Foggy47
5 year old buck +
You'd be amazed of the cover I can sneak thu with my cab......and I not longer get whipped in the face with a tree branch....like days of old.
Tractor Cab or No Cab
- Thread starter SwampCat
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drycreek
5 year old buck +
I have a cab. I also have a pole saw, so around my plots there are no limbs to dodge, they are the first thing to go. I do have to dodge some when mowing on our lease or my place, but we trim those from time to time also. I would rather be comfortable in 95* heat with no fear of wasps and bees than not.
I am bringing this up again as high is around 10 degrees and more cold weather than in years. I have a JD 5065 without a cab. I actually don't know that I would buy a JD if I trade something with a cab. Don't know yet if I am trying to talk myself into a cab or not doing anything.
I was running a small open cab dozer at work one day. They brought me a brand new one to try out with a cab. About two hours later I hit a underground bee nest. There was literally hundreds of bees swarming the glass door. I'm allergic to them. I probably would of been killed. So I guess I will have to vote for a cab!
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Even more fun hitting a nest with a walk behind brush hog. At frist I thought I was getting prickeld by a berry bush. Probably about 30 stings on me.
No cab and a rear mounted snowblower is real fun too. Used to wear a snowmobile helmet.
No cab and a rear mounted snowblower is real fun too. Used to wear a snowmobile helmet.
Anything you dont like about the 5065. I have had mine six years and a little over 1000 hours and really like it. No cab - and still dont want one.
farmlegend
5 year old buck +
The only time I wish I had a cab are on hot days when I'm running the bush hog for hours on end.
Other than that - I'm jumping on and off my tractor a lot, go through a number of tight spots, and am convinced I'm better off cabless. I do have a canopy that keeps the sun off of me (and even that has a big ding in the back of it, which I live with - would have resulted in an expensive repair if I had a cab).
It helps that I have an enclosed cab Kubota RTV with heat, air, and a nice dump bed that I make use of when doing non-tractor-required chores in the heat and cold.
Other than that - I'm jumping on and off my tractor a lot, go through a number of tight spots, and am convinced I'm better off cabless. I do have a canopy that keeps the sun off of me (and even that has a big ding in the back of it, which I live with - would have resulted in an expensive repair if I had a cab).
It helps that I have an enclosed cab Kubota RTV with heat, air, and a nice dump bed that I make use of when doing non-tractor-required chores in the heat and cold.
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Spent about four hours running the grapple in that cold and wind today! Love my cab!
Brian662
5 year old buck +
In MN, had (still have)an open cab JD 4105 for 10 years before upgrading to my Kubota MX6000 with cab. Main reason for the cab in my experiences were the dust/debris from brush hogging and moving snow in the winter. We have 300 yards of driveway and after getting home from working in the cold, it was miserable to get bundled up to move snow for 1-2 hours.
I love the cab - heat/AC, radio, Bluetooth, shade, etc. However I do still like to sit on my 4105 and catch some sun. It is also easier getting off and on the cab-less rig, but with extra bells and whistles on my cabbed rig, I don't have as much of that.
Ultimately there is a place for both but 8 uses out of 10, I'll take the cab.
I love the cab - heat/AC, radio, Bluetooth, shade, etc. However I do still like to sit on my 4105 and catch some sun. It is also easier getting off and on the cab-less rig, but with extra bells and whistles on my cabbed rig, I don't have as much of that.
Ultimately there is a place for both but 8 uses out of 10, I'll take the cab.
Right on Westwind! I did the same on Saturday at -10f with big wind. Never even put on my jacket and gloves. I’ve never had an OS tractor and I can definitely understand the open air appeal, but I live in zone 3a and the cab simply lets me get more done. Whether it’s 90f with 90%RH or -20 and 30mph winds I can work in comfort.
Being in my tractor seat is my happy place! The first tractor I bought myself was in 2002. It was a JD 2640 open station with a loader and a bush hog. Hot or cold, I loved being in the seat with my headphones on, covered in dust, getting bit by bugs, breathing smoke from whatever brush pile I was burning. Just getting stuff done.
I sold that tractor to a neighbor a couple years ago when I bought my new 5075M. He just restored it and sold it for more than I paid for it in 2002. When I bought it, it had 5,933 hours on it. When he sold it, it had a shade over 7,000 hours on it.
That means I spent over 44 full 24 hour days in that seat since 2002. Or 133 full 8 hour days.
Now I loved that tractor. But now I go out with my cup of coffee, jump in my tractor, put my phone on the charger and connect the Bluetooth to the tractor stereo and don’t have to put bug spray on or wear hearing protection.
Get the cab and a pole saw. Clear your trails and let ‘er rip.
I sold that tractor to a neighbor a couple years ago when I bought my new 5075M. He just restored it and sold it for more than I paid for it in 2002. When I bought it, it had 5,933 hours on it. When he sold it, it had a shade over 7,000 hours on it.
