Buying Advice Replacement Glass Door for 3510 Cab

[KenGod]

I broke my left door on a tree. My Kioti dealer wants $600 for the left door glass. Is there any after market places that I can purchase for less?
$600 seems excessive for one door glass.
My cab model #CKA132
Thanks

 

[kantuckid]

Plexiglass cut on a band saw? Call a commercial glass installer and ask whats available from their insulated glass supplier.

 

[TractorGuy]

Check with a local glass company to see if they can supply or cut a safety glass replacement. I have read they can do it for flat panels.

If you substitute any type plastic you want to use polycarbonate (Lexan). NOT acrylic (Plexiglass).

 

[arcadelt]

If the doors are anything like those on my CK4220, they are quite a specific design, with curved glass, holes for hinges and handles, and dust proof seals. Personally, I'd want the OEM item.

 

[grsthegreat]

A new truck windshield is almost as expensive. Curved glass is not cheap

 

[K5lwq]

$30,000 plus tractor. $600 seems like a small amount to fix it correctly.

 

[holeycow]

Good to know that Kioti glass is reasonably priced. I would have expected a lot more.

 

[kantuckid]

Glass at retail is not glass at wholesale-this definitely includes vehicle windshields, plus it also comes in grades.
Flat safety glass is a fact. If flat, buy the plastic as a rectangle then bandsaw it out.

 

[PILOON]

Actually @ $600 that is well in line with automotive glass prices and perhaps even on low side.
Big difference is due to lesser volume there are no aftermarket vendors.

 

[DieselBound]

Been there, done that!

Shell out for the proper door. That helps remind you to NOT do what you did to break the first one! I spent HOURS picking out glass from my woods after breaking my door; it was like staying behind in school to write "I will not..." a hundred times on the chalkboard!

TIP: ALWAYS close cab doors; no exceptions (otherwise you'll make excuses that will get you right back into this situation)

I had about 700 hrs on my NX when I blew out my left door. Considering the environment I have, all those predicting it to be idiocy to operate cabbed tractors in woods, I feel that it's really no more than normal wear and tear: of course, I'd have to go another 700 hrs to make this work out.

 

[grsthegreat]

so far im 1500 hours with no breakage from my trees...knock on wood. and i have 20 acres of trees i work in.

 

[DieselBound]

so far im 1500 hours with no breakage from my trees...knock on wood. and i have 20 acres of trees i work in.

And there you have it, one CAN operate a cab in the woods!

I got "lucky" and hit the sweet spot. Any other angle and the door would have popped off the stabilizer or just closed. Rammed the stinking door edge square into a tree trunk- POW: was doing a lot of climbing in and out and it was hot- A/C was of no use because I was in and out so much; FAIL! Even if there's nothing around I will now CLOSE THE DOOR(S)!

 

[deezler]

Oh snap, you broke the glass by driving around with the door left open? Yeah, dont do that, folks.

 

[DieselBound]

Oh snap, you broke the glass by driving around with the door left open? Yeah, dont do that, folks.

I wasn't driving around per se. I had the door open after assessing a brush pile (again, it was very hot out and I was in and out a lot- more in and out than actually moving around on the tractor) and I overestimated the distance to a tree, mostly concentrating on just bumping the pile a bit, and BAM: LONG HOT DAY- STUFF always goes wrong at the end of a long day, when you're tired! But, yes, don't MOVE a cabbed tractor with a door open! I stayed after class to make sure I learned the lesson!

 

[Boss 302]

That's an awful feeling when it happens, it just proves we are all human.