 12-18 hours per storm. My machine has all the whisles and bells....heat, air and vents on about every window possible. What im getting at is for the first 30-40 minutes the windows like to fog up.....and if it's a blizzard or snowing......the fog last a long time and sometimes it's all I can do do see out.
This might not b an issue if there is no heat.....but breathing could cause it too. Just wondering

[SWilliams]

I have a cab on my current winter rig. No fog on the glass unless the temperature outside changes real fast. I had a heater when I ran the 1641 for winter duty, no real issue with fog then either. With a blade a cab isn't as much of an item as it is with a big thrower. Get into a bunch of fluffy snow with some wind and you get covered REAL fast. Yes you can dress for it but the cab means you don't need to look like the Michelin man to move the snow.

Another reason I have the cab relates to safety. I blow snow at the edge of a highway. With the cab I can mount warning lights and work lights up higher so I can see and be seen. Blowing snow at night the stock headlights don't fare that well between the chute in the way and blowing snow you can't see very well. Plus, and it might be a stretch, being it's a steel cab I think I might be better off in the event I did get hit. It has to be better than being hit directly to the body.


As for a "universal cab" about the only ones I can think of would be the ones like they sell for the Craftsman tractors. Those are sort of a clear plastic tent that hangs from a simple frame.

[dag1450]

Sounds like the cub cabs work better than mine. I think w mine any moisture that I track in evaporates then finds its way to the cold glass.
Tom....a build sounds fun. Wood would b the easiest. I saw a cool.thread a few years back....and the guy really used the fenders as the platform. U could find your self another set of rear fenders and use those to screw or weld to. I want to follow this so let's get started

[Tom Scott]

Tom - Welcome to our forum here!

There have been some cab threads on here over the years. That should give you an idea of what has been sold over the years, might give you an idea of what to look out for on CL. Even if you decide to punt and build from scratch, reviewing how other cabs were built will help. If you go for it, make sure you start a thread and give us lots of pics as you go!

dag - I am betting your heater doesn't draw outside air into your cab. When Japanese cars first became popular in the US, you could always tell who thought it was a good idea to use the "recirculate" control during the winter. You would see them driving around all fogged up. The US cars never had a manually controlled recirculate function, because they knew that you didn't want to recirculate air in cold weather. US cars traditionally only used recirculation on "Max AC" when there would be no chance of fogging up.

Even in the wettest cold winter conditions, the relative humidity of the air drops when heated and is very dry, much drier than the air you are exhaling and fogging the windows with.

Now new US and Japanese cars alike still have a recirculate button, but from what I have seen it won't activate in conditions that would fog the windows.

You need outside air coming in. The most comfortable way would be a duct from the outside feeding the heater, so the cold outside air isn't making you uncomfortable. Otherwise, an exhaust fan or inlet fan anywhere would have the same effect, outside air would be drawn in which is much drier than your snow covered body and exhaled breath.

The negative of an exhaust fan is that you can't control where the outside air will come in at. You want to make sure you aren't inadvertently drawing air from the engine area that could have carbon monoxide in it.

Lastly, just cracking a window could be enough...

[davis2]

I would love to have people weigh in on there experience w cub cabs. I do my fair share of snow moving in heavy storms w a backhoe..... normally about 12-18 hours per storm. My machine has all the whisles and bells....heat, air and vents on about every window possible. What im getting at is for the first 30-40 minutes the windows like to fog up.....and if it's a blizzard or snowing......the fog last a long time and sometimes it's all I can do do see out.
This might not b an issue if there is no heat.....but breathing could cause it too. Just wondering

Keep the windows squeaky clean! Dollar General used to have a fantastic no-fog window cleaner, but the company that produced it for them decided not to for some reason... $$$ I'm sure.

[dag1450]

Good to hear the cub cabs work well. Thanks for the tips guys. I will have to ck out how my system works......and I think I will make a small investment into an anti fog. Years ago I did the shaving cream on my bathroom mirror....it worked but it was a pain to do.

[jcsmith]

If you're still looking for a universal cab, you could check with Jim's repair/Jim's tractors. He offers a soft sided one that claims to fit many garden tractors.

Chris

[JSheehe]

Alot depends on where in Michigan. If you get lake effect(dry and fluffy....hmmm, new names for Tom and Dave) or inland and get system snow(wet and heavy) will make all the difference. Either way a creeper is mandatory to save your clutch.
I had a cab and got rid of it. I would rather use the shoot and the wind to keep the snow going where i want it.

Hey Big Mike, just wanted to let you know that the cab is still warm and dry in my garage.

[Tom Scott]

I just re-read this thread and saw that I missed Mike's "Dry and Fluffy" quip!... I guess I would rather be dry than the other choices (especially wet and heavy, that just doesn't sound comfy!)

[Tom4981]

Here's a update on the Cab.......A member here offered to sell me a soft cab......here's some photos installed......I removed the LED light bar and installed 2 55 watt Halogen lights.....The LED worked nice but won't melt the snow.