Tractor cabs.

fixerupper · Jan 14, 2012

When did the major US tractor companies start offering a cab as an option on ag tractors in modern times? Deere had a cab option for the R and there was the Minnie UDLX, but when did the manufacturers really catch on and offer a cab for nearly every model? When was air conditioning first introduced in a cab? The other day I was shooting the breeze with a friend and we came up with this question. My dad made a cab for his A Deere in 1954 and the neighbors laughed, calling it a house on a tractor. I was born in 51 and I don't rememeber seeing a factory cab until the mid-sixties in this neck of the woods in NWIA but around here we didn't have many new tractors in the mid-sixties.Jim

rrlund · Jan 14, 2012

They really started to catch on as factory installed in the early 70s. 30 series Deeres,7000 series Allis,that generation.

JimEvans · Jan 14, 2012

The first factory cabs in the sixtys were just factory equiped "aftermarket cabs". It took until the the 70s before the manufacturers started designing cabs and tractors together. Case was was probably the first witht the 70 series. Then Deere with the sound guard cab in 73. Then Allis with the 7000s and IH with the 86 series. Before those models, the cabs were just afterthoughts.

fixerupper · Jan 14, 2012

I know Deere offered a vendor-made (probably Hiniker) cab for the 4020 in 66. My neighbor had one and it was quieter with the windows open. How about air conditioning? My 1967 105 Deere combine had factory air so It's a pretty good guess the tractors had it then too. Didn't IH offer one for the 1256? How about the 1206? Jim

LenND · Jan 14, 2012

IH came out with factory cab on the 66 series. We bought a 1066 new in 74 and they already had cabs a couple years before that I believe.

Bob Bancroft · Jan 14, 2012

I went to work at an AC dealer in 1972, the same year the 200 came out. I think that was the first tractor we sold that demanded over $10,000. It was that last, biggest tractor we sold in any amount. We sold quite a few with factory cabs. And even during their short production time, there was a cab style change.

Fordfarmer · Jan 14, 2012

Ford had cabs available on the 8/9000, '68 or '69. But that was a factory-installed, aftermarket cab. True factory cabs for Ford came out in '77, available on everything from 32 h.p. and up.

rrlund · Jan 14, 2012

Interesting thing about that. Allis came up with a tractor for the farm shows by putting a cab on it,an office chair for a seat,air conditioning,the works way before intrigrated cabs equiped that way became the norm,then they were among the last to offer what they had pioneered in that show tractor.

chess · Jan 14, 2012

Case had first really quiet -airconditioned-an hheated cab that would not crush in roll over.It allso had non spill batteries an glass windows that would pop out in roll over.It was also quetest on market an it came on newly released 70 series in fall of 1969.

Straw Boss · Jan 14, 2012

Case's first modern-ish "factory installed" cab option came in the mid to late 60s for the 930, 1030 and 1200. A blower, windshield wiper, dome light, radio, rear view mirrors and a heater were all available. It was an outsourced job and fell far short of what Case wanted so Case designed their own cab from then on.

Their first "modern" rollover protective safety cab was introduced with the 70 series in 1969.
It was rubber mounted, had foam padding sound insulation, AC, tilt/telescoping steering wheel and had three different seat options. The Agri-King seat, Deluxe seat and a Bucket seat for the young sports car types.

Owen Aaland · Jan 14, 2012

Cabs and air conditioning were available from IH as an option on the 706 and 806. They were just a steel box with windows.

chess · Jan 14, 2012

Right on STRAW BOSS--I forgot those were sure part of great cabs!

chess · Jan 14, 2012

Right on STRAW BOSS--I forgot those were sure part of great cabs!

Tx Jim · Jan 15, 2012

(quoted from post at 21:21:48 01/14/12) I know Deere offered a vendor-made (probably Hiniker) cab for the 4020 in 66.Jim

JD did offer a cab from the factory in the mid 60's but it wasn't a Hiniker. Some were built by Crenlo & some were built by Stolper. IIRC the factory Roll-Gard cab was built by Hinson. Sound-Gard bodies were introduced by JD with the Newer Generations in '73 which in my opinion was the beginning of the lower DBA enclosures.

SweetFeet · Jan 15, 2012

Do not know any of those answers. However, just had to post a pic of the the ugliest tractor cab I have ever seen. Husband and I saw it on a Farmall F20 at an auction viewing the day prior to the sale. We watched the mechanic pull-start it (he quipped to the guy in the tractor, "make sure you turn on the airplane light" and we all laughed). It blew perfect little smoke rings when it first popped off.

TomH in PA · Jan 15, 2012

I believe the Nebraska Tractor Test Labs started measuring sound levels around 1970. They raised the awareness of the problems of hearing loss and pushed manufactures to make tractors and cab interiors quieter.

fixerupper · Jan 15, 2012

I'm digging into my brain to try to remember when I saw the first factory equiped tractor at the county fair and it seems like the mid-sixties but I'm not sure. I would have been in my teens then and very anxious to see the newest thing out. I didn't get to go to the fair every year cause my sis and I sometimes didn't get the corn walked for cocleburs by then. If we weren't done, no fair! Talk about child labor!! But that's straying from the subject. Jim

Vito · Jan 15, 2012

That must have been the model for the tipping tractors in the movie Cars.

Vito

Anonymous-0 · Jan 15, 2012

I have a 1130 MF that I bought new in 1969 with a factory cab. One of the better cabs out, in my opinion, at that time.

Bill(Wis) · Jan 16, 2012

That cab actually looks very nice. Sunvisor, a good strong pull rope out through the left flap window, lights, blue warning light on top, rear window. It appears to be "tight" and the top is probably water resistant. Also, rust free and it has the always popular "AHD" (Auxiliary Holding Device) for the loader. Very nice. Thank you. (;>))

johndeerefan · Jan 16, 2012

I would guess the late 60's would be about right.

SweetFeet · Feb 4, 2012

Just thought a cab on an F20 looked wrong... ours is cabless, fenderless and we always had it on steel wheels for years - until we got tired of lug holes in the gravel and the lawn.

But you are right... nice AHD!

SweetFeet · Feb 4, 2012

Too funny... it does look like a CARS model!

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