tractor tunes

[nazud]

Does anyone out there have some form of tunes on their tractor? I just wander if it would be too loud to hear it over the tractor and MMM. My wife thinks I should just buy some headphones and mow away. It gets kind of boring mowing the back field with nothing to hear but the sound of diesel and deck.

 

[Golfgar4]

You can add radios to most tractors, but unless you're in an enclosed cab, you probably can't hear much. You can purchase headphones (ear muff type) that have a built in radio. They're battery operated, so depending on how long you're out there, they might not last long/w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif. I bought a pair for wearing while I mow with my walk behind, but I'm only out there for about 1 hour. I'll bet somebody out there has Rube Goldberged some kind of system though!/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MossRoad]

I've used a walkman with the ear bud type headphones and then placed my earmuff type hearing protectors on as usual. Worked pretty well.

 

[BurningtreeFarm]

Go to any tractor type store (TSC and the like) or farm store and they should have a tractor radio that would mount somewhere on the fender or pretty much wherever you would like to, and I garantee you will no longer hear the tractor running, but any radio station you care to listen to, no head phones required,TSC's big blue book price $99.99, page 213.
Tim

 

[Rick572]

I put a radio on mine, and very seldom operate the tractor without listening to it. Its just a cheap walmart thing with no speakers. I wired a headphone jack onto the speaker wires and use some of them big fluffy sony head phones. The Head phones knock out about half the engine/trans noise and are very enjoyable. I feel like I should ware hearing protection anyway, and so might a well listen to some music.

Rick

 

[SynergyDPM]

I recently purchased hearing protectors (muffs) with an FM radio "inside". It reduces noise by 27db and plays music (or talk radio) ! ! L O V E E M !

You can order them online at Northern Tool:

http://www.northerntool.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=1462&cgmenbr=6970&PHOTOS=on

Check it out.

Dave

 

[looch]

A friend of mine picked up a pair like that while we were at a NASCAR race in Dover, Delaware last year. Good excuse to go /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.

 

[Wingnut]

... and I had exactly the opposite experience of Dave's. I bought the Northern Tool hearing protectors and haven't been satisfied from second one ... they're now in my recycle/reuse/throw out box in the shop (I tossed them after the last time they annoyed me). Only picks up FM ... very VERY directional, fades out everytime I turn, and fell apart the first time I dropped them. I also found them quite uncomfortable and illfitting for the money. My shooting muffs ... gel filled and extremely comfortable and well-fitting, cost less than these did.
I have gone back to using a good set of hearing protectors and taking my MP3 payer and bud earphone along.

wingnut

 

[MarkV]

John Miller III did a post of a new camopy that had a radio/??? mounted in it with head phones. Sorry, I can't remember where.(must be that grey hair) Looked pretty cool.

MarkV

 

[RhallVA]

I bought an ear protection headset with am/fm radio built in and they are fantastic! I can barely hear the tractor running due to the noise reduction and thus can listen to the radio at a comfortable volume level.
They are called "WorkTunes" and I odered them from Rockler
at www.rockler.com. They were not cheap, but they have been worth every penny thus far. Reception has been excellent for me, but I know it really depends where you live, so I can't predict the reception others will get.

Take care!
Roy in VA