1030 CAB QUESTIONS

ZangFarms

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I'm looking for a cab for my 1030ck, I'd like to find a factory cab if anyone happens to have one in the western pa area. I'm also considering a cozy cab that I found on Craigslist that came off a 56 series international. It's the tri-cornered cab that with the narrow windshield that I'm looking at. I have been told that this style will also fit my 1030 but haven't been able to find any pictures of one to be sure. I don't necessarily want to drive 12 hours to go get it if it's not going to fit my tractor. Does anyone happen to have any pics of one of these cabs on a 30 series tractor? My biggest concern is that the brake pedals aren't going to work without hitting the doors, which brings me to my next question, will the curved pedals from the later serial number 30 series tractors interchange? My final question concerning this cab is how much room will I have next to the seat on the right hand side? My long term plan is to put a powershift rearend in this tractor and will need the room for the console. Will the cozy cab give me enough room or should I try to track down a factory case cab? I really want the cozy cab because it has the ac unit built right into it. Pictured is the cozy cab I'm interested in.
 
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If your long term plan is to bolt a 70 series rear end under a 30 series tractor, why don't you just buy a 70 series cab that will directly bolt to the PS tranny. There have been several posts with pics of the 70 series cabs on 9-1030s. Their appearance didn't crank me on, but they were cobled to fit, and the console was there for your purposes. Many salvage yards have 70 series cabs available.
Loren
 

The whole cobbled together look is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I want this to look it could have been factory. I like to have things that are different and I like to tinker, but I'm also very particular about how the finished product is going to look.
 
The tri cornered cab is a pos as far as seeing forward. We told you the other day to keep your pedals original for ease of operation. No cab
is going to give anymore room than what is between the fenders unless you find a Ansel that fits on the western fenders. Right side has hyd.
and draftomatic levers.
 
Here's mine, sure I wish it was a factory, but it isn't, sooo that is the way it is
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Just rereading you post, the curved pedals were on the earlier 30series (this is a 65). The straight ones were on later ones.
 
(quoted from post at 15:40:05 01/13/17) I found this link to Cozy, and there is a place to contact them, maybe they would have some info
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Cozy cab link

Thanks Thomas, I emailed them and I'll give them credit they got back to me very quickly. But like I figured they didn't have any information left on the older cabs.
 
(quoted from post at 19:36:33 01/13/17) Just rereading you post, the curved pedals were on the earlier 30series (this is a 65). The straight ones were on later ones.

Ok, I was mistaken. Does anyone know will they interchange? They're still something I would consider because my wife being much shorter than me has a terrible time with the longer pedals
 

Thanks 111 that look is actually kind of growing on me, I still think it takes a lot away from the look of the original tractor though and that's what I'm trying to avoid. I will say the fit on the inside of that cab looks great though!
 
I replaced the curved brake pedals on my early 930 with the later model straight pedals. It does give a little more room for movement as the curved part does not hit the cab mounts. It would make no difference for short legs. Look for a cab that goes out several inches over the fenders. The cabs that go straight up from between the fenders are very small inside.
 
(quoted from post at 18:52:06 01/13/17) The tri cornered cab is a pos as far as seeing forward. We told you the other day to keep your pedals original for ease of operation. No cab
is going to give anymore room than what is between the fenders unless you find a Ansel that fits on the western fenders. Right side has hyd.
and draftomatic levers.

No need to get nasty about it. My question was again not what would YOU do, it was a will it fit question. I understand the limitations space wise of the older style cabs as well, I'm simply asking questions here to try to fill in the blanks of my knowledge. Criticism isn't necessary.
 
I presume that this is the look you are hoping for. This 1969 931 was the only factory cab equipped tractor we sold at our dealership. I have done some significant modifying to it. It was a single LH entry cab, so I made a RH entry also. The step to get into it was small and awkward. The front and back of the roof was flush with the side panels, so rain ran down the front and rear windows and there was no lighting on the cab. So I fabed the visors to house lights, shield the windows and provide shade inside the cab. Better steps was a no brainer, and the RH door saves lots of trips over implement hitches or around the front of the tractor. The front fenders were just a complement to the custom look of the tractor.
We sold and installed many Full Vision and Cozy aftermarket cabs on 30series tractors. The aftermarket cabs had lots more room inside because they extended out over the fenders, and had RH entries.
Bro told me that you posted another pic of my 931 on his FB page. Took these pics today.

As far as your bolting a 70 series PS tranny to the rear, may I suggest another alternative; which would be more period correct. Find an 830CK with a COM tranny and bolt that in. The brake pedals and hydraulic controls should work with no fussing around and in my opinion a 1030 with a COM would be an awesome combination, and easy for your wife to drive.
Loren
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I don't think anyone here was getting nasty, in fact I think you got a wealth of information from several guys here.
 

Thank you for that information! I am very impressed with that tractor and something along those lines is exactly what I'm shooting for. I don't know if I'd go as far as getting carried away with the extra door but I really like the extra steps and lighting is very important to me since I end up working a lot of late nights and I've found I really like led's. I've thought about the caseomatic option. I guess I don't really understand quite exactly how it works. Would it take the place of the high/low range? And basically give me a shiftable two speed ahead of the four speed main? I know the caseomatic is a torque converter drive unit, my two big concerns are will it handle the extra horsepower of the 1030? And what is parts availability like on them because obviously I want something that's going to be serviceable because we still use this tractor pretty heavy.
 
The COM tranny works with the 8spd in the rear. You would have direct drive and converter drive in each of the 8speeds. The COM was designed to multiply torque to the input shaft of the transmission. It was meant to allow you to make an on-the-go down shift and deliver up to 3.14 more lbs-ft of input torque to get you through tough spots, and then be shifted back to Direct Drive without stopping to clutch. Converter drives became the standard for construction equipment.
I think the 830 COM would hold the power of the 1030 as long as you don't pile on tons of weight and expect it to pull bigger imps in converter drive for hrs. at a time. They are basically the same tractor except for the engines.
Loren
 

Ok so basically then it gives you 16 speeds instead of 8. From what I had a chance to research and read and read today it sounds like a pretty good setup and guy's seem to like them on the baler. Mostly this tractor would be doing a lot of hay work, like running the square baler. But it will I'm sure end up hooked to the four bottoms and the 14' disk a fair amount too. Basically from what I'm understanding as long as I ran it with the converter locked most of the time doing heavy work I shouldn't have much to worry about? What's part availability like on these units as I'm sure if I find one used there's a good chance I'm going to be wanting to open it up and give it a once over before I put it in the tractor.
 

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