Tractor Umbrellas - Lets Talk?!

Bryce Frazier · Apr 2, 2015

Anyone have one? Use one? Like them? Hate them? What?!

I have been thinking about buying one of those "one size fits all" ones on Ebay. Little over $100, comes with a universal mounting bracket (which is REAL cheap I am sure).

But, my thought here, is if I were to buy one of them. I could then go and build my own brackets on my Farmall C, Super C, H, and M, and then just take the umbrella to the pick of the day, and BOOM, I have instant shade?!

Really like the sounds of them for haying... Not fun raking in the 100 degree sun!!! Seems like a cheap price, for a simple comfort that would last awhile...

So, Lets hear it?! What do YOU think?!

Bryce

James Howell · Apr 2, 2015

Yes, the umbrella is very handy when cutting or raking hay in 100<sup>o</sup> heat.

Use it on several different tractors with OEM umbrella holders.

MARK ROBKE · Apr 2, 2015

I have one,but can't always leave it on due to tree limbs hitting it,mostly on outer rounds in my fields.Sometimes I would leave it off til i went around the field a few rounds.Mark

rrlund · Apr 2, 2015

I never had any use for the single pole umbrellas,they aren't stable enough in the wind. I have these buggy tops on two tractors though. I had to have some things removed from the tops of my ears,and using these things works better for me than a wide brim hat.
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Bryce Frazier · Apr 2, 2015

That looks real good! Problem is I don't have fenders like that! Or a big tractor that should have fenders like that!!!

Of course... If I bought one of that style, then I would have an EXCELLENT excuse to buy the proper tractor for it!

Bryce Frazier · Apr 2, 2015

Are the OEM Holders any good?? How do they hook on to "any tractor"?

I figured I could just take some flat plate, and drill bolt holes in it (to bolt it to the tractor) then weld a steel tube onto it, and then just slide the umbrella into the tube?! Pretty simple!

Mike M · Apr 2, 2015

Even maybe more important than for shade these days would be protection from the sun from skin cancer. Glad to see your wanting to use one at an early age.

Alan K · Apr 2, 2015

Just to add, make sure it is one that will protect you from the sun. Things aren't made the way they used to be. Some may be more for looks than anything else. Shade isn't always protection. Was set up at a swap meet once under a tarp, in the shade. Ended up with a real bad sunburn.

D beatty · Apr 2, 2015

I have one on my 450 that came off my M before I sold it. On the bottom it bolts on to two of the fender mount holes on axle and the top bolts to fender. On the 450 I had to bolt it to the fender extensions ( fenders set close to seat if bolted to axle) . Heres a picture of the bracket on the 450 hope it gives you some ideas. The umbrella comes in handy on days when its hot and the sun is beating down on you head.

JayinNY · Apr 2, 2015

Bryce, I had one like rrlund has on my tractor and it worked great, but eventually the wind destroyed it. What I really like is a canopy on a rollbar, I'm trying to find one like this for my ford. One nice thing is there is always a breeze under a cover, vs no cover on a tractor.

greenmech · Apr 2, 2015

I have one that I use for parades etc. Works good but high winds do a number on them. Ron Mn

fixerupper · Apr 2, 2015

I hope someone answers this post with an idea on where to buy a GOOD umbrella made out of GOOD stuff. I have two umbrella both beach umbrella types if that's a good description. One is five or six years old and the other is an oldie found in the attic of an old Case dealer. Both are made the same with the same size rods, fasteners, etc. I have to fix/weld/braze/reinforce the rods on the new one every year. The old Case one just keeps plugging along. To sum it up the new one is made of cheap metal the old one is made of the good old stuff. I have had to glue patches on the old one because it's old, probably as old as I am and when there is no more room for patches I'm putting a new canvas on it. The frame never breaks. The new one, well!!!!!!!!!

glennster · Apr 2, 2015

back in my younger days i wanted an umbrella on the tractor, but we didnt buy one. so.....i found an old beach umbrella somebody tossed out on garbage day. made a pipe bracket and bolted it on. worked good, it did have fringes around the edge and a paisley design, tractor kinda looked like a merry-go -round. looked goofy...worked good......and it was free.

