Floyd County, Iowa | Kochia - 2/11/2024 04:38
Considering shoup and others make a killing selling those aftermarket steps and railings everyone puts on the sound guard tractors, no. If it was easy in and out of those, you wouldn't see those aftermarket steps and railings everywhere, let alone on the tractors. See image for reference. I've seen more tractors with those than without those on steffes and other auctions.
Otherwise on the 30s, you have flat, painted, steps, a flat painted cat walk, then a tunnel with a clutch to trip over. That flat, painted metal gets pretty slick when wet or covered in snow or ice. Not exactly sure who though that was a good idea.
Meanwhile the 86's have serrated steps. The 88's have stamped and raised tread steps. Both allow for mud, water, ice, and snow to pass through. The 86's, you enter on the right and go straight up the "safety style", Deere aftermarket words, not mine, steps, where two convenient handles and a steering wheel are available to grab onto. 88s the left, where it is the same thing. You can even hold onto the inside door handles from the ground on both the 86s and 88s. There is nothing to trip over, nothing in the way, and no easy way to slip and fall.
Pretty weak arguing points you have there.
Last I knew, the 86's have two brake pedals on the right side, so you have those to contend with using the right door. How is that different than the clutch pedal on a Deere? Pick up your feet.
And with every tractor cab I've been in, of most colors and models, you have to negotiate around the steering column to get into the seat.
And neither cab is tall enough to stand up in, so with all of them, you have to bend at the waist to get to the seat.
The 4430's had a flat battery cover (you call it a "catwalk") with gripping holes around the edge, for foot traction. If that isn't enough, clean the snow off first, or scrape the mud off your boots.
The 86's have steps? I'd call them rungs, like a ladder, which is what they are. You have to use both hands to climb up to the backward door, to crawl into the cab. Reminds me of the old Year Around and Hiniker cabs that got put on the New Generation Deeres. Then when you want to get out, you have to turn around and back out of the cab to climb back down the ladder. Not a superior method. At least with the original STEPS (yes, actual steps, not rungs) on a Deere Sound Guard tractor, you could carry your lunch or whatever with your free hand and enter the cab.
Nothing wrong with the red ones if you are partial to them, but don't try to say they are better than the SoundGuard cabs. I've operated both, and prefer the green ones. You obviously like the other ones.
This is just more "color wars". I had a 1977 White 2-135, and the cab entry was almost exactly the same as the SoundGuard, but I don't see you red guys going after them. |
One of the last IH prototype tractors.
