JD 3038E Homemade Cab II

[hrspwrranch]

I am building a cab for my 2014 John Deere 3038E. I plan to use canvas doors with clear plastic for see through windows. I had a JD 750 with this type of cab and it worked fine to keep the wind off when plowing snow. I will attach pictures as I go along. I am using 1X1 square tubing for the frame. I am building it in pieces so I can put it on by myself. I made a windshield hoop first. i built it to stay tight to the loader on the upright and tilted it to be parallel with the ROPS. I used a HF tubing bender to bend the square tubing. I will post pics and progress as I go along.

JD 3038E with quick attach plow and back blade for snow removalView attachment 404725View attachment 404727View attachment 404730

 

[hrspwrranch]

I built a mount for the cab hoop that will mount to the Loader upright support. I plan mount the pieces with 1/4" rubber between all the parts to reduce the noise in the cab from the engine vibration. View attachment 404828View attachment 404829

 

[Dave M7040]

Your attachments are not visible so we cannot see what great work you are doing.
Are you using a hosting service to upload your photos to and then pasting the link they provide to your posting on this forum?
I use 301 Moved Permanently but there are others.
Dave m7040

 

[hrspwrranch]

I am building a cab for my 2014 John Deere 3038E. I plan to use canvas doors with clear plastic for see through windows. I had a JD 750 with this type of cab and it worked fine to keep the wind off when plowing snow. I will attach pictures as I go along. I am using 1X1 square tubing for the frame. I am building it in pieces so I can put it on by myself. I made a windshield hoop first. i built it to stay tight to the loader on the upright and tilted it to be parallel with the ROPS. I used a HF tubing bender to bend the square tubing. I will post pics and progress as I go along.

JD 3038E with quick attach plow and back blade for snow removalView attachment 404725View attachment 404727View attachment 404730

trying to get the pictures to link.

 

[hrspwrranch]

Another pic of mount and the front hoop

 

[tcreeley]

Nice work!

 

[wmonroe]

Coming along very well.

 

[hrspwrranch]

Thanks for the kind words!

I have finished the front and rear hoops and have them mounted with the center portion of the roof. Because I didn't want this to be a big box that sat on the out side of the tractor, i am actually going to bring the roof in from 48" in the back to 39" in the front. I am going to make the bend to match the floor board angle. That's what I hope to accomplish today.
This is a picture of them all bolted together. I had to use it to plow as we received a nice 6" snow last night.

This is picture of how I mounted the rear hoop to ROPS

 

[tcreeley]

Be careful of your clearance to get it out of your garage! Looking elegant!

 

[hrspwrranch]

Be careful of your clearance to get it out of your garage! Looking elegant!

I made sure it will fit in the barn and that i can get it out of garage. Thanks for the complement.

 

[hrspwrranch]

Be careful of your clearance to get it out of your garage! Looking elegant!

I made sure it will fit in the barn and that i can get it out of garage. Thanks for the complement.

 

[hrspwrranch]

I finished the roof frame work. It tapers in to match the foot board. I have included a picture.

 

[hrspwrranch]

I was also able to get the Door hing supports and the corner uprights in today. the attached is a picture of that.

 

[hrspwrranch]

This is what the back canvas window will look like. I plan to use JD yellow to border the windows.

 

[blacktruck]

Awesome looking progress. Please keep posting as you go. I am interested in building/buying one for my tractor. The new hard cabs are great but not priced where I would invest in one. Had thought of something like this but it wasn't occurring to me how to attach it. Now I got some more ideas. :thumbsup:
Thanks man. Much appreciated.

 

[hrspwrranch]

Awesome looking progress. Please keep posting as you go. I am interested in building/buying one for my tractor. The new hard cabs are great but not priced where I would invest in one. Had thought of something like this but it wasn't occurring to me how to attach it. Now I got some more ideas. :thumbsup:
Thanks man. Much appreciated.

Thanks, I have spent 44 hours on the tractor so far. Most of that time I was pondering how to mount the cab. I was planning to build a mount for the bottom of the front hoop, but with it mounted as it is it is very stout. i used 1/4" X 3" flat bar for the mounts to the loader and for the ROPS plates. I will post demensions and materials list when I am done.

 

[mboss7]

I'm surprised a HF tubing bender will bend square tube. Pretty nice, I might need to get one of those...

 

[hrspwrranch]

I'm surprised a HF tubing bender will bend square tube. Pretty nice, I might need to get one of those...

I was surprised how well it worked also. I just used the regular pipe die, but was prepared to build a fixture like the one I found on the following link. File:8-53 Crush rod.jpg - The Scratch-Built Hot Rod
I think if I had to bend any tighter of a radii, i would have had to build the die that is on the link attached for my HF bender.

 

[wmonroe]

Looks very good, nice work.

 

[hrspwrranch]

Thanks for the compliments. Progress will slow a bit as I had to go back to work. Trying to plan and build the hinges for the doors from stock I have on hand,