Tractor Cab Built For $650

Tractor Cab Built For $650 TRACTORS Cabs Claude Peloquin didn’t want to spend $6 000 or more for a commercial tractor cab so he built his own using parts from 3 old cabs It cost just $650 and is painted orange and black to match his 2014 Kioti CS2410 loader tractor


    “It looks factory-built but I used only hand tools including a grinder with cutting discs and a cordless drill to build it Everything is bolted together with no welding at all ” says Peloquin “A local dealer had some old cabs on hand and he told me to take what I needed ”    


    Peloquin removes snow from upwards of 20 local driveways every winter “We needed a tractor with a loader to push wet snow so we bought the Kioti last spring and then built the cab for it It took about 175 hrs over a 2-mo period to build ”


    He used 26 6-ft lengths of 1 by 3-in stainless steel channel iron to build the frame doubling up most of them face-to-face for added strength “I got the channel iron from a local egg producer who had bought it from a German company to make cages ”


    He used treated plywood covered with a sheet of tin for the roof It opens for access to the heater windshield wiper motors fuses lights and wiring


    The windows doors and heater are off a Hesston cab “The radiator on this heater is actually bigger than the radiator on the tractor so the heater works really well It doesn’t seem to affect the engine operating temperature at all ” says Peloquin


    The side windows and front and back windshields come from a Laurin cab made in Montreal Quebec that had been used on a Cockshutt tractor “The front windshield wiper is double-armed and has 2 speeds It works much like the wipers found on buses with just one blade that moves back and forth across the windshield ” says Peloquin


    “The cab came with sliding doors that we couldn’t use but the top windows of the doors had just the right angles to fit the rear side frame ”


    The doors are off a FullVision cab that had been used on a Massey-Fergusson 165 tractor and came complete with bolted hinges door handles and latches “The doors were just the right height so we made a frame to fit them ” says Peloquin


    A strobe light mounts on front toward the top of the cab “I like having the lights up on top of the cab instead of at bucket level where they can obstruct the driver’s view ” says Peloquin


    “It was a fun project to build and turned out better than I expected The doors and windshields can be easily removed for summer time use We weighed most of the components and estimate the total cab weight at about 350 lbs That weight definitely adds traction and also results in a smoother ride


    “Our only out-of pocket costs were for bolts paint extended hydraulic hoses coolant hoses wiring lights switches flat-stock tin and plywood ”


    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Claude Peloquin 191 rang 3 du Gore Thurso J0X3B0 Quebec Canada ph 819 427-8479; claupel47@gmail com

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