I'm not a big fan of the sound-guard cabs. At the time they may have been quiet, but after 20-40- years of dirt, water, and leaking oil lines, the insulation's gone from between the engine and dash, and with the exhaust manifold way back beside your left knee, they still bake you. And where do you put your lunch box? OR your right knee? Half the time, there's a console in the way. And a PTO lever having a boxing match with your left knee. And the air filter over your head?
Plus I drive them down the left side of the road. The muffler, air intake, and door post can easily hide a semi (or 2) coming at you, unless you lean way over and lay your head against the left window.
IH 66 series were better than nothing in the cold wind. And could still be opened up for air flow. Not the greatest for getting in and out of. I bent some all-thread into lower steps to hang on the 1566 one summer when my knee was bothering me with that big first step.
I never had any issues with the shift levers on the 86 series (or the 3788). And there was some open space for your right knee when turning to look behind you. Throttle placement wasn't an issue for me either. Didn't like the fore/aft movement of the 3 pt lever, prefered the fore-down/aft-up of the earlier models.
The 7100-7200-8900 series Magnum cabs may be a Case lay-out, but the rest of the tractor carries IHC DNA, including the shape of the cab. But once again, there's a console right where you quite often want your right knee to reside.
The new MX/Magnum cabs have quite a bit more room. But not quite as much as some of the newer JD cabs. At least they both finally got the console out of the way of your knee. And with all that glass, it's odd running the AC on a sunny winter day inside that greenhouse.
I haven't been in the cab of a new Steiger, but there's 2 mufflers on the things (at least on the 450QT the local dealer had at the fair) that I think could be welded together to create enough interior space to house a B series Cummins. And they're mounted right beside the door. Not going to be great for visibility. And it's going to let A LOT of hot air in as soon as you open the door, probably radiate a lot of heat in with the door shut, too.
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