JD 3038E Homemade Cab II

[wmonroe]

Ahhhh going back to work. I ran out of time off also and had to return to work on Monday. Oh well the bills haven't started paying themselves yet.

 

[DABSGT]

Nice work can't wait to see finished product

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[Stryder]

Great work!!! Wishing I had seen this thread before starting mine. I'll have to start a thread and show what I've done.

 

[hrspwrranch]

I had to order some 5/8 OD DOM tube for the door hinges. Ebay had some 12" pieces cheaper than a trip to Denver to buy a full stick. I would never have used 12' of it either. So while I am waiting on the pipe to deliver, I built the door frames. I used 3/4" 16GA tubing. Attached are the pictures of the doors frames in process.

 

[hrspwrranch]

Stryder, i look forward to seeing what you have built. Please share it may help me out. I am designing mine as I go.

 

[hrspwrranch]

Work on the cab has been slow. Finally spent the weekend getting the doors hung. Learned a lesson as I went, the door hinge pins have to be in line or you can't remove the doors. I was lucky and only had to move the bottom hing to back side of the slanting upright. Because I had already built all 4 hinges the same, I had to extend the bottom one 2.25". Now I have to work on building the latch.
Door open

Door closed

Image showing the door closed from front

 

[Stryder]

I didn't really take many pics as I went but here's the front and back. Still need to build the doors but my broken hub set me back.

 

[Stryder]

Here are some pics

 

[hrspwrranch]

Looks like a good start. I like the curved top. I picked up some LED lights similar to yours at tractor supply this weekend. They were on the clearance rack for $20. I used 3/4" 16Ga tubing for my door frames. Tried to keep them light weight so they can be removed easily when it's warm outside.

 

[Stryder]

Great idea on the door frames I'll definitely look into that as well.