Visibility with cab

farmboy12 · Jan 4, 2009

All you guys who own a 3x20/4x20 with a cab, how well can you see the bucket when the loader's all the way up? I was just looking around on eBay, and saw a 3520 with a cab and a loader. One pic showed the loader all the way up, and it didn't look like you would be able to see it that well seated in the cab. Is this true?

Kyle

dirtworksequip · Jan 4, 2009

No, you can't see the bucket at all...........you have to put the hood down first!

farmboy12 · Jan 4, 2009

You must've seen the same one!

Kyle

Karl2 · Jan 8, 2009

farmboy12 said:
All you guys who own a 3x20/4x20 with a cab, how well can you see the bucket when the loader's all the way up? I was just looking around on eBay, and saw a 3520 with a cab and a loader. One pic showed the loader all the way up, and it didn't look like you would be able to see it that well seated in the cab. Is this true?

It's true, the "visor roof" on the JD cab hampers vision of the bucket when it's propped all the way up so either you lean on the steering wheel for a good view or you just don't raise it that high

dirtworksequip · Jan 8, 2009

That would depend how tall the user is and if the seat was forward or back, raised or lowered. Sawed off guys like me just need to lean forward a little.

Sincerely, Dirt

Karl2 · Jan 8, 2009

dirtworksequip said:
That would depend how tall the user is and if the seat was forward or back, raised or lowered. Sawed off guys like me just need to lean forward a little.

Sincerely, Dirt

You are right of course. I was implying adult male driver, 5' 11", 180 lbs, seat in normal driving position with air pressure adjusted so that aforementioned driver and seat gracefully bounce in unity at the slightest bump - given the state of roads in this county during winter driver and seat bounce a great deal. This driver (yours truly) needs to lean over the steering wheel and twist his neck a bit to see bucket when fully raised. Because driver does not overly enjoy contorting, and to avoid unexpected lofty obstacles such as Mrs McKnight's clothesline (driver promised he would fix it comes Spring) he rarely raises bucket all the way

Nuru · Jan 18, 2009

Hmmm, i just look at my hood and watch the reflection of the bucket in my hood, no problem at all.

Spudland_Dave · Jan 18, 2009

One thing I cant see with the cab is my hind end freezing!

Even if it had the visibility of an army tank, I'd still rather have a cab...with the snow coming down over here right now (approx 8" as I type), I'm actually looking forward to go out and play.

Karl2 · Jan 18, 2009

Spudland_Dave said:
with the snow coming down over here right now (approx 8" as I type), I'm actually looking forward to go out and play.

I just finished my full run clearing that snow. Would be nice if plow operators took a night off but they won't so at 3am I'm back on the road to get rid of all those nasty EOD's, sigh!

Spudland_Dave · Jan 19, 2009

Karl2 said:
I just finished my full run clearing that snow. Would be nice if plow operators took a night off but they won't so at 3am I'm back on the road to get rid of all those nasty EOD's, sigh!

Last night when I parked the tractor I thought I was done...it had stopped snowing and the plow passed while I was playing.....woke up to find another 4" to get rid of....

Got a neighbor down the road and he looked like Frosty the snowman on his open station because it was such a light fluffy snow.