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86 series cab steps

T in NE

T in NE

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Cambridge, Nebraska
I figured out how you guys hang yourselves from the shifter. You're using the steps bass axwards. You are supposed to face the machine climbing up and down so if you slip you land on your derriere instead of your face, a much more rugged part of the human anatomy.
 
John Deere once advertised as being the only tractor cab you cold exit facing away from tractor, but they soon quit that too.
 

I think that we all know that we are supposed to face the vehicle and use hand holds when climbing down but knowing and doing are two different things.
 
When the factory designed those steps, or maybe I should call them ladders, they must have thought we were only going to exit the cab once a day and we had plenty of time to do it while the wind is blowing the door into our shoulders and ribs. I extended the steps out six inches with expanded metal treads and 1/8 thick steel plate for sides on my 1086 soon after I bought it new in 79 so I can exit the cab facing out. I also put after market railings on the inside of the doors to have something to hang onto and to keep the wind from ripping the door off. I've never slipped enough to fall in the 16000 hours I've used it. They aren't perfect, meaning they catch mud but they sure do speed up exit times. Getting out of the cab quick so I could run back and shut the gate before the cattle got out was kind of important to me back when I made them.
 
This is the second winter feeding with the 986 and just added another step on the left side two weeks ago. Below the bottom step 6 inch and out 4 inches. Makes a lot of different for a old man.
 
Wasn't there a company that made door kits for the 86 series that made them open the other direction?
 
I haven't heard of reversed doors but that's not saying much. Now that I'm accustomed to the backward doors it doesn't bother me anymore. What bothers me is those doors in the wind. A friend of mine bought a 886 that has struts added to the top of the doors. I guess it comes as a kit from the aftermarket. I'd like to add that to my 1086. I'd like to know where they came from. Shoup?
 
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