Tractor top

[Bud]

Just put a top on my tractor to keep off the sun. Picked it up Thursday from a golf car supply for $25.00. It's 42" by 53". I put it on Saturday, so now all we have is rain. Is that luck, or what?
Bud

 

[Bird]

Bud, I have an insulated steel canopy on my tractor; couldn't do without some kind of shade, but mine cost $295./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif I'd say you did very well./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Bird

 

[FlynG]

How 'bout some details Bud. What brand of top, what kind of bracket did you use ect....I'd like to call around and see if I can find something like that too.

 

[scruffy]

Hear! Hear Bud! Post some details! Maybe my old L175/L1500 has enough spunk to haul one of them around, along with a new ROP's of course. My Son would get cranky running along trying to keep the old man in the shade.

 

[Bud]

scruffy Not a lot to tell about putting that roof on. I connected the back end to the ROPS and the front end is anchored to the front of the floor board. Have to bend two more u-bolts to support the roof part way from the rear, then I can take the front end supports off.
The roof is easy to work with, it has a piece of tubing about 11/16" x 1 1/4" all around the bottom of the roof that makes it very rigid and easy to work with.
The roof is 41" x 53".
Bud

 

[scruffy]

Bud, was that a standard golf cart top? How is the weight of top compared to a regular tractor top? Comparable?

 

[Bud]

scruffy, Don't know anything about a tractor top, in fact I can't recall ever seeing one on a tractor.
These roofs are from golf cars that was replaced when the golf cars are brought in for some repair. I asked why a good top is replaced, and they said it is looks. They get dirty or people write on them etc. They are not heavy. Hell I could pick a couple up with one hand and I'm about over the hill.
Bud

 

[gordon]

Sure sounds like a good idea to me for a sunshade thats for sure. Must be nice to say replace this becuase it's dirty. Some people just have too much money or not enough of something else.
Gordon

 

[scruffy]

Gordon, I can see an ex neighbor of mine doing something like that. That guy bought a new 4 wheel drive Ford 3/4 every year. When he came home from work, he walked around his rigs to make sure no scratches got put on it. Wouldn't take it off the pavement, and fought off a herd of prospective buyers everytime he went to trade it in on a new one. Why? I've got a 95 Ram, that we bought new, its been with us in (living in) five different states, got washed in three of them! It's been washed around once a month since we've been here, and looks great, considering its mileage and all. Still good for another year or two.
I think I going golf cart top hunting!

 

[PBMAX]

Bud, I don't suppose ya has a way to post a photo of that setup do's ya???

Lil' Paul

Laziness is the Father of invention.../w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[JimBinMI]

Scruffy,

That '95 Ram is only good for another year or two?
I've got a '95 GMC Sierra that we've nursed from a pup and I think she's good for at least another 10 years! Only have 62,000 miles on her and that 5.7 liter (350) ought to be good for 150,000 - 200,000! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Aaaah, I'm not off topic here am I ? ? ? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Just in case I am, were those golf tops at a country club where image is everything?

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[Bud]

PBurns Sorry I don't have a way to post a photo.
Bud

 

[Hawgee]

http://www.cushmanco.com/

Ive looked at just what you are talking about. Very good choice for sun or rain. You do need to custom mount depending on the rig your attaching too. I would not expect this top to stop falling objects that are larger than golf balls./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif And don't forget to remove your spiked shoes when entering the house at the end of the day./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

 

[scruffy]

JimBinMi, yeah another year or two! Considering it's got 81000 + on it, and I add another 150 everyday of the workweek to it. I am shopping for a rebuildable v8/tranny combo for it to replace the v6 when the motor dies. The mileage is not as high as it could be, as it was parked for about 8 months when the boy's 4.5 foot ball python got loose in it and froze to death. Never could find the snake, but boy did it stink!! Filled the cab with baking powder, closed the doors and parked it! Drove the LHS for that time frame. It's been a work horse though, and trouble free, +/- three catalytic converters and an accident from freezing rain (only doing 5mph) when I slid off the road and dead centered a power pole!