James Howell · Apr 2, 2015

The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) John Deere umbrella holders attach to the seat.

The early umbrella holders are cast iron.

The later umbrella holders are steel.

You should be able to fabricate your own "unique" umbrella holder.

The umbrella holder can also be used to display our flag.

Hope this helps.

JerryS · Apr 2, 2015

In my teens I worked with my dad in the summers, working for a guy who did contract hay baling. We were the cutters, so we were in a different hayfield every day all summer long. Louisiana summers get hot, so I appreciated this baby-buggy type canopy that he had on his 8N and NAA. They had five bows like this, heavy canvas canopy with five bows, with fender bracket mounts. Very sturdy and tough. With some effort the canopy could be collapsed backward for woods work, but we never had need to.

rustyfarmall · Apr 2, 2015

I think Westendorf, the loader folks, make something called a "cool cap". Fibreglass I think. Don't know if it is a stand alone product or if it mounts to an existing roll bar.

1130Leo · Apr 2, 2015

I have a couple, like James. My wife is actually "allergic" to the sun, so she has to be shaded, and sun screened up pretty well, all the time. Only way I can get her to rake and bale hay for me is to have her umbrealla. Works pretty good on the utility tractor of hers.

rrlund · Apr 2, 2015

If you have fenders at all those brackets will bolt up. There are two L brackets that bolt to each fender then clamps that bolt to those brackets. The curved tubes that hold the buggy top brackets are held by the clamps.

Mike M · Apr 2, 2015

For about $ 20 or $25 a local surplus store had some of those patio umbrellas. Maybe try Big Lots if you have one in your area ? Held up good on the porch and was cheap enough.

D beatty · Apr 2, 2015

Fixerupper Hertage Farm Power- Raymore, Mo.- phone 816-322-1898- WWW tractorumdrellas.com make the old style canvas covered umbrellas. They make them for differant makes of tractors and also make buggy umbrellas.

ih_bug · Apr 2, 2015

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/TU56X_Deluxe-Tractor-Umbrella_9606.htm

what we done is find a piece of pipe the right size and cut a slot in it so you can tighten it to the umbrella pipe . muffler clamp works. pretty easy to mount a piece of pipe to the tractor. the buggy top is a better cover but the umbrella is good and its a little easier to move around.little but cheaper to I think.
http://www.tractorumbrellas.com/

fixerupper · Apr 2, 2015

D Beatty, thanks for the info. The sun bothers me a little more every year so an umbrella is becoming more important to me than it used to be, probably because I did not use an umbrella in my younger years. I'm one of those fair skinned 'Skandihoovians'. LOL

Bud Sather in MT · Apr 2, 2015

I use one on my swather for the last 2 years. I had the wife put on new canvas last year. Works well for me, even the homemade brackets. Bud

Tractorcedric · Apr 2, 2015

I made this one for my 88 and it will just switch right over to the 77 and 66. Took 3 10' pieces of 1/2 conduit and put in two bends. Worked out good for width. I have had some cancer removed from may face. So I have always used this or an old umbrella. I would recommend that anyone who spends a lot of time out in the sun on a tractor should improvise some cover.

Den N Ms · Apr 2, 2015

Bryce,The OEM Holders that James was describing came on John Deere later letter models tractors mounted behind the seat in the center.

big jt · Apr 2, 2015

Will probably be the best $100 you spend this year.

They help way more than one would think to keep you cool. Also your advanced years you will appreciate that you did it when younger. Skin cancer is a b@$#h.

jt

D beatty · Apr 2, 2015

They don't make the umbrella like the IH one I have. The one I have is from the mid 60's and is all red with IH logo on it. We had brackets on the M and JD A and used the one umbrella on which ever tractor we were using. I took the fenders and umbrella bracket off the M and put them on the 450. I take the umbrella with when I go to shows or pulls.

