Weather Break/ heat houser

super99 · Nov 7, 2019

I want to use my Oliver 550 to plow snow this winter and need some protection from the cold and wind. When I was growing up, no one had a tractor with a cab. Around here they were called Heat housers, also known as weather breaks or winter fronts. Canvas sides along the motor and around the operator and open in the rear. I don't want to spend the cash for a new one, thinking about getting a blue tarp and fabbing something up to cut the wind and give a little protection. Anyone ever make their own? Thanks, Chris

Lazy WP · Nov 7, 2019

Just make sure that the plastic doesn?t get close to the exhaust!! I use scrap paneling for the sides.

fixerupper · Nov 7, 2019

The heat houser company sold a bowed flat strap that bolted to the tractor frame in the manifold area to keep the canvas off the manifold. You can fab one up faster than it took me to type this up.

dzc3 · Nov 7, 2019

Made my last one out of two big cardboard boxes worked ok

Leroy · Nov 7, 2019

What are you going to do for a windshield? Possibly the most important part.

casecollectorsc · Nov 7, 2019

You can buy sheets of Lexan from Menards or similar places. Made a cab for a Z Moline back in the winter of 68-9. Plywood and Lexan windows. Not pretty but kept the -20 degree wind off.

super99 · Nov 8, 2019

Any pictures?

8NHENRY · Nov 8, 2019

(quoted from post at 12:39:27 11/08/19) Any pictures?

I cut up a canvas last year and made this for my 8n, made allot of difference.

Kansas4010 · Nov 8, 2019

This is a Burch heat houser along with a few other pieces I had to make. You'd be better off trying to make your own than buying one. This one is junk and so is the Femco brand. I've had both. The frame on the Femco was better but the vinyl cover didn't last long. The Heat Houser has a canvas cover but the frame is junk. I used pieces from both and some I had to make for this one.

showcrop · Nov 8, 2019

(quoted from post at 17:06:24 11/07/19) Just make sure that the plastic doesn?t get close to the exhaust!! I use scrap paneling for the sides.

WP, you cover the exhaust with an adapter that directs it back towards you! But seriously I see both used and new old stock ones on Ebay now and then.

Adirondack case guy · Nov 8, 2019

I wanted to use my Case 440 in the sugar bush and didn't want to set out in the cold, so I was able to pick up a NIB ROPS for a Cub Cadet side by side at a retirement auction. I fabed up mounts to adapt the frame and roof to my tractor, and formed sheet metal panels to fill in where there would not be doors or windows. welded everything up, painted it and then used salvaged vehicle glass for windows. After painting, I added cab upholstery, a radio and a rear view camera and monitor. There are removable engine panels not shown in pic. It stays nice and comfey during the winter. The complete front windshield/cowel window assy. is removable for summer use, along with door, side window, and rear window, but I never bothered to remove them. Just remove engine side panels for summer.----------------Loren

ss55 · Nov 8, 2019

If you make one, make sure the engine side panels extend to the sides of the radiator. Getting the warm air from the radiator to flow back around the operator can make it a lot warmer in winter. In really cold weather try restricting the inlet to the radiator to increase the temperature of the air coming from the radiator. Look at how much warm air escapes out the bottom of the frame past the fan belts too.

spacechem · Nov 9, 2019

My mother and father collaborated on one for a W9 International. Sorry, no photos. Mom said it darn near ruined her sewing machine...

T in NE · Nov 9, 2019

I used a used tarp a few years on the SM.

Pull the muffler, run it 5 minutes to warm the pipe, lay the tarp over it about centered. The pipe will melt through. Cut a slit for the air cleaner. Wrap it around the bottom and tie it on. Worked well.

SVcummins · Nov 9, 2019

I may just go ahead and order two new ones for the winter tired of freezing to death all winter
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