Cab or no Cab

[Horridfiber]

Buying a 4608 Massey and going to be in the woods a lot of weekends running the trails, food plotting etc .
Everytime will be a 3 mile run from the cottage to the woods ?
Bugs ? Smashed windows? Windchill ? rain ?

Any thoughts ?

 

[KubotaToy]

I thought I would never own a tractor with a cab, but after borrowing my friends cabbed Kubota and using my RTV1100, my next tractor will be cabbed with heat and air. I am not getting younger, so my comfort is beginning to take priority nowadays.

 

[DK35vince]

I don't know how a cab will work in your woods.
But if I ever get another tractor it will have a cab.

 

[tcreeley]

depends on the weather I would think A cab makes sense if you can afford it. Going through the woods you may have clear branches more carefully- but rain, snow, and cold will matter less. ... Of course you will never want to leave it and face the heat of the day, the mosquitoes, the falling sleet!
Make sure the seat reclines and you have room for your legs!

Get a cab- good choice for Ontario!

 

[TripleR]

LOTS of old threads on this with strong preferences on both sides. I now run only cab tractors, but had to add brush guards after knocking a hole in my roof. If a person can manage it, they are great, but for some they just aren't practical.

 

[MAN IN BLACK]

The 4608 is a big machine to play around in the woods.
I would be afraid to break windows or tear off lights or flashers, not to mention low branches.
Mine is platform and I am happy with it.
The kind of money they ask for a cab...I just could not justify that !

 

[George2615]

I'm sure this cab or no cab question has been asked quite a few times.
Cab will have its advantages during winter having heat, being out of the windchill, rain, or snow. Also will help keep out bugs in summer.
Disadvantage will be the need to take extra care in the woods watching out for low branches that could easily take out a window.
I spend more time plowing snow than I do in the woods so having a cab with heat is a blessing. The A/C in hot summer is nice too but didn't use it much last summer.
Farmers have got along without cabs for many years. The older I get the more creature comforts I'd like to have. I guess it depends on what creature comforts you want to have.

 

[peterc38]

I'm in the same situation as George where I have probably more winter and snow removal use and not too much occasion to go in the woods. I've had two open station tractors but just got a cab model which i decided to purchase after another winter if freezing my keister off. I'm actually looking forward to next winter.

 

[DABSGT]

My new tractor has a cab but that was for snow removal and it has been great. In the summer I am able to remove the doors if needed and front window pops open, heater fan works ok to circulate the air, water shut off, and to keep comfortable. But I have older tractors with out cab to use.

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[vtsnowedin]

It comes down to knowing which small limbs will bend and slide by the cab and which are strong enough to damage it. Going slow is your friend but there comes times when you just have to stop and cut the offending limb out of the way. If you are on an open station that same limb would have slapped you in the face so needed to go any way. A slow careful drive down your main woods roads in the spring will let you trim out any offending limbs and let you run up and down the road at speed leaving just your side trips at the end to be more careful about.

 

[Horridfiber]

The 4608 is a big machine to play around in the woods.
I would be afraid to break windows or tear off lights or flashers, not to mention low branches.
Mine is platform and I am happy with it.
The kind of money they ask for a cab...I just could not justify that !

Too big for the woods MIB ? Thoughts...
I started out looking at the JD 5075e.
Im convinced given some other tasks that the hP s what I need, but the size does make me a wee nervous.
Problem is have o pay HST on a smaller tractor under 60 hP, so I was thinking this would have better resale afterwards ..

 

[vtsnowedin]

Too big for the woods MIB ? Thoughts...
I started out looking at the JD 5075e.
Im convinced given some other tasks that the hP s what I need, but the size does make me a wee nervous.
Problem is have o pay HST on a smaller tractor under 60 hP, so I was thinking this would have better resale afterwards ..

She'll fit in the woods just fine. If there isn't eight feet between two trees they are crowding each other and the lessor of the two needs to go to the wood pile.

 

[CalG]

A cab would last until the third trip into the woods for me. (short memory... Heck, I've crashed the ROPS twice now)

Sometimes terrain dictates the available space.

A moose walked through our lot a few years back. Must of had a 6 foot rack. The fellow stopped twice to jog his path over and back. I took it as a sign ;-)

 

[4570Man]

If I bought a second tractor it would have a cab. I only have one tractor, and I don't want a cab on it.

 

[Katahdin]

For the cost of a factory cab I could probably pay someone else to plow my driveway for 15 years/winters.

 

[vtsnowedin]

For the cost of a factory cab I could probably pay someone else to plow my driveway for 15 years/winters.

Did your wife make you post that? :laughing:

 

[jenkinsph]

I used to take tractors through the woods and tree limbs when younger. Now that I am paying for them I am more careful to trim the branches and take care of the entire tractor. That in turn takes care of the cab glass too.

If I lived in Ontario a cab would be my first choice.

 

[MossRoad]

I had a late 70's IH 2500b with a cab for 10 years that got used "in the woods". Every light, mirror, and piece of glass with the exception of the rear window was broken or cracked. For woods work, I'd never have another cabbed machine. For field work, it was great in cold weather, but no air conditioning made it an oven in the summer.

 

[Sysop]

Just always drive with the FEL up in the air to break any limbs off before they break the glass!!! :drink:

 

[4570Man]

Just always drive with the FEL up in the air to break any limbs off before they break the glass!!! :drink:

That would bend them back, and then slap into the glass.