Cabs for winter use

[Barryh]

Bill,

Thought I would post this here per your request in case it may help other new members considering a canopy. Measurements are right on as near as I can figure. I would allow maybe a little extra for a pull over fabric cab.

Guessing this would be for a canopy as angle iron would not be strong enough for a ROPS system in my estimation. Good luck hope to see some pics of the finished cab.



<font color="purple"> </font> Stock Measurements for the PT-180 ROPS.


Height (from the bottom bolt hole to the top of the canopy) / 44 - 5/8


Length of canopy from front to back. / 36 Inches


Width of canopy from side to side. / Front 25 Inches tapers back slightly. Back 24 - 6/8


Width of front supports at there widest (the outward bended section)
On the button at 31- 6/8


Where do the vertical mounts attach to the canopy
(i.e. 8" back from the front edge) / 6-1/2 inches back something to consider pipe tapers back slightly at an angle so this was measured at the top cross section under the canopy. Hope this helps. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[tracdoc]

Bill,
I sent Beechwood a PM, and it was read. It would be nice to hear from him on this thread...

 

[Beechwood]

Tracdoc:
I haven't been on for a while, but I noticed with winter coming there is a renewed interest in the cabs for winter use. I used the hard cab I built right up until june then I took it off for the summer. The aux. heater I bought from Northern Hydraulics worked great. The only problem I had with the cab was not making the windows so they could open for fresh air! It got very hot inside the cab by June. I will be correcting that problem before I reinstall it for the winter.
Now that my Warranty has ended and I have passed the 100 Hr. mark I will be posting A few pictures of modifications and Attachments I have made for my 180 hopefully later this week. I will start a new thread for these.

Mini-hoe with 9" & 16" buckets.
Rear brush bar.
Beefed up Lift arms.
York rake attachment plate.
Mini-hoe grapple thumb.
Two spool OEM valve conversion to a Three spool valve to operate the curl functions on my Mini-hoe.

 

[tracdoc]

Beechwood,

I'm so pleased to see you back on the Forum.

Drool....drool....I for one can't wait to learn about and see pics of your mods and attachments. Perfect stuff for reading as the days get shorter and nights get colder. Did you get any "dusting" of snow on the Cape yet? I heard there was some this weekend in MA, but don't know if it was only interior.

 

[Barryh]

Mini Hoe wow ! pretty impressive. You can bet I will be watching since I have a 180 thanks for sharing your ideas with us. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[BillCroasmun]

Beechwood,
Glad to see you back on the forum! As a fellow 180 owner I'll be very interested in seeing the mini-hoe, beefed up lift arms and the valve conversion threads. I've been contemplating building a 9" bucket arm with no curling ability for a while now.
(If I could just get rid of this day job I'd have so much more time for projects! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif)

 

[BillCroasmun]

Barry,
This is great info for me thanks!

The angle iron idea would be more of a FOPS (Falling Object Protective System) than a ROPS.

It turns out I lied to PT when I bought the 180. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I said I wasn't too interested in the ROPS as I didn't have any real steep inclines I would be on. Turns out I have areas of the property that my previous lawn tractors couldn't maintain so I never gave it any thought. Now I started mowing areas I didn't think would be possible to mow and climbing into areas I didn't think would be possible to get into! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

My parents neighbor has a good sized farm and a few agricultural tractors (older Massey, newer New Holland and I think one of the Chinese variants). And he called the PT "a lil' green monkey" one day I climbed across some awkward land to pick up a downed tree. He didn't feel easy about his tractors getting there without feeling too tippy. He was going to drag it out but preferred not tearing things up that bad. The PT got another notch in it's belt that day! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Barryh]

For anyone that might be interested I have completed my Winter Cab. I have set up a few Domain sites stemming off of my business site, since I pay for the server anyway.

So this is where I will put any PT-Projects in the future. As I only have 10 hours on the PT-180, there is not a lot to show for now. I am sure between this winter and next summer it will have grown immensely. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif Winter Cab Link

 

[ontheweb]

Nice web site. Looking forward to more project pictures. What is the JD in the garage used for?

OnTheWeb

 

[Highridge]

Very nice!
Is there heat?