That means I spent over 44 full 24 hour days in that seat since 2002. Or 133 full 8 hour days.
Now I loved that tractor. But now I go out with my cup of coffee, jump in my tractor, put my phone on the charger and connect the Bluetooth to the tractor stereo and don’t have to put bug spray on or wear hearing protection.
Get the cab and a pole saw. Clear your trails and let ‘er rip.
Its so enjoyable to be able to get out of the house in the dead of winter!
The other thing is my old 2wd 2640 absolutely required tire chains. Man, thats both an easy job and a job I dreaded!
Especially before I retired, that first snow storm would sneak up on me and I’d be out in the shed late at night putting tire chains on after working all day so I could clear my driveway….
I am sure most folks already know my preference to an open station tractor - and not trying to sway anyone here, but just relating a light hearted experience - no offense intended at anyone.
I have 62 acres that used to be part of a piece of ground that contains 600 acres of rowcrop ground. I plant ten acres right next to the lower end of a neighboring 200 acre row crop field. It was late June and it was hot and humid - near 100 degrees. Neighbor was planting late beans after a wheat harvest using a big JD with cab. I was disking some ground to plant some browntop millet. It was hot, and dusty. One pass, we both met at the end of the rows and he stopped that big JD and jumped down and walked over to where I was working, to talk. I got down off my open station 65 hp jd, sweating, covered in dust. He walked up with in an immaculately pressed cinch shirt, creased wranglers, and glossy alligator skin boots, drinking a cup of coffee. I said something like “man, now that is farming in style with all that fancy equipment”. He replied, “that aint farming - you are farming - I could just as easily be sitting at a desk in the office”
I have 62 acres that used to be part of a piece of ground that contains 600 acres of rowcrop ground. I plant ten acres right next to the lower end of a neighboring 200 acre row crop field. It was late June and it was hot and humid - near 100 degrees. Neighbor was planting late beans after a wheat harvest using a big JD with cab. I was disking some ground to plant some browntop millet. It was hot, and dusty. One pass, we both met at the end of the rows and he stopped that big JD and jumped down and walked over to where I was working, to talk. I got down off my open station 65 hp jd, sweating, covered in dust. He walked up with in an immaculately pressed cinch shirt, creased wranglers, and glossy alligator skin boots, drinking a cup of coffee. I said something like “man, now that is farming in style with all that fancy equipment”. He replied, “that aint farming - you are farming - I could just as easily be sitting at a desk in the office”
Swampwalker
Yearling... With promise
All my tractors have been open station so I guess I may not know what I’m missing.
Being retired a lot of the times I have the luxury of being able to just not get on the tractor if it’s too hot or cold.
Part of me not getting a cab is what SwampCat talked about in an earlier post.
I enjoy being outside. A cab tractor seems like it would take away some of that outdoor experience. It’s kind of like hunting shacks and popup blinds, they have their place and are nice if the weather is bad but I can’t stand sitting in one when the weather is nice.
Being retired a lot of the times I have the luxury of being able to just not get on the tractor if it’s too hot or cold.
Part of me not getting a cab is what SwampCat talked about in an earlier post.
I enjoy being outside. A cab tractor seems like it would take away some of that outdoor experience. It’s kind of like hunting shacks and popup blinds, they have their place and are nice if the weather is bad but I can’t stand sitting in one when the weather is nice.
I love that! I think people would like to be able to revisit what they know from when they are younger and were in their prime.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
Yeah.....welll.....not so much. I been there / done that. Owned a few open station tractors prior to my cab. NO comparison with a cab tractor to the open station. Used to wear my "bug out" gear to avoid the deer flies and hornets. No more.....now I love how they congregate on the glass of my cab....while I ride along in a tee shirt and shorts......and enjoy the HVAC. I worried about tree limbs.....but that was not really a concern with just a little pruning and my cab. NEVER going back.
A little pruning? At my place, by the time I got done pruning all the limbs it would be time to start over.
I was fishing for my last of the nine worlds billfish last year - a spearfish in Kona Hawaii. I booked three days on a charter - the boat just happened to have a enclosed salon with AC. After the three days were over, both the captain and mate told me I was the only customer they could remember that never went in the salon in three days other than to go to the bathroom. I like being outside - I have run plenty of cab tractors - I just feel like I am missing seeing and hearing things. My neighbor has two tractors for baling - an old open station with a rake and a new JD cab tractor with the baler. I always choose the open station, always.
I understand the inconvenience of an open station. I dont blame anyone for getting a cab tractor if that is what they want. It can be hot, or cold, or dusty, or buggy - but it is outside. Besides, I am only on a tractor about 300 hours a year. All three of my tractors are open station. That is why I bought my land - so I can be outside. I built my house so I can be inside. I can sit in my living room in the AC when I want to be cool. I just like outside better
