Pictures of open tractor winter tarp shrouds?

Will Herring · Jun 18, 2014

I was talking to my folks, and apparently their dad had a WD back in the 60s and 70s and got some sort of tarp thing (canvas?) to hold in the engine heat for the driver during the winter time. Does anybody have any pictures of what this aftermarket add-on would look like? Definitely was not a home-brew (which is all I can seem to find pictures of online).

Zachary Hoyt · Jun 18, 2014

Search for heat houser, that was a common term for them though I
am not sure if it was a brand name or a generic term.
Zach

Will Herring · Jun 18, 2014

Ah very good, had some luck with that one! Unsure if his was AC orange or if he had a green one (looks like Heat Houser branded ones may have been green for some models?).

Heat Houser · Jun 18, 2014

Try Femco as well
Femco Mfg

Mark - IN. · Jun 18, 2014

Nope, no pictures. But I did run across an older fella, in his '80's that wanted to sell his Case VA and his Allis D15 that he made his own winter cabs on. 1" square tubing framing, and plexiglass. The heat was provided by canvass tarps enclosing the engines from the radiators back into the plexiglass. Noisy? Might've been, be he said he tended to get roasted, or toasted out. I saw both tractors, and bet they worked very well.

Good luck.

Mark

Ultradog MN · Jun 18, 2014

Mid 60s Ford with heat houser.
I think it looks like the Pope Mobile with it on.

Dick2 · Jun 18, 2014

They were something to get a little heat back to the operator - but it there were any exhaust leaks, gasoline vapors, oil smells, etc., those also came back to the operator.

Worked best if you were headed into the wind. A cross wind would blow cold right on your head.

JMS/.MN · Jun 18, 2014

Heat Houser was the brand name- they were green canvas, had various mtg brackets to accommodate different tractors. I had a neighbor who couldn"t get the name quite right- called them a hout heaser!

Ivan in Mich · Jun 18, 2014

I plowed a lot of snow with one of them on my dads
JD B. I have a new one for my fergy that I never
put on. I bought it on a sale for 10.00 still in
the box. TSC use to sell them and they were called
heat housers

fixerupper · Jun 18, 2014

Heat houser is a brand name but around these parts it was a generic name for all enclosures of that type. It had it's faults but it was better than sitting in the open facing a fierce wind in zero degree temps while pushing snow. When you had a heat houser on the tractor while plowing in cold weather with a wind you were cooking going into the wind and freezing going with the wind, but at least you were warm half the time. Jim

robgIN · Jun 18, 2014

here's a picture of my 39 F-20 with a Comfort Cover I think was the almost faded out name on it. Came in handy at last falls plowday.

DeltaRed · Jun 18, 2014

IH had their own version of it. Called it 'WeatherBrake'.

old popper · Jun 18, 2014

I'm not 100% sure, but the Heat Houser brand , I think was made by Fort Dodge Tent & Awning at the time. I was plowing for the neighbor one time on an unstyled G with a heat houser, and had to stand up all the time because I wasn't tall enough to see over the top while sitting down.
Those were the days.

fixerupper · Jun 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 17:15:33 06/18/14) I'm not 100% sure, but the Heat Houser brand , I think was made by Fort Dodge Tent & Awning at the time. I was plowing for the neighbor one time on an unstyled G with a heat houser, and had to stand up all the time because I wasn't tall enough to see over the top while sitting down.
Those were the days.

ale, Fort Dodge Tent and Awning came to my mind too. When I was a kid I didn't know there was any other brand. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Jun 18, 2014

that is correct and they are still on the market Bomgaars chain sells them. IA SD COLO MINN locations

jm. · Jun 18, 2014

Will I have a almost new one laying here . Has the front plex glass windshield and on top of that it is orange will match you tractor. All it will cost is a trip to Tennessee . You are more than welcome to it, everything we have has a cab. E-mail is open

rusty6 · Jun 18, 2014

Yes, the Heat Houser was a popular accessory here in our cold Sask.winters. Dad had one on the Cockshutt 50 and he really appreciated it on those long cold drives pushing the V plow keeping the school bus route open in severe weather. His was actually for a 30 and he had extended the sides with some binder canvas. He did not like the plastic windshield as it was hard to see through especially on a 'whiteout' day. I have one for the 40 but never get around to installing it. Just dress up in extra clothing. Here is an ad I have from 1952,

gene bender · Jun 18, 2014

You are correct they had models for all tractors they were very common back in the 50s

Will Herring · Jun 18, 2014

Thank you for the kind offers guys! I was asking more as a curiosity since I hadn't seen a picture of one.

Comfort Cover... That's it. I think that's the name he called it by.

Duner Wi · Jun 18, 2014

http://www.burchmfg.com/ag_heat_houser/index.htm

I thought it was Hansen/Hanson Heat Houser but I think this is what you have in mind.

Old weldor · Jun 18, 2014

Heat Houser brand still made by Burch Mfg. Fort Dodge Ia.

Royse · Jun 18, 2014

Here are a couple of mine. The blue one with the roof is like UD's.
I adapted it to fit the 2N, the green one is actually canvas.
I got them both off CL for $40 each if you're looking for used.
New ones are close to 10 times that price.

Fawteen · Jun 19, 2014

They're still out there for those of us too cheap/broke to buy a tractor with a cab.

Roy in UK · Jun 19, 2014

Wonderful if you like the smell of exhaust/ diesel fumes! We had one on our MF 168, it was fitted with a MF / Sirocco FlexiCab. We never used the heat housing for the above reason.

Bret4207 · Jun 19, 2014

You used to be able to buy them from Sears, Montgomery Wards, Western Auto...all those good old catalog stores that are long gone.

twostepn2001 · Jun 19, 2014

Delta Red, IH also had one called "Windbreaker".

DaninKansas · Jun 19, 2014

I saw a combine sell a month ago with one of those on it. It had to be 50 years old and still looked very good.

We had one growing up - mounted on our gas 656 - the only tractor our dad would let us start on cold winter days - he thought starting a diesel tractor was akin to a sin. Which pretty much sucked for us boys since the loader was on the diesel 560 - so we pitched the silage wagon full by hand (according to him there was less waste that way).

I don't remember the brand name but it was always refered to as the "Winter Front".

Don-Wi · Jun 19, 2014

We've got one for 3 different tractors. All made by Femco, but the 2 for the Massey's have the MF logo on then and were sold through the dealer. The one on our Oliver was bought direct from Femco.

If it's in the 40's it'll cook you out. In the 20's it's just about right.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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