You Have a Cab?

[LouNY]

They do make sense for full time farmers or maybe for folks stuck living down south below the Mason Dixon line. Whenever I see one on a CUT up in the northern US, all I can think of is “a fool and his money are soon parted”.

And for those that seem to prefer to SUFFER here's a pair of open stations

 

[JeepHead]

They do make sense for full time farmers or maybe for folks stuck living down south below the Mason Dixon line. Whenever I see one on a CUT up in the northern US, all I can think of is “a fool and his money are soon parted”.

Agree, it makes perfect sense for some people. I just get tired of listening to the ones who THINK everyone would rather have a cab tractor if they just knew what they were missing.

 

[Jrasband]

don't want a cab much prefer a open station thankyou

 

[LouNY]

Agree, it makes perfect sense for some people. I just get tired of listening to the ones who THINK everyone would rather have a cab tractor if they just knew what they were missing.

Because as they age more and more of them will.

 

[IndyIan]

I love all the folks denying the idea of a cab. I can remember back in the 60's agreeing with my father that a factory cab was a waste of money, we could just throw the heat houser on for the winter and use an umbrella in the hottest summer days.
Then about 6 years later I drove my first cab with AC tractor cultivating corn, I haven't looked back since. I have bought open station tractors since then because of the $$$$$$, but now I sit here with 3 cabbed tractors and one open station. The main use for the open station is the pto generator and backup for the others.

I agree, if I was making money driving around in circles for hours in the hot sun, eating dust, then I want a cab too! I have done a bit of that, playing with some hay equipment, but its been only a few dozen hours over the years, and when I'm learning the equipment and the fields its good to have all the visibility and hearing available. Most of my use in only an hour or two at a time, and seems never in the rain, so I'm good with an open station, and if I ever upgrade before I'm in my 70's, it will be for more hp and weight, and not a cab.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Why I have a cab

 

[Williy]

Y'all with your cabless tractors wait untill you get into your
80's and when your summer temps are in the upper 90's
or low 100's and you have nothing but blowing heat & dust

willy

 

[Like Tractors]

Some with cabs, some without.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Y'all with your cabless tractors wait untill you get into your
80's and when your summer temps are in the upper 90's
or low 100's and you have nothing but blowing heat & dust

willy

I was told the same thing when I was in my 40's. I'm now 77 and it turned out to be true.

Tractors can last many years, so think about the future when you pass on a cab.

 

[EddieWalker]

Just swing those mirror around and look through the windshield at them. Try it.. If you don't like it, you can always put them back.

I moved my mirrors in before mowing yesterday, but hate how little I can see through them. The post for the cab means they have to be inside the post, but then the loader is right next to it. There is just one spot where it works, but the field of view is so limited that I couldn't see what the batwing was doing behind me.

I'm going to try outside the post next time, but as far forward as I can put them. Having them out wide gives me the best view, but that's also where the branches are.

 

[Williy]

Why don't you turn them sideways and fix them like your
rear view mirror on your truck??

willy

 

[EddieWalker]

I never thought of turning them so they are "sideways" I'll give it a try!!

 

[rockinbbar]

I moved my mirrors in before mowing yesterday, but hate how little I can see through them. The post for the cab means they have to be inside the post, but then the loader is right next to it. There is just one spot where it works, but the field of view is so limited that I couldn't see what the batwing was doing behind me.

I'm going to try outside the post next time, but as far forward as I can put them. Having them out wide gives me the best view, but that's also where the branches are.

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I brought mine in more, but my can may be different and takes that position better.

I swung them in to a couple of inches from the cab windshield. I think I have a cab that is more open in that rear quarter I'm looking through.

 

[BackRoad]

It is interesting how often a topic gets turned into an "us against them" argument, along with the ensuing debate of trying to convince others of our superior logic.

It even happens in something as simple as a cab vs open station poll.

- Discussion is good...
- Understanding options is good...
- Establishing your own unique requirements is good...
- Making your own informed choice is good...

Judging others for their personal choices is asinine.

 

[rockinbbar]

It is interesting how often a topic gets turned into an "us against them" argument, along with the ensuing debate of trying to convince others of our superior logic.

It even happens in something as simple as a cab vs open station poll.

- Discussion is good...
- Understanding options is good...
- Establishing your own unique requirements is good...
- Making your own informed choice is good...

Judging others for their personal choices is asinine.

I agree with that, as to some posters in this thread. It seems you can always find people wearing their opinions on their sleeve.

But most have just made it clear why they choose what they have, and how that works for them.

An argument for open station I have never understood is "It's less expensive than the one with a cab"...

In reality, you don't really pay anything for the cab. It may cost a bit more when you buy it. BUT.. it's worth that much more when you sell it.

 

[IndyIan]

Y'all with your cabless tractors wait untill you get into your
80's and when your summer temps are in the upper 90's
or low 100's and you have nothing but blowing heat & dust

willy

Hopefully when I'm in my 80's I still want to play around on the tractor and then I will probably spend my kids inheritance on a cabbed tractor.... But I bought my tractor in my 30's and I would be impressed if a cabbed utility tractor makes it to 40-50+years old with working AC and all the windows in it? Around here at least, there isn't many! Maybe a couple of 80's field tractors? But most of them have the doors off windows out too once they get to that age.
In theory, I have invested the extra money I saved not getting a cab back in 2011, so that money will probably buy me a new tractor, or a fun car, after 25 years.(This is the argument I will use on the wife)
I also think there is a drift to lots of "wants" becoming "needs", but for my 70-100 hrs a year in mostly nice weather(I'm floating in the trout pond if it's in the 90's, or by the fire if its -30F) I'm good with the open station.

 

[KennyG]

I agree with that, as to some posters in this thread. It seems you can always find people wearing their opinions on their sleeve.

But most have just made it clear why they choose what they have, and how that works for them.

An argument for open station I have never understood is "It's less expensive than the one with a cab"...

In reality, you don't really pay anything for the cab. It may cost a bit more when you buy it. BUT.. it's worth that much more when you sell it.

I've never quite understood the "it'll be worth more when you sell it" argument. But then, I've never kept a new car or truck less than 10 years and tractors are more or less permanent for me.

 

[JethroB]

Earlier this year. I didn’t see him until I was inside and had move a few feet out from under the shed. First thought “which side of the glass is he on?”

 

[BackRoad]

And can you name that snake with 2 photos?

They are all Cobra Headed Python Constrictors to me!

 

[LouNY]

And can you name that snake with 2 photos?

They are all Cobra Headed Python Constrictors to me!

soon to be dead!!!