2320 Curtis Cab questions

[kernal]

After a good amount of searching for posts, I guess I just need to ask.

If you have a Curtis Cab, or any other, on a 2320 can you give me some measurements?

Floor to top of Cab, or floorboard to top of cab.

Wondering if I can still fit under the garage door if I get a cab.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[kennyd]

I am 99.9% sure that the cabs go just under the ROPS, so the overall height of the tractor does not change.

 

[Dale1995]

After a good amount of searching for posts, I guess I just need to ask.

If you have a Curtis Cab, or any other, on a 2320 can you give me some measurements?

Floor to top of Cab, or floorboard to top of cab.

Wondering if I can still fit under the garage door if I get a cab.

Thanks,
Scott

Scott, I just bought a Jd 2320 this summer and had the same questions. I now have a curtis soft sided cab on my tractor and love it. I have turf tires on mine and have a 9x7 garage door and my tractor is sitting in the garage as we speak. It all depends how your gargage door is framed (for the height opening) but I had lots of clearance. But you will have to fold down the ROPS bar. I did not want to mess around folding the bar up and down all the time. So I had a professional fabrication shop plasma cut the brackets off of the upper portion of the roll bar. I then cleaned up the brackets and reinstalled them on the tractor and put the upper portion of the roll bar back into the brackets so I could adjust the height of the roll bar. I adjusted it so that it stuck up 1" taller than my tractor cab. Therefore I had enough clearance to get into my gagage. I am a good welder, but I had the welding shop tig weld this all back together, they did a better job than John deere did! I then painted it with some Blitz Black I purchased at my local John Deere dealer. You wouldn't know it had ever been touched. I know that alot of people would say its taboo to shorten the rollbar, but what good is it if its always folded down. Tomorrow I will measure my total cab height if you want. If you would like I can take a few pictures too. But to answer your questions it does fit!!!!

 

[kernal]

I have R4's but if you could measure from the bottom of the ROPS to the top of the cab that would tell me if it will fit. We got a cutris cab for my mom's 2305 and it is very nice. I saw a 2320 with the hard doors today at the local college but he was going to fast for me to see how much shorter than the rops the cab was.

 

[Dale1995]

I have R4's but if you could measure from the bottom of the ROPS to the top of the cab that would tell me if it will fit. We got a cutris cab for my mom's 2305 and it is very nice. I saw a 2320 with the hard doors today at the local college but he was going to fast for me to see how much shorter than the rops the cab was.

I shortened the top of my rops but I can get you a measurement from floorboard to top of cab and measurement from floor to the top of cab. Well get this for you tomorrow!

 

[kernal]

Dale,
If you could measure from the floorboard and / or the ROPS mounting plate on the fender. I found a Rolly Door that I can make work if the garage door itself is in the way.

I should just build another garage.....

 

[Dale1995]

Dale,
If you could measure from the floorboard and / or the ROPS mounting plate on the fender. I found a Rolly Door that I can make work if the garage door itself is in the way.

I should just build another garage.....

Scott, I just measured my Curtis Cab, I just measured from the top of the ROPS mounting plate to the top of the Curtis Cab, it is 42" , I also measured from the top edge of the floorboard to the top of the cab, this was 59 1/4". Hope this helps, if you need anything else just holler! Were you thinking of getting softsided door or hardsided? I have soft sided, I just couldn't spend the extra $1000.00 they wanted. I would rather put it on another attachment.

 

[kernal]

Thanks, need to measure tonite and see.

 

[rtm038]

Not trying to hijack the thread, but Dale1995, do you have pics of your cab installed?

Ryan

 

[Dale1995]

No I don't tonight, but I can take some tomorrow if you would like

 

[rtm038]

No I don't tonight, but I can take some tomorrow if you would like

That would be great! Thanks.

 

[Dale1995]

Are you looking for any special pictures or just want a general view of the outside with various angles. I will shoot anything you want to see!

 

[rtm038]

Are you looking for any special pictures or just want a general view of the outside with various angles. I will shoot anything you want to see!

Just a couple of inside and outside pictures. I'm thinking of buying one, but I want to see what it looks like installed on the machine.

Thanks
Ryan

 

[Dale1995]

Just a couple of inside and outside pictures. I'm thinking of buying one, but I want to see what it looks like installed on the machine.

Thanks
Ryan

I will take some tomorrow night when I come home from work, and will also show you a step that I fabricated for that tractor, and my heater modifications, and ROPS bar modifications I also made on this tractor. I can now put this tractor in my garage that has a 7' door, and I'm loving it

 

[Dale1995]

I will take some tomorrow night when I come home from work, and will also show you a step that I fabricated for that tractor, and my heater modifications, and ROPS bar modifications I also made on this tractor. I can now put this tractor in my garage that has a 7' door, and I'm loving it

Well I just came in from outside and took some pictures of my Curtis cab, I also have some pictures of my step that I fabricated, which can be quickly removed if need be. Notice on these pictures that I have lowered my ROPS bar, so now I can get in and out of my garage without having to lower and raise it. I also have a magnetic mount quad strobe this is wired with an external waterproof connector. If I want to remove my strobe in the summer, and use the power supply for other items such as a rear tank sprayer etc... I am all set to go. Hope this helps.

 

[rtm038]

Thanks for pics Dale! Looks like a real nice set-up. Couple of questions for ya:

1. Does it feel cramped inside the cab?
2. Does the cab amplify the engine noise inside the cab?

Thanks
Ryan

 

[Dale1995]

Thanks for pics Dale! Looks like a real nice set-up. Couple of questions for ya:

1. Does it feel cramped inside the cab?
2. Does the cab amplify the engine noise inside the cab?

Thanks
Ryan

The cab does not feel cramped at all, I was very pleased by the overall room in the cab. I am 6' tall and 375 lbs and feel very comfortable in this cab. The engine noise is amplified a little bit but I can deal with it. In the summer I will remove the doors, etc.. so that will help. I usually wear ear protection most of the time, and listen to the radio with my headphones, I purchased at Lowes for around $50.00. I did add a hand grip so you have something to hang on to when you enter or leave the cab. I also removed one of the pieces of clear plastic in the front of the cab and replaced it with a piece of steel plate, that I ground to the same shape as the glass. I then bored a hole in the plate and mounted my snow deflecter cable in this hole. I also had to lower my heater 2" so that I would have enough clearance for my deflector cable. (The glass was useless because the heater was in its way) I am pretty fussy and love to fabricate items. I also machined a set of shafts so I can store my mower in the off season and roll it around the shop if its in my way. I was very impressed with this cab, I had a X485 before it also had a Curtis Cab, and it was a nice cab also. But this one is a little more polished. I couldn't see buying the hard side cab for $1000.00 more, I would rather put the money on some attachments. I am in the process of building a set of forks for this unit now

 

[kernal]

Dale,
Thanks for the pics. Nice setup.

 

[Ductape]

Nice set-up ! You also did a nice job fabbing the step, nice touch.

 

[JSR LLS]

Nice cab and nice step Dale. I won't let my wife see the step or she might start bugging you to take orders!