Home-Built Cab Makes Snow Blowing Easier

Home-Built Cab Makes Snow Blowing Easier SNOWBLOWERS With plenty of snow and cold winds last winter turned out to be a good test for Mike Heron’s home-built snowblower cab in Saskatchewan “The problem is blowing snow hits your face and it’s always windy here I wanted to keep the cold air and snow off my face ” Heron says He started by removing the plastic bladder to use the steel tube frame of a 275-gal tote Heron cut some of the tubing to create openings for windows and a door He made a cardboard template for a pattern to cut plywood so the cab fits snugly on his Deere garden tractor To cover the rounded corners he made kerf cuts into the plywood without cutting all the way through Then he wet it with water to soak in so he could bend it in place “I had to experiment to get the depth of the cuts right ” Heron says He screwed the plywood shell on the frame and added 1 by 4’s around the openings to staple heavy plastic coverings for the side and back windows and door Plexiglass covers the front opening for the windshield The cab secures to the tractor with a bracket on the front and back fender “There is also a hinge so I can tip it up and over the back ” he adds Besides stopping the wind the cab captures a little heat from the tractor’s engine Heron says He also appreciated the seat his wife reupholstered for him “It made snow blowing easier ” he said adding he may add manually controlled windshield wipers though he didn’t have any issues with snow on the windshield last winter Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Mike Heron RR 1 Site 1 Box 1 Main Station Lloydminster Sask Canada S9V 0X6 ph 306-821-6367; m heron@sasktel net

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