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Couple of pics from todays show

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well one then

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here's the other side

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Nice pictures on such a pretty day. Good looking Blue darling. Is this yours?
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I wish!!! Unfortunately not. I suppose the cab is liked and disliked in even amounts. I feel a poll coming on - Love it? Hate it?

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Sta-Dri cab, part of the history of the tractor.

They were common and one of the only ways to keep the weather off the operator at that time. I have fitted many on Dextas and Majors. A real pig to get in and out off!
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Are they still around today as a stock item or is it E Bay!!!!

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The cabs and the company that made them are long gone. That is why it is nice to see them restored like the one in the picture.
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Brian wrote:The cabs and the company that made them are long gone. That is why it is nice to see them restored like the one in the picture.
Were they coffin cabs? :(
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???? :?:
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Were they coffin cabs?
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A real pig to get in and out off!
Obviously, no canvas to cut your way out of.
Yep! Roll the tractor and I think it fits the description nicely :(

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does this offer any roll-over protection? or just keep the weather out?

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I don't think "coffin" is a good description. As far as I know, no-one died in them. But they offered no roll over protection at all.

There was questionable weather protection too as the doors did not seal and water could get in. The back did not really protect the drivers back and that could get very wet.

They were usually lined with sacks and the driver had to wear a heavy coat on cold days. No heater or radio.

But they were better than sitting out in the open.

I once had to repair a New Performance Super, fitted with one of these cabs, that had been fire damaged.

It was in the days of stubble burning after harvest and this farm burnt fields by driving round the field with a burning tyre on a chain behind the tractor.

The driver turned too sharply on one run, catching the chain on the tyre lug and flicking the burning tyre up into the cab with the driver!

He got out with two bruised shoulders as he went through the door but suffered no burns even though he was wearing just a light shirt. :shock:
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