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495man 12-30-2012 06:37:33 24.137.107.69 Report to Moderator	Quite a variety! In my opinion all of those cabs except the cabcraft on the 240 look like complete afterthoughts, one of the perils of putting a cab on a tractor that wasn't designed to have a cab. the Duplex on the 165 takes the cake though, built AROUND the loader arms. [Reply]   [No Email]
samn40 12-30-2012 13:22:07 81.131.135.92 Report to Moderator	Re: who invented this? in reply to 495man, 12-30-2012 06:37:33   I agree with you, 495man, they were nearly all built by independant businesses and the truth is , they built these very same cabs for nearly every make of tractor, and not just MFs. So they had big problems getting everything to fit. In the case of the MF cab ....Loader technology was not prepared in 1965 for the fitment of cabs...It was not until 1970 that tha loader was moved forwards about 6 inches to accomodate the cab, So the cab maker/designer had to incorporate this into their plans. Another point to remember was when the sun came out no-one wanted a cab so they all had to be made with quick detach panels. Mostly the large arable farms in England fitted cabs to get more days work out of their tractor drivers! We only needed cabs in Ireland to keep us dry until we got home from the pub or when making hay and the usual Haymaker shower appeared!!! Sam [Reply]  [No Email]
495man 01-01-2013 13:57:54 24.137.107.69 Report to Moderator	Re: who invented this? in reply to samn40, 12-30-2012 13:22:07   I guess in this area of Canada, cabs were not really common on those era of tractors, no safety legislation etc, so we didn't really see that many cabbed tractors until they were "factory" There must of been many, many more short line cab and loader brands in Europe as I doubt I could list more than 6 of each loader and cab companies that were commonly seen here. I plowed snow and run snowblower open station tractors, I can certainly appreciate having a cab, but would hate it in the summer. I can't recall ever seeing a quick detach style cab here. [Reply]  [No Email]