“Side Mount” Cab Heater For Deere Garden Tractor

“Side Mount” Cab Heater For Deere Garden Tractor TRACTORS Cabs Larry Moore Wells Vt made an inexpensive cab heater for his Deere 420 garden tractor that lets him work in comfort when clearing snow The unit takes heat from the tractor’s muffler and shoots it back into the tractor’s plexiglass cab     “It works so well I wish I’d have thought of it sooner ” says Moore “I use the tractor to operate a front-mounted snowblower around my driveway and yard It worked perfect the first time I used it ” He started by removing the factory muffler and installing a 4-in dia muffler off a Cub Cadet tractor inside a 6-in dia length of enclosed pipe which serves as a manifold to catch exhaust heat Then he riveted a length of 4-in dia pipe at an angle to one side of the manifold The pipe goes through a hole that he cut into the plexiglass and into the front part of the cab Heat gathered from around the muffler exits the manifold and goes up through the 4-in dia pipe and into the cab The muffler’s exhaust fumes exit through a 2-in dia tailpipe that runs to the back of the tractor “It works great I use the tractor with a snowblower all winter long ” says Moore “The 4-in dia pipe goes through the plexiglass just an inch or two Some people have asked me if there’s a danger of exhaust getting into the cab I tell them no because the only thing going into the cab is heat from the muffler “I spring-loaded the elbow coming off the engine so I can pop it off and quickly swing the manifold out of the way in order to access the engine ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Larry R Moore 484 Mill Pond Road Wells Vt 05774 ph 802 645-1925

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