[AT] Windbreaker out of storage

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Sun Nov 23 18:15:15 PST 2008


I'm pretty sure the one on the 4020 is a generic/aftermarket. It is made of 
a canvas type matl.  We do have one for our IH 454 that was put out by IH. I 
haven't looked at it for 20+ years but it may have been a vinyl type matl. I 
do know that on that particular tractor you would wind up shedding coat and 
coveralls if it is much over 45 degrees.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Windbreaker out of storage


> John, that windbreaker of yours is what we called here a "heat houser". In
> fact that was a brand name which became kind of generic. My Dad had one on
> the Cockshutt 50 for all the years he used it in cold weather and he would
> not go without it in winter. That big Buda six cylinder blew a lot of warm
> air back to the driver's area which made all the difference between being
> able to work or freezing to death in winter. Just being out of the wind 
> was
> the biggest benefit. The engine heat was just a bonus effect.
> That heat houser was actually designed for the smaller model 30 tractor 
> but
> Dad extended it using a few pieces of old binder canvas.
> I believe he also used binder canvas to construct a makeshift wind break 
> on
> the old Massey 60 combine. Those machines had almost no protection for the
> driver from wind, dust or rain. When it came to late fall harvesting that
> was one of the coldest places on the farm, sitting out on the platform of
> the old combine in cold windy conditions. I think the coldest he ever
> experienced was running a neighbour's 542 Cockshutt in the fall of 69.
> Straight cutting wheat on Nov. 10. The ground was already frozen and he
> worked til about 3:00 in the morning to finish that field of wheat. They
> really earned their money in those days.
>
> Ralph in Sask.




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