Modifying cabs to fit other tractors

[Mudrig150]

Looking for advice. I want to put a cab on my 3000 but have been having a lot of trouble finding a factory cab that isnt attached to a $10k tractor or in horrific shape. My plan is to modify a hiniker or year-round cab to fit the machine, but I'm not entirely sure how I would even start with that...
I want a hard cab specifically so I can mount a radio inside and kind of block out the excessive exhaust noise from the engine.

I am thinking I'll definitely need to raise the foot plates on the tractor to match up to the bottom of the doors since most of the cabs I've seen are made for tractors with tall operator's platforms.

 

[wh]

Check out Alexander ford tractor parts. They could have a used cab to fit.

 

[Mudrig150]

I've been doing some rough photoshopping and I think that this international year-a-round cab that's for sale will mostly fit. Platform's going to need to be raised but the platform is too far down for my feet to touch it to begin with, so that's not a huge deal.
The only company I've found that made a cab for these machines was Cozy cab, and I've called every salvage yard within a reasonable distance AND checked marketplace and have only seen trashed cabs so far...
It'll depend on all the measurements but this cab should be fairly easy to modify to fit.

 

[farmersamm]

Curtis all weather cab for a ford 2000-3000 series tractor.

Curtis all weather cab for a 2000-3000 series tractors and will fit the industrial series also 340s and others. Has all the shields for a complete enclosure. Needs glass. Has the window seals. Yes it...

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[Mudrig150]

That's a bit too much of a drive for me, unfortunately...

 

[ss55]

Looking for advice. I want to put a cab on my 3000 but have been having a lot of trouble finding a factory cab that isnt attached to a $10k tractor or in horrific shape. My plan is to modify a hiniker or year-round cab to fit the machine, but I'm not entirely sure how I would even start with that...
I want a hard cab specifically so I can mount a radio inside and kind of block out the excessive exhaust noise from the engine.

I am thinking I'll definitely need to raise the foot plates on the tractor to match up to the bottom of the doors since most of the cabs I've seen are made for tractors with tall operator's platforms.

A good noise reduction headphone radio like 3M WorkTunes or Dewalt DPG 15 might accomplish more noise reduction for only around $60.

Try driving some tractors with those older cabs before investing much time or money into the project. You might be disappointed by how noisy those cabs actually are, many are much noisier than the same tractor with an open station. Ear Beater was the nickname for those cabs for a very good reason. Without air conditioning they can also become a hot house much above 50F outside temperatures.

Around 1970 hearing loss from operation loud farm equipment became an issue. About that same time manufacturers and the Nebraska Tractor Tests started measuring the sound levels of tractors at the operator's ear level. Shortly after that isolated cab platforms started replacing bolt-on tractor cabs to reduce operator hearing loss. Adding a radio to an open station tractor or inside a noisy cab actually increases the total noise level at your ear because the radio must be loud enough to be heard over the tractor noise.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

I did this on a 2555 John Deere

It wasn’t worth it didn’t ever fit quite right was difficult to get inside and the time I had in it was generally a waste I pulled the cab the next winter

Ended up with a Sound guard body equipped one and love that

 

[Mudrig150]

A good noise reduction headphone radio like 3M WorkTunes or Dewalt DPG 15 might accomplish more noise reduction for only around $60.

Try driving some tractors with those older cabs before investing much time or money into the project. You might be disappointed by how noisy those cabs actually are, many are much noisier than the same tractor with an open station. Ear Beater was the nickname for those cabs for a very good reason. Without air conditioning they can also become a hot house much above 50F outside temperatures.

Around 1970 hearing loss from operation loud farm equipment became an issue. About that same time manufacturers and the Nebraska Tractor Tests started measuring the sound levels of tractors at the operator's ear level. Shortly after that isolated cab platforms started replacing bolt-on tractor cabs to reduce operator hearing loss. Adding a radio to an open station tractor or inside a noisy cab actually increases the total noise level at your ear because the radio must be loud enough to be heard over the tractor noise.

I think the main issue with a lot of these cabs is that they have really terrible acoustics, zero insulation, and poor isolation from the engine noise.
I sat in an older Deere once where they actually put in the effort to actually insulate the cab, add sound deadening, and overall seal it up better, and it was actually fairly decent inside. Wasn't super loud or anything.

 

[SkipperII]

A good noise reduction headphone radio like 3M WorkTunes or Dewalt DPG 15 might accomplish more noise reduction for only around $60.

Try driving some tractors with those older cabs before investing much time or money into the project. You might be disappointed by how noisy those cabs actually are, many are much noisier than the same tractor with an open station. Ear Beater was the nickname for those cabs for a very good reason. Without air conditioning they can also become a hot house much above 50F outside temperatures.

Around 1970 hearing loss from operation loud farm equipment became an issue. About that same time manufacturers and the Nebraska Tractor Tests started measuring the sound levels of tractors at the operator's ear level. Shortly after that isolated cab platforms started replacing bolt-on tractor cabs to reduce operator hearing loss. Adding a radio to an open station tractor or inside a noisy cab actually increases the total noise level at your ear because the radio must be loud enough to be heard over the tractor noise.

I have to agree. I'm a real fan of the thousand series Fords, but I don't know if you could add enough insulation to quiet one down with a cab. Headphones would be a much better option, with a soft cab.

 

[Brown David]

That's a bit too much of a drive for me, unfortunately...

Showing your general location would be helpful to others looking to help you.

 

[Brown David]

I have to agree. I'm a real fan of the thousand series Fords, but I don't know if you could add enough insulation to quiet one down with a cab. Headphones would be a much better option, with a soft cab.

I spent many hours in an 8600 with a factory cab.

Ear protection was a must.

 

[Mudrig150]

Got some measurements off the cab today and scaled it to a picture properly, and it's actually a fairly decent fit. A bunch of modifications will be needed to make it fully fit but it's fairly simple stuff that needs done.
My plan is to mostly run it without the doors or windows and then throw a bunch of sound deadening everywhere (especially in the roof) to quiet it down, even if just a little bit.