Is Deere planning a 2x20 Cab?

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vsumoski

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I noticed that Deere.com's Two Thousand series 52" snow-blower video shows a CABBED tractor about a third of the way into the video. Do you think that Deere is planning a cab for the 2x20 series?


Vince
 
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Those are Curtis cabs. Deere offers them on the X700 series garden tractors too.
 
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Thanks for the link Runner!
I thought maybe the b3030 cab option might have had an impact, but the referenced thread (and therefore probably the video) is already two years old.
A few times while lurking, I've read of desires for a 2000 series factory cab.

Vince
 
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I spoke with representatives from Deere at their drive green show. They said it takes 8 horsepower to run an A/C unit. On the larger tractors you dont feel the power lost but on the smaller ones, it could be noticeable therefore it is not in the plans at this time.
 
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I spoke with representatives from Deere at their drive green show. They said it takes 8 horsepower to run an A/C unit. On the larger tractors you dont feel the power lost but on the smaller ones, it could be noticeable therefore it is not in the plans at this time.

I've always heard its closer to 3Hp.
 
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It varies with speed. The problem with any belt driven accessory is that it generally (Unless it had some sort of variable drive mechanism) requires a fixed amount of torque but the RPM varies. So let's say at 1200 rpm it's 3hp, that's about 13+ ftlbs of torque. So now you increase it to your 3150 limit on your 2305, now it's the same torque but at more speed so it would take 2.6 times 3hp or 7.8hp. The problem is they usually calibrate belt driven equipment to work at idle speed so at higher engine speeds there is usually a ton of waste. Same is true on cars. If they calibrated them to get only the power they needed at higher speed they'd suck at lower speeds/idle. You can tweak this by changing the size of the pulley on an accessory to make it take less torque (bigger pulley) or more torque (smaller pulley) as long as you don't go so small you exceed the maximum RPM of the accessory.

The one exception generally to this is the Alternator since with speed the field strength (What causes the resistance to turning) can be reduced at higher speeds if desired.
 
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The one exception generally to this is the Alternator since with speed the field strength (What causes the resistance to turning) can be reduced at higher speeds if desired.

So an electric motor driven compressor might be the ticket.

Vince
 

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