Dick2 · Apr 2, 2015

Dad would buy ONE umbrella that was supposed to last a few years. One of my brothers would soon forget to fold down the umbrella and tie it down. Didn't take long for the ND wind to destroy it; Dad refused to replace it until the next summer. He was the same brother that didn't bother to check the oil or water.

old popper · Apr 2, 2015

I have used both styles, and like them both. I have the buggy top style on my JD A that I use on tractor rides, and the only downside to that style is, you can't stand up to operate the tractor. Myself being a JD man from way back, like to stand while operating the tractor about 1/2 of the time.

gene bender · Apr 2, 2015

We used the post types for yrs can go from tractor to tractor easy. Still use one for parades ect

Dick L · Apr 2, 2015

When I was a kid Dad had one like James's only it said Oliver on it. He had it for the Oliver 66 that we cultivated corn and beans with. My main summer job when not baling hay. Setting out in the sun all day on a tractor seat without one gets very uncomfortable. 120 acres to cultivate with a two cultivator gives you plenty of sweaty wet seat time with or without an umbrella.

Mike (WA) · Apr 2, 2015

Mine doesn't even need fenders- its a tube with braces running 2 directions, that you bolt to transmission cover bolts.
Round umbrellas work well for me, but we don't have much wind. I like them because you can swing them out of the way if you want to stand awhile. The buggy type would be better where its windy.
I've been having skin cancers burned, scraped and cut off for years. Had a hole the size of a 50c piece cut out of the area between my lip and my nose, and have had my right ear trimmed and re-sectioned, as well as countless assaults with the liquid nitrogen bottle. Sadly, wearing a hat later in life doesn't seem to help- I've never been without a straw hat in the sun since I was about 20, but it was the teen years without a hat that caused the damage. The first dermatologist I went to confirmed that I had grown up on a farm- he said I had all the signs of "fair-haired farm boy syndrome".

NEKS · Apr 2, 2015

I guess the heat didn't bother me that much when I was a kid, but it does now. Use to see the neighbor go by with one on his WD 45. Just didn't know the wind could play such havoc with them. Its been folded up every way there is to fold one.

CKain(MI) · Apr 2, 2015

Bryce, Do you have a IH umbrella mounting clamp ?
I have one. You can email me.
cleo kain (mi)

Straw Boss · Apr 2, 2015

Sure is nice when its a hunnert degrees outside.
In the shade with a slight breeze just from the tractor moving feels like a balmy 85.
This buggy top was on the tractor when I bought it. The guy drilled holes in the fenders for the brackets.
If it had been mine at the time I would have made a bracket bolt to the axle or some such place so as to not mess up perfectly good original fenders.

RandyB(MI) · Apr 2, 2015

Heritage Farm power. Love mine. When I go on the road for any time or windy day I use fishing line to tie front corners down to tractor .

Eldon (WA) · Apr 2, 2015

(quoted from post at 08:08:32 04/02/15) back in my younger days i wanted an umbrella on the tractor, but we didnt buy one. so.....i found an old beach umbrella somebody tossed out on garbage day. made a pipe bracket and bolted it on. worked good, it did have fringes around the edge and a paisley design, tractor kinda looked like a merry-go -round. looked goofy...worked good......and it was free.

An old guy a couple of towns over does custom tractor work. First time I saw him out mowing I had to laugh, he has an old aluminum pickup truck topper mounted on his John Deere. Guess whatever works.....

fixerupper · Apr 2, 2015

You can't beat farmer ingenuity.

Richard from SE AZ · Apr 3, 2015

Made this one myself. 105*+ in the summertime. This thing covers me completely no matter the time of day. Ugly and tacky I know but I really like it.

ASEguy · Apr 3, 2015

Nice looking tractor you have there.

farmerjohn · Apr 3, 2015

Years ago my elderly neighbor wore an umbrella hat while driving his tractor.

T in NE · Apr 3, 2015

I found a tall row crop tractor with no canopy a lot cooler to run than a utility tractor with a canopy. Dad and uncle bought a cih 4240 with canopy for us to share raking hay. Dad came out about lunch time the first day raking with it to kick me off the new tractor and I wouldn't let my cousin have the 300 back afterwards.

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